Driver Awareness Online Training Course

Our Driving Awareness training course will raise awareness of the dangers faced on the road and learn the best techniques for staying safe. The course aims to reinforce your current knowledge and experience in order to create a hyper awareness of the dangers out on the road, hopefully making driving safer for everyone.

Driving is one of the most dangerous things you can do at work. The latest report from DfT showed that there was an 8.7% increase in fatalities on the roads in 2022, compared to the previous year. It is estimated that a third of all road accidents reported each year involved someone who was driving as part of their work. This may account for over 20 fatalities and 250 serious injuries every week.

Whether you work delivering goods, transporting people, or driving between distant destinations, it is crucial that you are aware of the dangers you face out on the road, and that you understand how to safely deal with them or avoid them altogether.

Hazards that can cause harm to the driver or rider, passengers, other road users and/or pedestrians when driving for work include:

• Roadworks, traffic and congestion.
• Vehicle condition.
• Fatigue and distraction.
• Time pressures.
• The weather.
• Behaviour of other road users.

Employers must manage health and safety risks to workers who drive a vehicle or ride a motorcycle, other powered two-wheeler or bicycle on the road as part of a work activity. Health and safety law applies to work activities on the road in the same way as it does on a fixed site.

The law applies to both company and grey fleet vehicles. A grey fleet vehicle is owned and driven by a worker for business purposes. Vehicles used under cash allowance schemes are grey fleet too.

Commuting to work is not generally classified as driving for work, except where someone’s journey starts from their home and they are travelling to a work location that is not their normal place of work. Health and safety law does not apply to commuting.

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, (as amended) employers are required to undertake risk assessments for work activities that have the potential to cause harm to employees and other people who may be affected by their actions. Employers must undertake a risk assessment for driving. 

This course consists of six sections including interactive questions to ensure you have understood the content.

A CPD accredited downloadable certificate is available on completion of the course.

All the online training courses are:

• High quality, video based online courses.
• Compatible on any device and very simple to use.
• Thoroughly researched, accurate in content and filmed in an interesting way in order to fully engage the learner.
• Accredited and approved and can be counted towards CPD.

Discounts are available for purchases of 25 courses or more.