The firm says its analysis of 2,000 commercial vehicles using the company’s IT1000 camera solution shows that over a six-month period accident frequency reduced 45%. And as well as actually preventing accidents from happening, the cost of those that did occur were 27% less as a result of instant intervention.
Meanwhile, the analysis also found that 65% of the accidents recorded were in fact avoidable, highlighting a clear opportunity to improve fleet safety levels through improved and targeted driver engagement. With this in mind, companies are increasingly using the information provided by the vehicle cameras to pro-actively improve driver behaviour
According to Nick Plowman, CTO of Intelligent Telematics: ‘We are seeing multiple benefits from using a 3G vehicle camera, which are helping fleets to operate more responsibly while at the same time reduce overheads. The 3G cameras are not only preventing incidents and discouraging other road users from making a fraudulent or inflated claims, but when an accident does happen the footage is available from the scene within seconds so first notification of loss is helping achieve substantial insurance claim cost savings.’
