National Highways van driver safety tools now accessible through FleetCheck

Access to a range of online van fleet driver safety tools is being provided by a new partnership between FleetCheck and National Highways’ Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention Team.

Driver information cards and online modules created by National Highways will be accessible through the FleetCheck driver app.

Peter Golding, managing director at FleetCheck, said: “These resources enable van operators to provide key advice and information to their drivers in an easy-to-understand format. 

“They help to promote essential safety guidelines, reduce costs, improve operating conditions, and ensure vehicles are safe and legal – all while supporting driver wellbeing.”  

He explained: “To see which employees have seen and understood each section, all app users need to do is view the read receipts to confirm they’ve engaged with and understood the content. It adds a valuable layer to their compliance tracking.”

The driver app is designed to streamline vehicle inspection processes for smaller fleets, removing the need for manual paper trails while also providing additional features such as fit to drive declarations, fuel purchase details and incident reporting.

“The new enhancements we’ve made here are very much in line with the best practice ethos that is at the heart of the driver app, helping to improve operating conditions, ensure safe and legal vehicles, and promote driver wellbeing at all times,” added Golding. 

“We expect take-up among our van operator users to be high.”

He concluded: “As a business, we have a longstanding relationship with National Highways and are pleased to be able to integrate their content into our products in this manner. It’s all about trying to make fleet operations as safe as possible for all.”