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Road safety standards
Driving related accidents are the single largest cause of fatalities in Shell companies. The main objective of our company-wide Road Safety Standards is to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the number of serious road traffic incidents and fatalities.
We formalised and strengthened our existing requirements into mandatory Shell-wide Road Safety Standards in 2007. These apply to all company staff or contractor driving on Shell business.
The standards include requirements to:
- wear seatbelts by all vehicle occupants at all times;
- make no use of mobile phones while driving;
- attend accredited defensive driving courses (for our professional drivers);
- fit vehicle monitoring and data recording systems;
- create journey plans for high risk routes;
- drive only when rested and alert;
- not exceed prescribed driving and duty hours; and
- follow set guidelines for keeping vehicles well maintained.
Read further about our work on road safety.
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