An annual survey report by the charity Brake, found that more than half of fleets (57%) do not test drivers for alcohol, and an even greater proportion (63%) do not test for illegal drugs. The report was sponsored by Licence Bureau and includes responses from 134 organizations on a range of road risk management issues. This report was published just a few days after the Department for Transport posted provisional figures for crashes involving drink driving during 2011 which revealed a 12% increase in deaths and a 3% increase in seriously injured causalities. Brake’s report also benchmarks companies’ approach to other causes of driver impairment such as driver tiredness, health and eyesight, with four in ten companies not offering eyesight testing for drivers. The survey report features expert advice on tackling driver impairment and case studies of companies who have successfully put procedures in place to mitigate the associated risks.
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