I would say definitely RIDDOR reportable. It sounds like the accident occurred on your company premises (not on a public road?) and the employee was at work. My guess is that if it was on a public road it would be both an RTA and RIDDOR reportable.

I like your style Kate!!!!! Rich

I hope ClaireL has only a short suspension. She talked a lot of sense most of the time. Rich

Seriously I can take no more.... as Pete pointed out the self styled forthright northern lass left of her own accord ...after a self penned parade lap which may have been viewed by some as a teeny wee bit self aggrandising and further cluttering of the forum with junk. Rather than the deification of certain "super" users (I believe this badge is awarded for the quantity as opposed to quality of posts) maybe the forum would function better as a tool for H & S professionals if we stuck to the point. BTW from my limited experience of the forum Kate seems to talk a fair bit of sense, doesn't cross the line in terms of offensiveness and to my knowledge has not spat any dummies so comparing her with the departed Claire is really doing her a bit of a dis-service in my opinion. Not intended to be controversial and I won't be responding to any frothing at the mouth responses. All the best.

Joey. In my opinion definitely reportable if it meets the time off criteria for an over 7 day injury accident.

Don't want to hijack this thread but I've got to agree with David. There's nothing wrong with being "straight to the point" if that means actually addressing the point in question. However when being " straight to the point" is actually an excuse for being overly brusque, then to me that crosses the line. The said northermn lass did that too often. To get back to the original question as to whether this is a RIDDOR reportable accident I would say yes. My reasons for this are: The IP was in the company's stores area, not on the public highway (please correct me if I am wrong here). If the other vehicle is invoved in part of the company's undertaking then it is a piece of work equipment. I believe for those reasons the incident was not a road traffic accident. jarsmith83 I have never heard of the phrase RTI "reportable", but I imagine the RTI bit stands for road traffic incident.

I agree it would have been more helpful of me to provide a reference. The reference I'd give is: www.hse.gov.uk/riddor which gives guidance as well as the text of the regulations.