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The majority of drivers do not carry out basic checks on their car such as oil level and tyre condition as often as they should, RAC research suggests.

Brake has been supported by Arval to deliver a series of nationwide training courses in 2018 to help companies improve the safety of their at-work drivers.

The reduction in speed could lead to an estimated yearly saving of £15m from fatal, serious and slight injuries avoided, report uncovers.

Fleet Source has announced a free seminar to help fleet managers understand the risks of vehicular terrorism.

City Electrical Factors (CEF) has cut vehicle downtime by 45% and reduced fuel costs by almost 12% after fitting Lightfoot telematics.

Law firm Stephens Scown LLP has installed Lightfoot in three of its pool cars in order to reduce emissions and improve its carbon footprint.

Driving for Better Business (DfBB) is hosting a number of exclusive demonstration days to allow fleet decision-makers to try out the latest driver assistance technology on both cars and vans.

Collision Management Systems' software-as-a-service solution can 'reduce claim costs by at least £1,600' by delivering real-time crash detection.

Highways England will use three new unmarked HGV cabs to tackle dangerous driving on England’s motorways and major A roads.

FORS, the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme has announced the launch of a dedicated “going for silver and gold” workshop.

An RAC poll suggests that 80% of drivers do not feel that Britain is prepared to cope with snowy conditions.

An expected announcement in March on new legislation mandating the latest safety technologies has now been delayed until May.

By Simon Marsh, managing director, VisionTrack

Provisional figures for 2016 show that between 200 and 280 people were killed in accidents where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit.

Theresa May said she will ask the DfT to look into the issue of graduated driver licensing in response to a question from Jenny Chapman MP at PMQs

Police argue for extra officers and a new approach, including the use of dashcam footage, to enforce road traffic laws.

By Anthony Monaghan, senior vice president in the Transportation and Engineering Practice at Marsh

ProVision is urging fleet operators that a cloud-based camera system gives the best protection.

During a one-hour journey at 30mph, drivers take their eyes off the road for more than two miles, research from Peugeot suggests.

Newly launched product allows businesses to have a complete overview of driver seatbelt usage across their entire fleet, with real-time alerts.

Vehicle tracking solution Trakm8 Prime has expanded its offering to include the company’s RoadHawk dashcams.

Calls for drivers to be prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit by as little as 1mph have been criticised by motoring groups.

Police mobile camera vans are being used by more than a third of police forces to prosecute drivers for not wearing a seatbelt or using a handheld mobile phone.

Citroen has made Active City Brake standard on top spec Flair models of the new C3 Aircross, which costs from £16, 990.

Brake has named the date for its annual Fleet Safety Conference, held at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre on May 25.

Intelligent cat’s eyes, which light up in response to changing traffic lights, are to be used for the first time at a motorway junction.

Officers stopped almost 100,000 vehicles during its Christmas drink and drug-driving crackdown, with a 3.9% year-on-year increase in arrests, reports the NPCC.

The Government has launched a consultation on proposals to allow drivers to report accidents online, rather than in person at a police station.

Fleet operators could face a rise in daily rental prices this year as experts warn that insurance costs will increase in response to terror attack pay-outs.

Telford-based TTC Group is investing more than £500,000 into a new suite of services to help SMEs manage work-related road safety.

Safety technology designed to avoid crashes helped the Volvo XC60 win the What Car? Safety Award, while the diesel XC40 was named What Car? Car of the Year.

Two thirds of drivers (65%) don’t believe they will be prosecuted for offences such as tailgating and lane hogging due to a lack of police on UK roads.

However, the road safety charity Brake says the problem can only be tackled through a “long-term police enforcement effort”.

Lewisham Council has been found guilty and fined after a visitor fell into a vehicle inspection pit at their Wearside Service Centre in Ladywell.

Systems that mitigate driver errors and prevent accidents are now available on almost seven in 10 new cars, according to the SMMT and JATO Dynamics.

Road safety charity Brake is calling on fleet operators to crack down on driver distraction after finding that more than a third of fleets do not monitor the safety risk.

Five lucky drivers across the UK will get the chance to earn £5 every week during 2018 with Lightfoot.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has decided to maintain the first MoT at three years, rather than four years, due to safety concerns.

Isotrack Group has acquired AlcoLock GB, a leading supplier of breathalyser immobilisation systems to the commercial vehicle sector.

West Yorkshire has been revealed as the UK region which issued the most speeding tickets during 2017, following research by car leasing specialist UK Carline.