LRD guides and handbook October 2024

Health and Safety Law 2024

It is based on the principle that those who can do the greatest harm, generally those driving bigger and heavier vehicles such as lorry and truck drivers, have the most responsibility to reduce the danger to others. Pedestrians, particularly children, the elderly and other vulnerable people, are at the top of the hierarchy and take top priority. They are followed by cyclists, horse riders, motor cyclists and cars, with vans, HGVs and buses at the bottom.