A Dorset haulage company and its senior managers have been fined a total of almost £60,000 for health and safety breaches, after one of its employees was cleared of manslaughter charges in relation to a road crash.
A Dorset haulage company and its senior managers have been fined a total of almost £60,000 for health and safety breaches, after one of its employees was cleared of manslaughter charges in relation to a road crash.
Some 38,000 people lost their lives in traffic accidents across Europe last year, figures released by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) confirm. While the 2008 figure is down 15,400 on 2001, it is still a long way short of the 27,000 deaths target which the EU set itself for 2010. ETSC Executive Director...
