Managing Road Risk at Work – Case Study: ESB

Case study: ESB

ETSC’s PRAISE project addresses the safety aspects of driving at work and driving to work. Its aim is to promote best practice in order to help employers secure high road safety standards for their employees.

In this interview, Grainne Coogan, Road Safety Bureau Communications Officer at ESB, a major Irish company involved in the production, supply, distribution and maintenance of electricity throughout Ireland and internationally, discusses how the organisation got to grips with road safety management and cut incidents dramatically over a ten-year period.

FACTFILE

Company: ESB (2011 ETSC PRAISE Award Winner)

Sector: Electricity

Fleet: 2000 vehicles (plus 2500 ‘grey fleet’ vehicles covering 17 million km of business travel every year).