The Health and Safety Executive

The HSE offers some important advice on various aspects of safety in the workplace. For further information please click on any of the links below.

Traffic Information

Obtain up to date and reliable traffic information for England and Scotland:

Highways Agency:
Website: http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/
RSS feed: http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/11278.aspx
HGV Driver information http://www.heavygoodvehicle.com
Traffic Information: 0870 066 0115

Traffic Scotland:
Website: http://www.trafficscotland.org/traffic.aspx
RSS feed: http://www.trafficscotland.org/rss/
Handheld devices: http://www.trafficscotland.org/pda/
Traffic Customer Care Line: 0800 028 1414

Useful Contacts

The Freight Best Practice programme is sponsored by the Department for Transport (DfT). Below is a useful list of other sites where you can find related information.

Act on CO₂

http://www.direct.gov.uk/actonco2

Business Link

www.businesslink.gov.uk/transport

British International Freight Association - BIFA

http://www.bifa.org/

Carbon Trust

www.carbontrust.co.uk/about

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/

Department for Transport - DfT

http://www.dft.gov.uk

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Association - DVLA

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/

Driving Standards Agency - DSA

http://www.dsa.gov.uk

Driver and Vehcile Agency Northern Ireland - DVANI

http://www.dvani.gov.uk

Energy Saving Trust - EST

http://www.energysavingstrust.org.uk/fleet/

Freight Transport Association - FTA

http://www.fta.co.uk/

Transfrigoroute

http://www.transfrigoroute.co.uk/

Food Storage and Distribution Federation - FSDF

http://www.fsdf.org.uk

Health and Safety Executive - HSE Transport Index

http://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/index.htm

Health and Safety Executive - Falls from Vehicles

http://www.hse.gov.uk/fallsfromvehicles/index.htm

Institute of Advanced Motorists - IAM

http://www.iam.org.uk/

Road Haulage Association - RHA

http://www.rha.uk.net

Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents - RoSPA

http://www.rospa.org.uk

SAFED

http://www.safed.org.uk

Skills for Logistics

http://www.skillsforlogistics.org/

The Highways Agency

http://www.highways.gov.uk/

Transport Office

http://www.transportoffice.gov.uk/

Transport Research Laboratory - TRL

http://www.trl.co.uk

Truck Driver Simulator Training - Trucksim

http://www.trucksim.co.uk/

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency - VOSA

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/

West Midlands Freight Quality Partnership

http://www.westmidlandsltp.gov.uk

BRAKE

http://www.brake.org.uk/index.php?p=8

London Low Emssions

www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/lez/default.aspx

Envirowise

www.envirowise.gov.uk

Transport for London

www.tfl.gov.uk

Fleet Safety Benchmarking

www.fleetsafetybenchmarking.net

Food Climate Research Network

www.fcrn.org.uk

Traffic Scotland

www.trafficscotland.org

NESTRANS

www.nestrans.org.uk

SEStran

www.sestran.gov.uk

Tactran

www.tactran.gov.uk

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