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A fleet risk assessment covers the following key areas and can either form part of a total fleet risk management service or provided as a stand alone review:

• Fleet details
  • Suitability of vehicles
  • Ergonomic considerations
  • Condition of vehicles (including bodywork, tyres, etc)
  • Maintenance Controls

• Job role
  • Vehicle checks
  • Loading / unloading
  • Use of equipment
  • Assessment of facilities at place of work and sites visited
  • Journey planning and suitability of routes selected
  • Rest breaks and fatigue
  • Communications
  • Personal, Vehicle and Load Security
   

• Training requirements
  • For all drivers right up to the senior executives.
  • Driver profiling to assess risk levels per driver

• Insurance history
  • Accident record, accident types, accident frequency
  • Claims experience, allocation of blame

• Accident Analysis
  • Seriousness
  • Direct costs – vehicle repair, insurance excess, hire cars etc
  • Indirect costs – absenteeism, penalty clauses, loss of goodwill etc

• Existing control measures
  • Policy documents, driver guidelines,
  • Health and safety policy
  • Training records and details
  • Mobile telephone policy
  • Driver health / eyesight / drink / drugs
  • Fatigue – time or mileage limits
  • Vehicle selection
  • Policy on vehicle safety items – vehicle loading, tyres, brakes etc

• Existing Monitoring Systems
  • Current accident investigation processes
  • Recording of accidents, reporting of near misses
  • Accident report reviews, lessons learnt from accident reports
  • Driver / vehicle monitoring reports, vehicle monitoring reports
  • Performance indicators – fuel, tyres, servicing costs etc
  • Driver assessment and recruitment
  • Driver licensing
  • Insurance cover including opt out drivers
  • Recording of Endorsements including opt out driver

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