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privacy concerns and were regularly kept abreast of the program roll out .”
Driver training and a rigorous review process had also been a key part of the Council ’ s safety strategy . They have conducted GPS driver and system user training for over 800 staff members , and they continue to implement driver compliance and vehicle utilisation reviews which are then reported to stakeholders .
Furthermore , the Council had also implemented systems to deliver significant changes in the safety of their fleet including new work order management systems and defect triaging processes , key access systems , centralised pool car management , and electronic vehicle booking .
“ Whilst it is difficult to isolate just one favourite from our range of safety initiatives across the past 3-4 years , having the ability to report to our stakeholders from multiple systems means on a scheduled or adhoc basis that we are actually ‘ managing our fleet ’ and not letting ‘ the fleet manage us ’, Ms Cowley said .
Among the Central Coast Council ’ s key achievements in fleet safety include :
• Implemented GPS into 620 tool of trade fleet assets
• Implemented crash cameras into 100 trucks with GVM greater than 10T
• Implemented GPS-based electronic driver identification , pre-start check and defect reporting processes
• Eliminated paper-based pre-start check and defect reporting processes
• Conducted GPS driver and system user training to over 800 staff
• Implemented monthly driver compliance and vehicle utilisation reviews / reporting to stakeholders
• Implemented new work order management system and defect triaging processes
• Implemented key access system for heavy vehicles and plant
• Centralised pool car management and implemented electronic vehicle booking and key access system
• 49 % reduction in driver-at-fault as a % of accident claims measured over 3-years
• 47 % reduction in accident rate per million km measured over 3-years
• 30 % reduction in average cost per accident claim measured over 3-years
• 21 % reduction in distances travelled measured over 3-years
• 16 % improvement to driver pre-start check completions measured over 13 months
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