{"id":4761,"date":"2019-04-24T08:56:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T08:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aefaulks.co.uk\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:04:10","slug":"fors-silver-compliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aefaulks.co.uk\/sqdev\/fors-silver-compliant\/","title":{"rendered":"Being FORS Silver Compliant"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is FORS compliance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) is\u00a0a voluntary accreditation scheme encompassing all aspects of safety, fuel efficiency, vehicle emissions and improved operations. FORS helps fleet operators to measure and monitor performance and alter their operations in order to demonstrate best practice.<\/p>\n

Some Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Crashes with lorries are dangerous, with almost a quarter of injuries (24%) caused by collisions with HGVs in 2015 resulting in fatal or serious consequences. This is compared to the average of one in eight (13%) vehicle crash injuries being fatal or serious.<\/p>\n

Many different types of large vehicles share the road with pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists. Although there are relatively few collisions between large vehicles and these vulnerable road users, when they do occur, they often result in serious or fatal injury.<\/p>\n

Vulnerable road user casualties in reported road accidents involving at least one HGV: GB, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Severity<\/th>\nPedestrian<\/th>\nPedal Cyclist<\/th>\nMotorcyclist <=50cc<\/th>\nMotorcyclist >50cc<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Fatal<\/strong><\/td>\n55<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serious<\/strong><\/td>\n131<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slight<\/strong><\/td>\n310<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n496<\/td>\n377<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In recent years, most attention in the media has focussed on cyclists and HGVs rather than on pedestrians or motorcyclists and HGVS. However, as can be seen in the table above, far more pedestrians are killed or seriously injured by HGVs than cyclists, and the number of motorcyclist casualties is about the same as pedal cyclists.<\/p>\n

The Benefits of FORS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

FORS accreditation enables AE Faulks Ltd\u00a0 to demonstrate its commitment to managing road risk, reducing environmental impact and improving operational efficiency, all of which improve overall fleet road safety and lessen the wider impacts of its fleet operations.<\/p>\n

FORS Silver Accreditation<\/strong><\/h2>\n

AE Faulks Ltd<\/a> is FORS silver accredited. A FORS silver accreditation is awarded to operators who maintain their Bronze accreditation and are able to demonstrate that they have developed driver licencing verification systems, their vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are equipped with a left turn audible warning system and their vehicles are fitted with blind spot minimisation devices.<\/p>\n

\"FORS\"<\/center>The FORS silver standard requires that all vehicles in the fleet utilise a high-quality camera monitoring system to minimise blind spots around the vehicle (near side and at the rear) whilst manoeuvring. This will almost completely eradicate the possibility of killing or seriously injuring a vulnerable road user (pedestrian or cyclist), safeguarding drivers against avoidable accidents. The table below summarises the FORS bronze and silver compliance standards.<\/p>\n

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What are the benefits of fitting vehicle safety equipment? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The main benefits of fitting vehicle safety equipment include:<\/p>\n