Remote workers who drive as part of their job offer a particular challenge for fleet and safety professionals. Limited contact with managers can make it difficult to communicate road safety messages, and drivers can react  in unhelpful ways  to the stressors associated with remote working.

So, please join our ‘Managing Driver Risk for Remote Workers: An Expert Webinar’, on Monday 19th April between 13:00-1400, to find out how you can improve fleet safety for remote workers.

Hosted by Dr Lisa Dorn, Research Director at DriverMetrics and Associate Professor at Cranfield University, the webinar, will enable you to discover how to:

• use telematics to manage driver behaviour for remote working
• identify driver stress and its potential impact on driver behaviour
• reduce levels of stress and fatigue for fleet drivers working remotely.
• use channels of communication to provide support for remote workers
• coach drivers to motivate improved safety for remote working

Register for the Webinar

This webinar is partnership between DriverMetrics and Essential Fleet Operator. 

Wincanton, the British logistics firm is implementing the Selection Driver Risk Index™ as part of their Degree Apprenticeship Programme.

Wincanton is the largest British logistics firm, providing supply chain consultancy and solutions to some of the world’s most admired brands. They employ approximately 19,100 people across more than 200 sites and have a 3,500-strong fleet of vehicles.

The Selection Driver Risk Index™ is a psychometric assessment that provides managers with a robust and validated system for the recruitment and selection of safe and responsible drivers. It enables the assessment of personality and emotional reactions to the demands of driving for work.

Read more about the Selection Driver Risk Index™ or download our guide to recruiting safe drivers.

DriverMetrics has published a new white paper addressing the risks associated with multi-drop delivery driving.

Written by DriverMetrics Research Director, Dr Lisa Dorn, the white paper enables managers to:

• Understand the risks associated with multi-drop delivery driving. 
• Learn effective methods to assess individual driver risk and interventions to improve safety.
• Discover the tools that can help improve recruit and select safer drivers

Dr Dorn said, “The British economy was changing even before the pandemic arrived on our shores. In the last decade there has been major growth in internet shopping and vans are taking much of the strain, delivering huge quantities of groceries, goods and parcels. Lockdown has led to an even greater internet retailing surge requiring an army of drivers’ multi-drop delivering goods.

Our new white paper explores how organisational factors can affect delivery driver behaviour and the evidence around the risks of multi-drop driving. It considers how driver behaviour may be affected by the nature of the driving task, and makes recommendations for assessing drivers and targeting interventions.”

Multi-drop Delivery Driving: What are the risks?  is now available via free download from the DriverMetrics website at: resources.drivermetrics.com/multi-drop/

A range of leading UK fleets have implemented DriverMetrics® fleet risk management programme in recent weeks. These include:

DPD Group – the leading parcel delivery service have launched the Truck Driver Risk Index™ as part of its CPC programme.

Home emergency repairs and improvements business, HomeServe are using the Fleet Driver Risk Index™ and DriverMetrics® integrated eLearning modules to improve driver safety.

Greencore – the convenience food producer is rolling out DriverMetrics® eLearning programme for its drivers.

Wincanton, the British logistics firm is implementing the Selection Driver Risk Index™ as part of their Degree Apprenticeship Programme.

Finally, long standing DriverMetrics® customer – in partnership with Aviva – BidCorp have launched a new programme of risk assessment and eLearning.

To find out more about how DriverMetrics® works with fleets to reduce driver risk and improve safety, view our case studies.

DriverMetrics® has published a new case study of its work with Peninsula Business Services Group Ltd.

Since 1983, Peninsula Business Services Group Ltd has been providing Human Resources and Health and Safety related professional services to small to medium businesses across UK & Ireland.

Following a recommendation from their insurer – Aviva – Peninsula first implemented the integrated Fleet Driver Risk Index™ assessment and eLearning in 2016.

Peninsula reports that the DriverMetrics® programme forms an key element of an overall package of measures that has helped drive their fleet insurance premiums down, bucking the general trend of increases seen from insurers over the last few years.

Read the full case study

DriverMetrics® partner in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has launched a new website, as part of its continuing roll-out in the region.

SaveFast is already one of the MENA regions leading providers of occupational health and safety solutions and their combination of resources and industry partnerships means that they are uniquely well placed to serve and support companies in the region to achieve significant reductions in accident involvement through improved driver behaviour. 

Any company wanting/wishing to see a significant reduction in accidents or to hire safe drivers through psychometric selection can contact the SaveFast team at +97145850519 or visit www.sfast.ae .