Driving at Work Policy

Manage work-related road risk for company vehicles and staff using their own cars – licence checks, mobile phones, fatigue, grey fleet and accident reporting.

Editable Word document
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10pages
Guidance notes included
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Health, safety & compliance

Driving at Work Policy

About this document

What it’s for

A policy for anyone who drives or rides for work, whether in a company vehicle, a hire car or their own vehicle (the “grey fleet”). It sets out the rules on licences, insurance, vehicle condition, mobile phones, alcohol, drugs, fatigue and accidents, with the forms you need to manage it.

When to use it

  • Any business where staff drive for work – even occasionally, and even in their own cars
  • When you provide company cars or vans, or pay mileage
  • After a near miss, accident or speeding fine involving a member of staff

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Purpose
  2. Scope
  3. Definitions
  4. Responsibilities
  5. Safe driver – licences, eligibility and health
  6. Safe vehicle
  7. Mobile phones and other devices
  8. Alcohol, drugs and medication
  9. Safe journey – planning, fatigue and conditions
  10. Accidents, breakdowns and incidents
  11. Training and monitoring
  12. Breach of this policy
  13. Review

Also included

  • Company Vehicles
  • Grey Fleet Vehicles
  • Approval
  • Outside the vehicle
  • Under the bonnet
  • Inside the vehicle

How to complete it

  • Choose your mobile phone rule in section 7 (we recommend no calls while driving)
  • Set how often licences and grey fleet documents are checked
  • Complete a driver risk assessment for each regular driver (Appendix E)
  • Have every driver sign the declaration and licence check consent (Appendix A)

Key points to check

  • Check current mileage rates on gov.uk before paying them
  • Commuting is not business travel for tax or insurance purposes

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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