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Making CV fleets safer

Safety developments are a key aspect of modern car design and manufacturers keenly promote them to buyers.

Vehicle lighting is often taken for granted, but without headlights, brake lights or turn signals, the result on our roads would be carnage. Even interior lighting has a part to play in driver safety.

Accident Management 1 Sep

Risk management: Does your fleet measure up?

Benchmarking your fleet’s processes and collision rates to other companies can have far-reaching effects on safety and costs.

Accident Management 25 Aug

Winning the first notification of loss race

Drivers must be first to capture third party details following a collision, or fleets could face a bill ten times higher than necessary. Emma Cooper reports

Accident Management 15 Jul

Intelligent Telematics say 3G dashcam can halve claim costs

Intelligent Telematics has teamed up with Sopp+Sopp and Collision Management Systems to launch an integrated 3G vehicle camera and claims handling service.

13 Jul

Repair Link upgrades its system to give clients ‘greater control’ over accident costs

Repair Link has just completed a recent upgrade of its bespoke operating system to give greater control over performance and targets.

6 Jul

‘Driving is most dangerous thing staff do every day’

Fleet decision-makers discuss ways to improve driver behaviour and reduce risk

Accident Management 28 Jun

Kone signs incident and risk management deal with FMG

Kone, the lift and escalator firm, has signed a two-year contract with FMG.

1 Jun

Bank funding grows Easi-drive accident management fleet

A commercial funding package from Yorkshire Bank has allowed Easi-Drive to expand its accident management rental fleet.

12 May

Hertz relaunches accident management service

Hertz's wholly owned CCL Accident Support service has been relaunched, as Hertz Accident Support.

10 May

£402m repair bill for new cars

Almost 10% of all accidents over the past 12 months involved new 15 and 65-plate vehicles according to a study by Accident Exchange.

3 May

Arval restructures its accident management product

Arval has insourced much of its accident management in order to maintain greater control over customer contact and leverage in-house technical expertise.

28 Apr

ACIS networks secures UK rights to Bodyshop Revolution workflow system

Bodyshop distribution network ACIS has secured the exclusive UK rights to Bodyshop Revolution, a ‘game-changing’ continuous workflow technology where the vehicle being repaired moves a minimum of times and key-to-key times are halved.

17 Feb

TTS360 launches integrated CLOCS manager solution

Incident management company TTS360 has been working with Transport for London, CLOCS and FORS to develop a solution for incident reporting.

15 Feb

Fix Auto Rochdale to launch Fix and Go express repair centre

Fix Auto Rochdale is to begin a £1million investment to develop additional repair capacity, adding an express repair facility.

2 Feb

Safety: Removing the risk of hands-free phones

Although legal, hands-free phones carry the same driving risks as handheld counterparts, leading some fleets to ban their use entirely. Andrew Ryan reports

Accident Management 29 Jan

Safety: Road designs for life

Advanced vehicle technologies may grab the headlines when talking about reducing accidents, but low-cost improvements to the road network can have dramatic benefits. Andrew Ryan reports

Accident Management 29 Jan

Safety: What makes a car a five-star Euro NCAP safety winner?

Many fleets use the Euro NCAP star rating system to influence their choice of company cars. Christopher Smith investigates how it works – and how changing technology has shaped the testing procedure

Accident Management 28 Jan