Safety and Accident

Keep control of your costs and improve the safety of your public sector fleet by reducing internal and external risks. Driver habits and policies can have a large impact on both your expenses as well as the safety of your drivers and others.

Useful Articles

Bright Ideas: Policy
Detailed and comprehensive business plan and policy documents foster a proactive approach to fleet management. When writing policies and procedures, safety can be used as the motivating issue to facilitate support by all stakeholders.

Bright Ideas: Safety
Disaster preparation, quality inspection, bumper stickers, and cutting lead from operations are just some ways these fleets ensure safety.

State of Georgia Reduces Accident Costs by 14%
After implementing the Driver’s Alert SMART RISK program and other loss control measures, the State of Georgia reduced preventable vehicular accidents, resulting in a savings of $800,000 to taxpayers.

Tacoma Overhauls its Accident Management Program
After reinventing its accident management program and moving to automated reporting, the City of Tacoma, Wash., dramatically improved customer service ratings and lowered fleet operating costs.

Top 10 Most Viewed Stories in 2009
Top viewed stories included "Budgeting for Today's Fuel Costs," " Best Practices in Disaster Recovery Planning," and " Hillsborough County Named No. 1 Again in 2009."

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Products

Waterproof Parking Navigator
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA - EchoMaster's Parking Navigator, the “Industry's Workhorse,” sets a new standard with the waterproof EMWP rear parking sensor system. View more info

SafeStop Vehicle Anti-Theft Systems
INDIANAPOLIS - SafeStop is a patented, plug-and-play vehicle anti-theft system that offers hands-free operation and can be left on 24/7. View more info

Thor Power Inverters
HAVERHILL, MA - Adamson Industries Corp., a provider of public safety vehicle equipment and installation services, introduces Thor Power Inverters. Thor inverters are designed and built for the professional user, with a 10-percent reserve capacity so customers will never be left without power when they need it most, according to the company. View more info

Bull Blaster
HAVERHILL, MA - Benefits and features of the Bull Blaster include a portable high quality compact lightbar with 8 high output LED modules and a self-contained 60 watt siren. Siren tones include Wail, Yelp, Hi Lo, and Hyper-yelp with "on cord control." View more info

Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight Conversion Bulb
MADISON, IN – The Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight Conversion Bulb turns any PAR 36 incandescent lamp into an LED WhiteLight Lamp that lasts longer, shines brighter, and delivers beam evenness, color temperature and contrast like sunlight, according to Grote. View more info

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Research and Best Practices

Help in Predicting Your Next Crash

How can you, a safety or risk manager in a company, predict which driver is going to have your fleet’s next accident? By yourself, you can’t. But by enlisting the aid of other road warriors, you can predict which drivers in your fleet are at high risk to have your next at-fault crash.

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LINKS

www.nhtsa.dot.gov
www.ntsb.gov
safety.fhwa.dot.gov

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Accident Costs Calculator

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH REVENUE IT TAKES TO OFFSET FLEET ACCIDENT COSTS?
Use this calculator to see how much extra sales revenue your company needs to generate to make up for the profits lost as a result of fleet accidents.