Benchmarking – measuring, recording and acting on the vital statistics of Britain’s fleets – is the next big step towards improving road safety, sustainability, compliance and profitability. And it’s long overdue.

Benchmarking – measuring, recording and acting on the vital statistics of Britain’s fleets – is the next big step towards improving road safety, sustainability, compliance and profitability. And it’s long overdue.

That’s the view of a leading panel of transport experts convened to pioneer a major new online benchmarking process, aimed at revolutionising the way professionals analyse their own – and other organisations’ – performance.

Under the wing of Driving for Better Business (DfBB) and RoadSafe, in partnership with Fleet News, the Department for Transport-funded project aims to overhaul the way fleet managers, bosses, business owners and drivers measure their individual road safety and environmental performance.