Work related road safety still offers some big wins in casualty reduction, with commercial vehicles (large goods vehicles and vans) being over represented in the proportion of fatalities and serious injuries on the network, as well as an extensive use of cars on company business.

The presentation will look at real world experiences of fleet telematics, where many fleets easily achieve reductions in collision of around 20-25%. However, some fleets experience a long term increase in incidents after implementation of the very same telematics solutions.

This presentation looks at some of the pitfalls for fleets in selecting and implementing telematics solutions, and identifies what they need to take into account to make sure they get maximum benefit from solutions and avoid actually making the situation worse.

Saul Jeavons, Director, TranSafe Network

Before becoming a Director of The Transafe Network, Saul Jeavons was formerly Head of Investigations and Risk Management at the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), where his role included responsibility for road safety, collision investigation, and fleet safety teams, as well as on-scene management of rail crash incident teams.

Prior to his time at TRL he was Road Safety Manager of a leading private community safety consultancy having previously worked as an Area Road Safety Officer in a highway authority, also working in the Accident Investigation & Prevention Engineering and Safety Audit team.

Saul holds a BTEC Continuing Education Diploma in Accident and Safety Management, is a Fellow of the Association for Road Risk Management (ARRM). He sits on the Management and Finance Committee of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), and the Council of Management of the Association for Road Risk Management. Saul is also a Mental Health First Aider for Mental Health Motorbike.

Saul has undertaken projects for major multinational clients in the corporate sector, as well as for government departments and other public bodies in the UK and overseas. He has worked in more than 30 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Far East, Central and South East Asia, Australasia and North America, including major projects on road safety policy for organisations including Shell and BP.