A decade or so ago – before the new dawn ushered in by telematics – everything looked very different indeed in the Iron Mountain transport world. It was almost impossible keeping tabs on the information and business storage firm’s fleet of vehicles – let alone its drivers – and knowing where to apportion blame when

Haulage companies across the UK are being urged to enrol their drivers on to a smart motorway driving course offered by Highways England. Aimed at commercial and haulage drivers, the eight-hour, single-day training session has been designed by Highways England in conjunction with the Freight Transport Association (FTA) to provide practical, relevant training to drivers

One in three drivers report feeling stressed behind the wheel leaving them prone to making irrational decisions and suffering road rage. Employers should therefore be thinking about their drivers’ welfare and wellbeing whilst they are driving for work. Behavioural factors that can affect employees driving could be aggression, attitude to risk, driving excitement, ineffective coping strategy,

Matthew Avery joined Thatcham Research 30 years ago, and although his focus has always been on crash safety, he’s been involved with the introduction of technology that once, motorists could only have dreamed of. Key areas he’s been closely involved with include the development of ESC safety standards for Euro NCAP, the first assessments of

Gateshead Council shows that it isn't just businesses that can benefit from better management of their work-related road risk - the public sector can too. In an age when budgets are under increasing pressure, Gateshead has shown just what can be achieved. As one of our longest standing Business Champions, we have just updated their

There are many pros – and just a few cons – to life, when you’re responsible for fleet safety in a nationally-recognised firm operating 120 HGVs, 1,578 vans, 283 company cars, and a grey fleet of around 100. Especially when you’re helping to drive a technological revolution that has placed the gathering and the analysis

A recent RAC Business Survey has seen 1 in 5 firms admit that their drivers have been involved in accidents or collisions while using a hand-held phone, despite their use being illegal and penalties recently being increased. The survey of 1,000 businesses found that 19% admitted they had drivers that had been involved in an

With our latest Stop the Crash events happening towards the end of March, it seemed appropriate to write a piece about one of our demo cars, the new Volvo XC60, for a couple of reasons. The first reason is the number of awards it has won in the few short months since it became

Highways England has announced the finalists in their first Health, Safety and Wellbeing Awards, which are designed to recognise, celebrate and share achievements and excellence in health and safety performance across the industry. The Awards will be given to individuals, teams, projects and companies in the supply chain and across Highways England who make a

Last month we published Arval’s revised Business Champion case study showing that, compared to 10 years ago, they had achieved the following: Collision rate DOWN by 67% Repair costs DOWN by 82% Third-party claims DOWN by 84% All this resulted in savings of over £180,000 per year over 10 years ago. This month we