For the second time this year Northampton-based building products manufacturer Forterra provided an HGV lorry for the CarKraft safety event (12th November 2023), where young drivers were taught road safety skills. This is the second consecutive year that Forterra supported the CarKraft event, which was held at the Porsche Centre… Read more »
Southern Cranes & Access takes tyre protection to new heights with Wheely-Safe technology
Southern Cranes & Access has significantly reduced its tyre-related downtime and improved the health & safety of its operations after fitting Wheely-Safe technology across its fleet of mobile cranes. The West Sussex-based business has Wheely-Safe’s intelligent tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) working on 40 of its vehicles – constantly… Read more »
Palletline achieves a record sixth year of health and safety accreditations
Leading palletised freight distribution provider Palletline is leading the way in the transport industry by achieving coveted accreditations for a sixth consecutive year. Not only has Palletline retained the ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 from the British Assessment Bureau (BAB) which sets the criteria for achieving health and safety accreditations for… Read more »
Reducing training risks for crane drivers with state-of-the-art simulator
A new immersive crane simulator that can recreate high-risk scenarios without putting drivers or other port workers in danger has been installed at Tees Dock. The £400,000 investment in the Full Mission Crane Simulator, manufactured by GlobalSim – the only machine of its type in the north of England –… Read more »
DAF introduces a full range of enhanced safety features
DAF Trucks is enhancing the already industry leading safety and driver comfort of all New Generation DAF models by adding a full suite of new Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS) ex-factory. These new systems are standard on all DAF XB, XD, XF, XG and XG+ models as of January 2024…. Read more »
“We all deserve safe roads!” says Brake, after more than 1,700 people died on our roads last year
1,711 people died on British roads in 2022 – that’s 1,711 families and communities left devastated by the loss of a loved one, figures released by Government show. This is a 10% increase on the number of people killed in 2021 (1,558) and suggests that more needs to be done… Read more »
VisionTrack wins Gold Stevie Award at 2023 International Business Awards for transforming road safety in the transportation sector
VisionTrack, the global provider of AI video telematics and connected fleet data, has scooped a Gold Stevie® Award in the Transportation category at the International Business Awards®. The company has been recognised for transforming road safety following the launch earlier this year of AI post-analysis software, NARA. NARA represents a… Read more »
Accident reports rise but fatality rate falls
Despite incident reporting increasing over the past year, the fatality rates of the most common types of accidents have declined, according to IPAF’s Global Safety Report. Despite reports increasing over the past year, the fatality rates of the leading types of accidents have declined – an encouraging sign that collective… Read more »
BOC identifies FORS as “an absolute business need”
BOC, the UK & Ireland’s largest industrial gases business, has highlighted the importance of its ongoing FORS accreditation when it comes to new business opportunties and customer retention. Since gaining FORS accreditation in 2017, BOC’s commitment to FORS has enabled it to deliver safer, more sustainable, and efficient logistics operations… Read more »
Transport company fined after worker fractures skull
A transport company has been fined £255,000 after a worker fell from a lorry and fractured his skull. The man, who was working as a delivery driver for B Taylor & Sons Transport Limited, had been delivering glass to a customer when the incident occurred in Hinckley, Leicestershire on 4… Read more »