Provide a duty of care to employees, and to the general public
Establish and communicate a Health & Safety policy
Provide safe handling and maintenance of work articles
Provide necessary information & training on the above

Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 requires employees to:

Take reasonable care of their own health & safety
Take reasonable care of others who may be affected by their actions or omissions

Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires employers to:

Complete a suitable & sufficient risk assessment of every risk to employees, and others not in their employ (Regulation 3)
Establish effective monitoring & reviews of all preventative and protective measures (Regulation 4)  
Provide appropriate health surveillance where necessary (Regulation 6)  
Provide relevant information to their employees about the risks identified by the assessment (Regulation 10 {1}) 
Provide relevant training on recruitment, or on a relevant change of responsibility/risk
Repeat relevant training periodically
Train during working hours
Take into account capabilities of employees when allocating tasks (Regulation 13) 
Use all work equipment in accordance with any training or instruction given, and must inform employers of any shortcomings (Regulation 14) 
 
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 also states that all employees should have adequate training to operate any work equipment. (Regulation 7) ( Regulation 9)
  
The Road Safety Act 2006 contains certain relevant updates of existing legislation.
A new offence of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving, which will carry a custodial sentence of up to five years
the penalty for careless or inconsiderate driving doubles, from £2500 to £5000.

Using a hand held phone whilst driving and, as a result, failing to have proper control of the vehicle, will attract three penalty points and a £60 fixed penalty fine.
There will be graduated fines for speeding offences, dependant upon the actual speed recorded within a specific limit, although the parameters for these have yet to be finalised.

The Health Act 2006 also has implications for those responsible for business vehicles.

Smoking is not permitted in vehicles that are likely to be shared by more than one employee
There is a mandatory requirement to display approved 'No Smoking' decals visibly in each compartment likely to carry personnel.

Fleet Trainer can provide you with a Risk Assessment System and Driver Improvement Training enabling your company to: