Apollo is a property services business, and Apollo’s Housing division is involved
in the refurbishment of social housing, frequently working on very large projects.
The business has a eet of approximately 400 vans and ADT was called in to
review the eet management policy in the light of unusually high collision rates,
even by the standards of the building trade. The workforce included tradesmen
recruited from throughout the EU, with a cross-section of ages. There was no
policy in place as to who should have the responsibility of driving in the individual
teams of workers. We identified the high risk groups and used a combination of
training and replacement with lower risk profile drivers to achieve the results shown
below. The following figures show the improvement in claim rates in the year before and
the year after ADT’s involvement with the eet:

Before

Total number of claims – 254

Total number of collisions – 277

Blameworthy collisions – 112

After

Total number of claims – 136 (46.5% improvement)

Total number of collisions – 116 (51% improvement)

Blameworthy collisions – 70 (37.7% improvement)

Cost savings

Reduction in claims – £702 690

Direct and indirect savings for all collisions – £958 755

Direct and indirect savings for blameworthy collisions – £250 110

Annual saving in insurance premiums – £40 000 (£100 per vehicle)