Making the roads safer for us and others
Travel continues to be a high-risk activity, affecting employees, third-party suppliers and members of the public. The recently accelerated trend to eCommerce means that there are more vehicles on the road and more two-wheelers to complete the final mile. Travel safety risk is trending upwards.
One of the key requirements in the Safe Travel Standard is the requirement for GPS devices in vehicles of all high-risk employee drivers. Such devices can be used in several ways such as providing location coordinates, traffic updates, to monitoring and recording driving behaviours in real-time.
Davanns Safe Travel Standard shall include three conditional and mandatory requirements
Adherence to driving hours and driving logs
Vehicle inspections before driving
Random drug and alcohol testing for routine drivers
We focus more on improved governance of driving behaviours based on the data generated, while protecting data privacy.
While compliance with our current standards will improve road-related accidents/incidents, there are still significant road-related hazards in the countries we operate in, of which and most are considered high road risk.
There is need for new partnerships across individual, companies and with governments, to improve vehicles, road infrastructures and driver capabilities.
Road Mode: preventing phone use while driving
Mobile phone or devices use is one of the leading causes of vehicle accidents worldwide.
Our mandatory on the use of hand-held phones while driving is a key element of our Safe Travel programme.
This is intended to reduce on accidents as studies show most accidents or injuries are due to the use of a mobile phones or devices.
Road Safety Improvements
Golden Rules
Set Targets
Zero Fatalities
Zero Injuries
Zero Process Incidents
Zero Accidents
Zero tolerance of unsafe behaviour and practices
We have implemented obligatory technical checks, seasonal tyre changes and car equipment verification on an annual basis (safe driving audits).
We monitor road safety performance of every driver and line Lead is obliged to review driver summary reports at least every three months.
Establishment of road safety champion
Every driver, before taking a company car is obliged to complete a short, internal, theoretical training course in safe driving.
We ensure maintenance and repairs are carried out to an acceptable standard through our Logistics Department
We develop a journey-planning system to maximise route efficiency
We insist on compliance with speed limits and drink-driving legislation
Improved governance on driving hours and driving logs
