Light Commercial Vehicles are used across a wide range of industries and form part of most fleets.
The most common commercial vehicle has to be the van. Built for every purpose.
According to the Department for Transport – 52% of vans are used for service providers in the carriage of equipment (electricians, plumbers, builders, carpenters and so forth) and 21% used for courier services (supermarket home deliveries, parcel services etc) with the remainder being in the private sector or for domestic use (handyman, removals etc.)
Regardless of business sector, one of the biggest challenges for van drivers is the requirement to meet often tight schedules, seeking a temporary parking space in peak times and congested traffic or having to manoeuvre in narrow urban areas. Further to this, driver visibility is limited particularly to the rear, due to body design and cab bulk head.
No wonder, that one in ten van-fleet insurance claims are due to rear end shunts, with high associated costs from third party whiplash.
Incidents in the industry include;
- Reversing accidents due to blind spots or pedestrians not seeing moving vehicle
- Collisions due to manoeuvring in tight spaces
- Vehicles running over people due to handbrake not being applied
- Sideswiping incidents caused by the nearside blind spot
- Vehicle damage due to reversing into street furniture such as bollards, low walls and so forth
Brigade is here to help
By working in partnership to understand your safety concerns, Brigade’s team of engineers strive to bring innovative answers to the market place. By making a small investment in Brigade’s safety solutions you can achieve clearly defined and measurable benefits as shown below – but most notably improved safety for workers and the public and significant cost savings too.
Solutions
- All round vehicle visibility for safer, more efficient operation
- Reduced accidents
- Reduced insurance premiums
- Reduced vehicle downtime due to accidents
- Theft and vandalism deterrent
- False claim prevention
- Meet health and safety requirements
- Peace of mind for management and workers
