Crown Highways has fought off stiff international competition to scoop a prestigious RoSPA Gold Medal Award, presented to organisations which have achieved five consecutive Gold Awards, demonstrating its commitment to health and safety excellence.

Crown Highways won a Gold Medal Award in the Health & Safety Performance category, demonstrating its dedication to ensuring its staff, customers and clients get home safely at the end of every working day.

The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards is the largest occupational health and safety awards programme in the UK. Now into its 67th year, the Awards have almost 2,000 entries every year, covering nearly 50 countries and a reach of over seven million employees.

The programme recognises organisations’ commitment to continuous improvement in the prevention of accidents and ill health at work, looking at entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

While most awards are non-competitive – recognising individual organisations’ achievements – competitive awards are presented in 20 industry sectors and for specialist areas of health and safety management.

Managing Director Mike Dale expressed his gratitude to the team for their contribution to this award:

“I am tremendously proud of the Crown Highways team and the safety culture that is embedded in everything that we do. We are passionate about the work that we deliver and I am grateful to each and every one of our employees for looking out for each other and keeping safety as our highest priority. Thanks to our Health, Safety & Environment Manager Pete Benton TechIOSH for his dedication in ensuring all of our staff, customers and clients get home safely to their families at the end of every working day.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, said:

“Accidents at work and work-related ill health don’t just have huge financial implications or cause major disruption – they significantly impact an individual’s quality of life. That’s why good safety performance deserves to be recognised and rewarded.

“We are thrilled that Crown Highways has won a RoSPA Award and would like to congratulate them on showing an unwavering commitment to keeping their employees, clients and customers safe from accidental harm and injury.”

Sponsored by Croner-i, the RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, and receives entries from organisations across the globe, making it one of the most sought-after achievement awards for the health and safety industry.