Work-Related Driving

5. Incident/accident reporting

All accidents or incidents involving a school employee or vehicle during work related travel must be reported to the principal or their delegate. All accidents or incidents involving a Regional fleet vehicle must also have a Zurich claim form completed, which must be sent to motor.claims@zurich.com.au and fleet.service@education.vic.gov.au

All accidents that occur dring work related travel, regardless if fleet, school-owned or hired or private vehicle, must be reported on eduSafe Plus (staff login required). All incidents must be reported as per the Managing and Reporting School Incidents (Including Emergencies) policy.

Employees involved in a government vehicle incident/accident will also be required to complete the appropriate Accident Vehicle Claim Form for insurance purposes. Where police or the coroner become involved in serious incidents, the driver is required to assist in any lawful investigations.

The principal or their delegate must investigate all vehicle accidents and incidents as per the Managing and Reporting School Incidents (Including Emergencies) policy.