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ACHIEVEMENT OF COST, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY BENEFITS The Environment Agency deployed vehicle telematics and achieved significant cost, environmental and safety benefits. Traffilog is the leading provider of integrated technology for vehicle and driver risk management. With experience gained from more than 17 billion kilometres in 28 countries, Traffilog has honed its solution to minimise vehicle risk, and maximise customer savings Traffilog has formed many strategic partnerships with insurance companies, brokers, leasing companies and third party technology providers, to offer fleet managers a truly comprehensive transport risk management solution, with proven benefits. Founded in 2003 and surprised by the poor service and limited technology available by existing companies, Traffilog built strong foundations. The company quickly developed in the UK with companies like Close Brothers, National Express Group and United Utilities and then expanded into the Republic of Ireland. ESB, the Irish energy supplier, award Traffilog UK the telematics contract for all its 2,300 vehicles. Northern Ireland Water quickly followed their example and others joined the bandwagon in the UK as well. Now employing over 50 staff, Traffilog UK has built the foundations that will undoubtedly see Yon and his team grow Traffilog UK substantially in 2012. The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Our principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, to promote sustainable development. create better places for people and wildlife and support sustainable development. The Environment Agency was created by the Environment Act in 1995 and came into existence in 1996. It has the responsibility of the whole of England and Wales but with specifically designated border arrangements with Scotland covering the catchment of the River Tweed.
driver safety as well as reviewing fleet asset utilisation and promoting efficient use. Together, Traffilog and the Environment Agency have established a strong working partnership, embedding the Traffilog systems into their business and evolving processes and policies to maximise the benefits from this technology and information. This programme has delivered a strong platform for further technical development and innovations to be leveraged towards safer and more efficient ways of working. The overall volume of safety events triggered by Environment Agency vehicles has dropped by 53 per cent over the recent five-month period, since the ‘end of journey feedback’ and ‘monthly performance reports’ have been activated and supplied to drivers. ‘Miles per gallon’ improvements have also been found between the month prior to activation and the month immediately following. These fuel efficiency improvements occurred throughout the operational areas with an average total of 10.7 per cent MPG improvement identified when comparing the month before activation with the month after. ‘High level acceleration’ safety events have dramatically reduced month on month since activated on the system, showing a total reduction of 69 per cent in these events between November 2015 and March 2016. The reduction in this specific safety event aligns with the MPG improvements which
The requirement Traffilog UK were awarded a contract to deliver a telematics solution to the Environment Agency in September 2014. The scope of this programme covered the installation of advanced telematics technology into a broad range of fleet assets from cars and vans, plant and critical response equipment. The solution The Traffilog system has been provided to the Agency with managers and fleet staff trained in how to use it to support their work. The programme focus has been on improving
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have also been seen as the system has been activated for each EA regional area. Throughout the previous five months there has been a sizeable reduction in the number of turning and braking safety events triggered, showing 60 per cent fewer occurring in March 2016 than in November 2015. Continued monitoring of the MPG, driver intervention and engagement is now in progress to maintain and enhance improvements and cost savings. Asset recognition The rollout of telematics across the Environment Agency fleet is also helping to identify underutilised assets as well as identifying the location of critical equipment for incident response. The training of managers in the Traffilog system, broad communications and driver engagement has ensured that safe and efficient use of fleet assets remains a key part of the Environment Agency culture. Please note that fuel comparisons were made using only vehicles which were able to provide actual fuel usage readings from the vehicle’s on-board computer, this is around 50 per cent of the overall fleet usage and as such considered to be reflective of the entire fleet. ! FURTHER INFORMATION Please contact Traffilog UK directly on 0208 236 0545 or sales@traffiloguk.com