GPS tracking systems are helping companies to improve their monitoring of health & safety and to ensure that they are meeting their health & safety obligations.

Recent amendments to legislation such as the Health & Safety and Corporate Manslaughter Act means that directors, managers and employees can be found personally accountable for failing to meet their health & safety obligations. This is why it is more important than ever before for companies to review their health and safety policy and ensure they are meeting their duty of care responsibilities.

Statistically, driving is the highest cause of occupational deaths in the UK, accounting for an estimated twenty fatalities a week and is responsible for a third of all road traffic accidents. GPS vehicle tracking systems allow fleet managers to closely monitor the movements of their drivers and ensure that employees are driving responsibly and meeting their health & safety obligations. A tracking system is able to immediately alert a fleet manager to an activity that is at risk of putting the safety of an employee and other road users in jeopardy, such as speeding and constant hard braking. In addition, a tracking system can provide an alert if an HGV driver has exceeded their authorised driving hours.