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The Brake training will cover the procedures organisations should have in place to provide support to employees following sudden, traumatic events.

Brake to run crisis response training for fleets

Brake is holding a one-day crisis response training course, aimed at fleet managers as well as executive management and HR professionals.

The course, sponsored by international law firm Kennedys, takes place Thursday 5 October 2017 in Birmingham, and Wednesday 22 November 2017, in Edinburgh. The training will cover practical and procedural issues around a crisis event involving sudden deaths or serious injury, including creating a crisis response team, and possible impacts on your organisation.

For more details, email [email protected] or call +44 (0)1484 559909.

Data-led risk profiling – including ongoing measurement, action and re-measurement of vehicle and driver risk – can help enhance accident management.

Data-led risk profiling could help drive down accidents, says Chevin

Fleets can improve management of accidents and driver safety by making better, evidence-led projections about fleet risks.

The call comes from Chevin Fleet Solutions, which says that the number of people killed or serious injured on British roads has steadily increased since hitting their lowest rate in 2013.

According to Chevin, data-led risk profiling – including continuous measurement, action and re-measurement of both vehicle and driver risk – can help reduce the likelihood of accidents occurring, as well as manage the aftermath and keep costs down when incidents do take place.

25-34 year olds are most likely to drive at 25mph or faster in a 20mph area (73%), while 55-64 year olds are the least likely (45%).

UK drivers urged to make roads safer for children

Road safety charity Brake is calling on all drivers to slow down as research reveals more than half (52%) admit to speeding in 20mph areas.

Published as part of UN Global Road Safety Week, the Brake and Churchill Car Insurance survey of 2,000 UK drivers also reveals that nearly 8 in 10 (78%) think traffic travels too fast in their neighbourhood for the safety of children on foot or bike.