Safety Driving at Work Course
This online Safer Driving at Work course provides the knowledge needed to reduce the risk of collisions, injuries and fatalities while driving for work. Across the UK in 2023 there were 1,645 fatalities from road collisions.
If you have staff who drive for work, this is likely to be the most dangerous part of their day. However, salespeople, delivery drivers and all other small vehicle drivers at work often do not receive any formal driving training or guidance from their employers.
This online Safer Driving at Work course is an ideal way for employers to:
- protect their staff (and others) by encouraging safer driving, both at work and during leisure time
- safeguard their reputation
- meet legal obligations
- keep insurance premiums down; and
- record training has been completed.
- Introduction to Safer Driving at Work
- Driver Readiness
- Vehicle Safety
- Driving Techniques & Hazard Awareness
- Managing Speed and Spacing
- Handling Distractions and Impairments
- Defensive Driving in Adverse Conditions
- Emergency Situations and Breakdowns
- Legal Responsibilities and Best Practice
- Course Summary & Final Quiz (10 multiple choice questions)
Safer Driving at Work Certificate
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- Written in compliance with best practice
- Get certified in under 45 minutes
- Developed by qualified health and safety professionals
- Accredited by CPD – learn more about CPD here
- Last Updated November 2025
- To gain the certificate you must complete the assessment which involves 15 questions.
- The online Safer Driving at Work certificate is valid for 3 years
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Who should take this course?
This online Safer Driving training is suitable for anyone who drives, but in particular for people who drive cars or other small vehicles for work. This could include:
- Salespeople
- Delivery Drivers
- Tradespeople
- Utilities staff
- Carers
What are employers duties to drivers?
The legal duty of care employers owe to staff extends to all work activities, including driving for work. But because driving is such as everyday activity for many of us, managing driving at work is often overlooked.
Health and Safety Executive guidance on managing work-related road safety can be viewed here.
Driving for work involves risk, and therefore should be risk assessed.
Where risks are identified, reasonable steps must be taken to reduce these to an acceptable level. For example, this could mean setting minimum standards for driver competence, vehicle roadworthiness and journey planning. Suitable and sufficient driver training is a key element of any successful occupational road risk strategy.
Where employees travel by vehicle to and from their normal place of work, this commuting is not considered to be driving at work. However, all other journeys – e.g., visiting customers, travelling to a different location or between sites – does count as driving for work and must be properly managed.
This expert-led Safer Driving at Work training course has been designed to help you do just that.
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