Posted By David J Bristow Jackie Why would you need one? when would you investigate a RTA? Just curiuos. Regards David B

Posted By garyh Folks there is no need to be so blunt (actually I don't even think the comments were thought through). As it happens some organisations do need to look into RTAs. The Police only get involved where people are injured or if there is serious damage. How long does it take to get a report out of the Police (a long time in my experience, eg months). egs of situations where you might need to investigate - accidents involving fleet vehicles (eg haulage companies, tankers etc) - accidents involving the carriage of Dangerous Goods (Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor would probably need to produce a report) - accidents involving company cars - accidents involving employees whilst on company business - RTAs on large sites which have their own internal road network Unfortunately I no longer have the form used by my last employer. Basically, you filled in all the details of when , where, time, road conditions etc and also a diagram of the incident. This was filled in by anyone involved in any RTA anywhere worldwide involving a company vehicle or employee on business. These all came to the Safety Dept who added their own comments, and concluded if the accident could have been avoided by the driver or not. The latter part determined whether or not this went down as a negative in the stats or not. I do hope this helps.

Posted By Jeffrey Watt Jackie Can I be the first to say flippin eck!! 700 RTA's a year, I can understand your frustration. We don't have a particularly good form to help with your problem but If you want to email me your address I will try and send it on. In a previous life my employer had about 100 odd company vehicles and we had zero driver fault accidents the year before I left. That good result had nothing to do with me and everything to do with a £8,000 excess on each vehicle. If you crashed your Audi your section payed to replace or fix it and you're stuck in the 3 year old hand me down Vectra that stinks of Vindaloo and kippers (Lovingly referred to as the Gimp box) until your gaffer's blood pressure drops lower than ten atmospheres and he lets you breath fresh air again. That was the stick. The carrot was a practical defensive driving course that had been given to all company car owners. Best of luck Jeff

Posted By Doug Russell Jackie The Ocupational Road Safety Alliance website has some useful info -http://www.orsa.org.uk/index.htm and includes a case study for Lohn Lewis Partnership which has an example of their accident reporting form in Appendix 5 - http://www.hse.gov.uk/roadsafety/johnlewis.pdf. The Freight Transport Association also has a useful guide - http://www.fta.co.uk/ser...health/dwcompliance.pdf. It doesn't contain an incident investigation form but has some useful checklists that could act as prompts if you want to develop your own. Regards Doug Russell

Posted By Brett Day Jackie Drop me a line I have some documents and info that might be of use. Regards Brett