The UK summer may have its challenges with the weather, but staycations have remained for yet another year. The summer of 2021 saw a record surge of road trips around the UK, with 2.6 million families taking to the road on July 21 alone.

Fleet safety starts before your vehicles leave the garage. It’s important to do basic maintenance checks throughout the year to minimise the risk of breakdown en-route to driver destinations. Take a look at how your maintenance schedule has changed in the last year compared to the past. Then build a revised maintenance schedule to focus on vehicles that may have sat idle and are now back up and running.

Tyre checks should remain an essential part of your driver’s daily tasks. Still, as the weather changes and your drivers begin using their vehicles more, the importance of these checks increase exponentially. Taking a proactive approach will not only ensure your drivers are safe but significantly reduce rapid response emergencies.

Map it Out

The data around driver behaviour is out there, but how will you use it? You can use driving trends of the past to study your data through Holman insights and develop a driver schedule that fits into the change in summer schedules. That includes understanding how long your driver will spend on the road–compared to other times of the year– and how to plan for things like fuelling (or charging) and the number of times drivers can operate in a day.

Have a Game Plan

Accidents and breakdowns happen, so being prepared for the worst is a great way to reduce downtime while keeping your drivers as safe as possible. Holman’s solutions are available 24/7; as soon as a driver reports an incident, accident or breakdown to a Holman specialist, they receive a notification to keep them updated and informed. From there, we work to identify recovery and driver pick-up options in real-time, keeping drivers off of busy roads and away from danger, and getting your vehicles into a garage and back on the road as quickly as possible.

Contact us to learn more about how Holman can help your drivers prepare for any driving conditions, whatever the weather.