The publication has been produced as part of the road safety charity’s campaign to help organisations save lives, money and the environment by improving fleet safety.
The guidance includes expert advice delivered at a recent Brake webinar on “saving money through fleet risk management”, both sponsored by GreenRoad. It demonstrates how identifying and managing the risks of vehicle collisions, as well as engaging with fleet insurers, can help lower operating costs.
At-work crashes are estimated to cost more than £2.7bn a year in the UK alone. Even minor crashes are expensive: the total cost of a fleet vehicle insurance claim can be four to 15 times higher than average direct repair costs. To reduce the costs associated with road crashes, as well as ensuring the safety of their drivers and of other road users, fleet managers must take proactive steps to manage road risk.
Roz Cumming, professional engagement manager at Brake, said: ‘At Brake our first priority is to prevent road death and injury. But we appreciate that particularly in difficult financial times, money is ultimately the driving factor for businesses deciding how to invest limited funds. Happily, as this report demonstrates, investing in fleet safety will help to save lives and money through crash prevention.’
The PDF report is available for free to Fleet Safety Forum subscribers, or can be purchased for £5 by non-subscribers. Special offer: the first 25 non-subscribers to request the report will get a copy for FREE.
Please email [email protected] or call +44 (0)1484 559909 to order.
