Today more than 1,600 drivers – of which 925 drive LCVs – are registered on RiskMaster, although the nature of the business with construction contracts finishing and new ones starting means that the number of staff enrolled varies as employees are recruited or leave to meet demand. The focus on occupational road risk management is delivering a range of benefits for Clancy Docwra including: n An anticipated return on investment from a reduction in accident costs n A comprehensive driver, vehicle and journey audit trail meeting duty-of-care best practice n Online data that enables the bespoke targeting of driver training interventions Housley says: “A reduction in our accident costs of less than 10% will cover the cost of RiskMaster.” He anticipates that it could take around three years for consistent data to emerge highlighting the benefits of the safe driving initiative. Nevertheless, benchmarked against 25 other companies from a cross-section of industry sectors, reveals Clancy Docwra’s LCV fleet to be ranked second with an accident frequency of 17.8% well below the 37% average. Housley says: “We are recording a downward trend and based on industry recognised accident frequency statistics we are already up with the best. But we are not complacent.” It is anticipated that the impact of fewer accidents, with industry evidence also suggesting that incidents that do
“A reduction in our accident costs of less than 10% will cover the cost of RiskMaster” Ian Housley, Clancy Group
occur are less severe so resulting in lower costs, will also contribute to reduced fuel bills and savings in service, maintenance and repair costs as employees drive more sympathetically. Housley says: “Not only is RiskMaster helping to change driver behaviour, but the technology is being used as an online information gathering hub to enable the company to further improve operating cost management and better target interventions as well as meeting its legal obligations.” A major staff communications programme in the build up to RiskMaster launch started with a text message to employees. The programme was then ramped up to include tool box talks, emails, posters in construction site cabins, leaflets, letters, notices included with payslips, board reports
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