Brake, the road safety charity has recognised organisations for their contribution to improving the safety of at-work drivers, at its annual Fleet Safety Awards.
Winners were announced at a prestigious ceremony sponsored by DRiiVE WiTH Matrix held on Thursday 19th September at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham.
The prestigious Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety was awarded to Alison Moriarty.
The awards are held annually and are part of Brake’s Global Fleet Champions initiative, a global partnership campaign to prevent crashes and reduce pollution by vehicles used for work purposes.
The 2019 Fleet Safety Award winners are:
Company Driver Safety Award (small fleet), sponsored by Fleetmaster
- McGinley Support Services Ltd
Company Driver Safety Award (medium fleet), sponsored by Fleetmaster
- VolkerRail
Company Driver Safety Award (large fleet), sponsored by Fleetmaster
- British Gas
Sustainable Journeys Award, sponsored by DriveTech
- Royal Mail Group
Dr Will Murray Award for Analysis and Action, sponsored by e-Driving Fleet
- Smart Witness
Fleet Safety Innovation Award
- The Driving Doctor
Fleet Safety Partnership Award, sponsored by Vision Track
- MiX Telematics and Wincanton
Fleet Safety Product Award, sponsored by Ocado Foundation
- Brite Angle
In-vehicle product:
- Wheely Safe
- Road Safety in the Community Award, sponsored by Trimble
- Jacobs
Safe Vehicles Award, sponsored by Trakm8
- Go Plant Fleet Services
Road Risk Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by Licence Bureau
- Rory Morgan – Iron Mountain
Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety, sponsored by Arriva
- Alison Moriarty
Phil Powell, Sales Director at Matrix Telematics said : “Last week we celebrated a fantastic evening at the Brake Fleet Safety Awards. Fantastic for the reason of seeing and celebrating those who understand and who drive forward with innovation to improve road safety. Massive congratulations to all who won, those nominated and to those who continue to be champions of fleet safety.”
Colin Hartley, Managing Director at DRiiVE said: “The evening at the Brake Fleet Safety Awards was a fantastic showcasing of the level of commitment to road safety across the fleet industry. We are proud to have been sponsoring the awards and congratulate all the winners, the highly commended, those nominated and all entries.”
Sarah Plumb, senior fleet officer at Brake, said: “We were thrilled to receive so many strong entries again this year, with organisations and individuals across the world doing brilliant work to make our roads safer for everyone. Thank you to everyone who attended the awards and a huge congratulations to the winners and highly commended entrants.”
Details of how to enter the 2020 awards will be released at the end of 2019.