COMING UP:

Commercial driver wellbeing round table

Hosted by Simon Turner, Engagement Manager for the National Highways Driving for Better Business programme, and Chairman of ARRM.

This special webinar is being delivered as part of the Project EDWARD 2025 supported by ARRM.

Please note:

• This webinar will be delivered on Teams rather than the usual Zoom
• The webinar is also available to non-ARRM members

In this first web event from project EDWARD for 2025, we’ll be putting the safety and wellbeing of commercial lorry drivers under the microscope. In a road environment increasingly dominated by economic pressures, we ask what are the most common physical health issues faced by commercial drivers, and how can these be addressed?

We’ll be looking at the typical causations of collisions and incidents involving HGV drivers.

We’ll look at some of the key challenges for truck driver health and wellbeing, including an invisible epidemic that you’re probably not aware of.

We ask how do long working hours and irregular schedules impact the mental health of lorry drivers, and what measures can be implemented to mitigate these effects? What role does diet play in the overall health of lorry drivers, and how can companies support healthier eating habits on the road?

And finally we’ll look at some actions that could reduce these collisions and the impact they can have on all of us.

We have a panel of experts to discuss theses issues and more, followed by a live question and answer session with the audience.

The Panellists

Mark Cartwright: Head of the National Highways Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention Team

Kate Walker: Managing Director of the Diabetes Safety Organisation

Inspector Simon Paull: Warwickshire Police

Chris Lewis: Development and Policy Lead for Road Safety, Warwickshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner

John Comer: Head of Product Management at Volvo Trucks