Fatigue and Fitness to Drive Risk Assessment
Risk assessment for fatigue and fitness to drive across the way work is planned and performed.
What it proves at audit
Heavy Vehicle Accreditation criteria this document produces evidence for. Check your readiness.
Why operators use it
We use this assessment to understand and control the real conditions that can make a driver fatigued or unfit to drive, not merely to check whether hours records are complete.
Fatigue risk comes from the total work system: schedules, driving hours, non-driving work, recovery opportunity, night work, route conditions, customer waiting time, vehicle environment, health, medication, lifestyle, secondary employment, reporting culture and commercial pressure. From 1 August 2026, the related Unfit to Drive Duty applies to drivers of all heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes, so the assessment also examines health and fitness before, during and between shifts.
From the companion guide that comes with this document.
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