Andrew Pring

Standards, apps and e-learning are helping to reduce vehicle risk. The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport says that great strides have been made towards improved road safety across the country, and particularly in London, in the past decade.

Contractor FM Conway’s work in successfully reducing road accidents earned it the top safety accolade – sponsored by APS – in the 2022 Construction Excellence Awards. Andrew Pring finds out more. Over 100 cyclists die each year on Britain’s roads – it was 111 in 2021 – and during the same year 4,353 were seriously injured. 1,353 of those incidents involved cyclists in a collision with an HGV.

Averaged over the year, two construction workers take their own life every working day. Andrew Pring reports on a new initiative that unites contractors, clients and charities. Towards the end of January, a high-level industry meeting was convened to find new solutions for tackling the construction sector’s worryingly bad mental health record. Leading the virtual meeting was Bill Hill, chief executive of the Lighthouse Club, who was to unveil a new mental health campaign called Make It Visible.