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Armour Automotive introduces universal driver behaviour display

Armour Automotive has launched a display unit for a real-time driver feedback device designed to improve the way that employees drive, promote safety and reduce costs.

28 Oct

Brake publishes new fleet guidance on in-vehicle technology

Brake, the road safety charity, has published guidance on how fleet managers can use in-vehicle technology to help improve driver safety.

22 Oct

Cycle safety campaign launched in key UK cities

Campaign for cycle safety released in Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham and Cambridge.

22 Oct

Salary sacrifice schemes used to cut CO2

Employers are reducing two headline areas of corporate concern – CO2 reduction and occupational road risk management – by introducing car salary sacrifice schemes.

22 Oct

Toyota technology steers away from pedestrians

Toyota has revealed two new integrated safety systems designed to reduce the risk of pedestrian collisions and deliver safer driving in traffic, both of which will be brought to market in the next few years.

14 Oct

Fatigue involved in one-fifth of all road accidents

Thousands of company car and van drivers are putting themselves and other road users at risk through tired driving, research suggests.

8 Oct

Brake announces date for annual Fleet Safety Conference and Awards 2014

Road safety charity Brake has announced the date for its acclaimed annual Fleet Safety Conference and Awards in 2014.

4 Oct

Tyre neglect results in court action

Figures obtained from the Ministry of Justice reveal that on average, more than 170 motorists were convicted every week in 2012 for driving on defective tyres at magistrates’ courts in England and Wales.

4 Oct

Insight: putting the brakes on insurance fraud

So-called crash-for-cash scams are seen by criminals as a pathway to profit, but the fleet industry is learning to fight back.

Accident Management 3 Oct

Employees under pressure to answer hands-free phones

Nearly one in five (19%) employees say that their employer is not actively encouraging the safe and legal use of mobile phones while driving for work.

2 Oct

New focus welcomed by European traffic police chiefs

Senior traffic police officers from all over Europe gather in Manchester today (Tuesday, October 1) for the annual conference of TISPOL, the European Traffic Police Network.

1 Oct

Fleets urged to check pressures as tyre safety month starts

Fleets are being encouraged this October to ensure that their tyres are properly inflated as tyre safety month kicks into gear.

30 Sep

Camera shows driver not to blame after 'messy' incident

Shocking video footage captures the moment a motorcyclist veers across a winding country lane and is involved in a terrifying collision with a truck.

27 Sep

Accident data stengthens cold weather tyre argument, says ATS

Snow and ice were the cause of more than 6,000 road accidents in Great Britain last year, according to statistics issued by the Department for Transport (DfT) this week.

27 Sep

No time for tyre safety complacency, says TyreSafe

New figures released by the Department for Transport reveal that in 2012, the number of drivers killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads as a result of a dangerous, illegal or under-inflated tyres, fell by 5% to 194 casualties.

27 Sep

Kia Carens wins Euro NCAP five-star safety rating

The all-new Kia Carens compact MPV has been awarded a maximum five-star safety rating by Europe’s leading road safety organisation, Euro NCAP.

26 Sep

AlcoSense launches first touch biometric and alcohol scanner

AlcoSense has launched a workplace biometric alcohol tester, which can help companies ensure their employees are safe and legal to drive.

25 Sep

Bring back road safety targets, says IAM

The IAM is calling on the Labour Party to back targets for reducing injuries and deaths on the road at this year’s party conference.

25 Sep

Assess corporate risk with FREE DfBB healthcheck

Many UK businesses are failing to address the basic fundamentals of occupational road risk management and in particular corporate risk assessment (CRA), according to Driving for Better Business director Adrian Walsh.

23 Sep

Films provide advice on good safety culture

Three video films shot at the recent Cardinus Risk Management health and safety forum bring valuable safety culture information to internet viewers via YouTube.

23 Sep