A tremendous amount of importance has been given to fleet safety in recent times. Fleet safety is an important aspect not only for large trucking operators, but also for smaller companies with fleets that put in several million miles per year. The landscape is abound with workplace accident lawyers that pay special attention to fleet safety. Fleet safety starts with first of all ensuring proper vehicle maintenance for your fleet -- properly operating lights, brakes, tires, clutches, etc. Additionally fleet operator training is essential. A proper fleet safety operator program comprises of training, supervision and follow-up monitoring. Several indices have been used to track fleet safety and accident prevention, the most common being accidents per million miles. An added index to evaluate could be accidents per risky driver; the reason for this is it has been found tht 80% of accidents are caused by 20% of the drivers. Hence concentrating and focussing on the few riskier drivers would result in better safety numbers, rather than spending valuable resources on re-training safe fleet operators.
