Road Safety Authority statistics show that between 1997 and 2007, 2006 people were killed and 443 were seriously injured in collisions involving at least one vehicle in which someone was traveling to or from work, whilst driving for work. Studies show that people who drive company cars have 30% to 40% more collisions than ordinary drivers, and the risk increases for those who drive more than 40,000 kilometers a year.
A 2007 RSA/HSA report found that, in one pilot area, the number of work related deaths from road collisions was double that from other causes, whilst more than one third of fatal road collisions involved someone who was at work at the time.
A 2008 HSA research survey found that among employers, there was a lack of awareness of their duties to manage work-related driving activities.