Injury analysis - priority programmes: workplace transport

RIDDOR

There are five kinds of accidents associated with vehicles which are included in the workplace transport category:

• being struck by a moving vehicle
• falling from a vehicle
• being hit by a load falling from a vehicle
• being hit against a vehicle whilst travelling in it
• injury caused by a vehicle collapse or overturn

The pie charts below show the breakdown of fatal, major and over-3-day injury by these five sub-categories. Being struck by a moving vehicle accounts for more than half of all fatal transport-related injuries. This group, together with falls from vehicles accounts for more than three-quarters of the major injuries and over 60% of the over-3-day injuries.

Since 2001/02, the number of injuries caused by "struck by" accidents has fallen. However, other accident categories have remained stable or grown.

The main vehicles involved in workplace transport accidents are fork-lift trucks and large goods vehicles. The number of accidents involving these vehicles has remained broadly flat over recent years.

Detailed RIDDOR tables

• Workplace transport - Comprehensive Injury Statistics in support of the Revitalising Health and Safety programmes [120KB]

Risk control surveys

The charts below show keys results from HSE’s working condition surveys in relation to work-related vehicle risk.  Only employers who recognised a potential vehicle risk were asked vehicle-related questions.  Similarly, only workers who said they worked with or around vehicles were questioned further about the vehicle risk.