Section 10(2) of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 states that most deaths or injuries resulting from an "accident arising out of or in connection with the movement of a vehicle on a road" are not reportable.

There are a number of exceptions and these are set out below.

(a)	was killed or suffered an injury as a result of exposure to a substance being conveyed by the vehicle; or
(b)	was either himself engaged in, or was killed or suffered an injury as a result of the activities of another person who was at the time of the accident engaged in, work connected with the loading or unloading of any article or substance onto or off the vehicle; or
(c)	was either himself engaged in, or was killed or suffered an injury as a result of the activities of another person who was at the time of the accident engaged in, work on or alongside a road, being work concerned with the construction, demolition, alteration, repair or maintenance of-
	(i) the road or the markings or equipment thereon; (ii) the verges, fences, hedges or other boundaries of the road; (iii) pipes or cables on, under, over or adjacent to the road; or (iv) buildings or structures adjacent to or over the road; or
(d)	died as a result of an accident involving a train.