{"id":1009,"date":"2021-06-16T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T12:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.optimum-automotive.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2025-01-21T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:10:04","slug":"risque_routier_et_vehicule_connecte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bu.optimum-automotive.com\/en\/road_risk_and_connected_vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing road risk in the workplace with the connected vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Road accidents: 1era<\/sup> cause of death at work<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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On average, every year in France, 20,000 workplace accidents are road accidents. Road accidents remain the leading cause of death in the workplace, accounting for around 20% of fatal accidents.
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Yes, the facts are appalling: 1 in 5 work-related fatalities occurs on the road!
Another alarming and significant figure for companies is that road-related accidents account for 5 million lost working days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with these sad facts, company managers are called upon to help prevent road risk.
Under the French Labor Code, the company manager is obliged to assess all risks to which employees are exposed, and to implement preventive measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road risk prevention is an obligation for company managers:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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When a company manager provides a vehicle to an employee for the performance of his or her employment contract, he or she has a safety obligation towards that employee. He must take all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of his employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a lack of preventive measures in road travel causes a road accident at work, the employer can be held liable. This may include criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The employer may be prosecuted for manslaughter or unintentional injury (Articles 121-3, 221-6, 222-19, R.625-2, R. 622-1 of the French Penal Code). If, through his or her failings, the employer has created or allowed to be created a dangerous situation which has made it possible for the accident to occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite these potentially serious consequences, company managers often find themselves at a loss when it comes to dealing with road risk. How can they have a clear vision of the driving habits of each employee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-board telematics provide a clear answer to this thorny question.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By means of a GPS box installed on board each vehicle, it is possible to collect a large amount of information in real time, not only on the vehicle itself, but also on the driver (identity of the person behind the wheel, driving behaviour, etc.). In terms of driving behavior, on-board telematics enable us to constantly analyze 3 fundamental indicators illustrating the type of driving each person does:<\/p>\n\n\n\n