Fleet Safety Awards winners revealed

Brake, the road safety charity, last night announced the winners of its 2013 Fleet Safety Awards.

Among them were a number of Fleet News Awards winners, including BT Fleet and Peak Performance, and a former Fleet News magazine cover star in Allied Bakeries.

Fleet News editor-in-chief Stephen Briers was one of the judges helping to decide the deserved winners across the 11 categories.

The full list of winners is below.

Safe Vehicles Award

Winner: Crossrail

Highly commended: Institute of Road Transport Engineers

Fleet Safety Innovation

Winner: Eurovia Group

Highly commended: GreenRoad

Fleet Safety Partnership

Winner: ASDA and Interactive Driving Systems

Highly commended: Balfour Beatty Fleet Service and Masternault; Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and Applied Driving Techniques; The Clancy Group and ARI Fleet UK

Fleet Safety Product

Winner: SmartWitness

Fleet Safety Analysis and Action

Winner: BT Fleet

Highly commended: Cardinus Risk Management

Eco Fleet

Winner: Allied Bakeries

Highly commended: Addison Lee and Gateshead Council

Company Driver Safety

Winner (smaller fleet): ABB Ireland

Winner (larger fleets): ASDA

Highly commended: Castrol, Willmot Dixon and BT Fleet

Road safety in the community

Winner: Michelin Tyre

Highly commended: National Express Bus and Peak Performance

Best newcomer to road risk management

Winner: Clare Habbin, Eurovia Group

Highly commended: Lindsay Randall, ADSA and Sarah Newton, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Road risk manager of the year

Winner: Alan Gallagher, North East Ambulance Service

Highly commended: Dave Wallington, BT Fleet and Rory Morgan, Iron Mountain

Kevin Storey Awards for outstanding commitment to road safety

Winner: James Sutherland, Peak Performance