To make sure you succeed in your fleet safety audits, you should be organised and digitally savvy from the start. We’ve come to learn that manual recordkeeping is a dangerous route to take, because spreadsheets and papers can get lost in the ether. But with automated technologies, all your safety & inspection records are stored securely and digitally.
If you’re looking to find out more about successful fleet safety audits, keep reading our insightful responses to the FAQs below!
Safety audits should be conducted at least yearly, although carrying out smaller-scale quarterly audits can help you accurately keep track of safety progress, especially for high-risk fleets. When you’re on top of safety audits, you can effectively tackle the real-world issues that your fleet faces daily, like driver behaviour, maintenance, safety protocols, and compliance.
The most important piece of a fleet safety programme is driver behaviour and safety. Driver behaviour has a direct link to the success or failure of fleet safety management. Technology and policies are absolutely necessary, but drivers MUST be trained, monitored, and held accountable to keep a safe environment alive.
A safety audit for a fleet includes reviewing the following:
The main reasons fleets fail an audit are because:
Auditors typically look back at fleet audits as far as 3-5 years, depending on what’s being reviewed and for what reason. But as is the requirement for tax purposes, it’s suggested that you keep all documents going back at least 5 years. The most foolproof method is to just keep all your documents in order from the very start.
Cartrack’s fleet management system helps you keep your business successful during safety audits by:
Driver behaviour tracking influences a safety audit by providing an objective view of fleet safety. How drivers behave on the roads is a direct link to fleet safety, because it gives you a good idea of how vehicles are being utilised and gives you insight into their on-road risks. It also helps fleet managers see who might need more training.
AI dashcams factor into fleet safety audits by forming part of driver behaviour monitoring. If they’re anything like Cartrack’s camera systems, they can accurately track how your driver behaves on the roads. This means there’s a clear record of actively monitoring, investigating, and tackling safety risks with the right corrective actions.
You can quickly generate audit reports using the Cartrack platform by:
Real-time diagnostic reporting prevents critical safety failures by constantly monitoring the state of your car and its health. Live diagnostics are the core of early detection features, so they help with immediately identifying small issues that have the potential to become bigger problems. This keeps fleet vehicles in peak condition.
Yes, drivers can technically tamper with the data to hide hours or speed violations (odometer tampering), but it’s extremely difficult to fake data that’s being recorded on a fleet platform. All the information from a fleet platform is recorded and stored automatically as is, making it a little easier to spot inefficiencies.
