Site safety

Every workplace must be safe for the people and vehicles using it and traffic routes must be suitable for the people and vehicles using them.

Key messages

By law:

• Every workplace must be safe for the people and vehicles using it.
• Workplace traffic routes must be suitable for the people and vehicles using them.
• Where vehicles and pedestrians share a traffic route, there must be enough separation between them.

These web pages are for workplace managers who are responsible for the safe movement of traffic and pedestrians around the workplace. You may also find them of interest if you design workplaces. There is separate guidance for drivers.

Topics

• Traffic routes
• Driving surfaces
• Vehicles and loads
• Vehicle handling
• Speed
• Traffic management
• Separating pedestrians and vehicles
• Signs, signals and road markings
• Protecting structures
• Lighting
• Parking
• Loading areas
• Temporary workplaces and unprepared roadways
• Site-based ways to stop vehicles from moving
• General maintenance
• Illustrated case studies
• General workplace transport publications