Safety-conscious organisations from New Zealand and Australia have been recognised for working hard to reduce incidents involving at-work drivers and vehicles during the 10th annual Australasian Fleet Champions Awards.
The awards, run by road safety charity Brake, acknowledge companies and individuals who have implemented successful initiatives, products or services to tackle fleet safety.
The winners were announced at an awards ceremony in Auckland on Thursday, October 31. Individual awards were sponsored by Bridgestone, First Rescue, Fleetcoach, NZI Fleet Fit, SG Fleet, and Suzuki.
The awards are held annually and are part of Brake’s Global Fleet Champions initiative, a global partnership campaign to prevent crashes and reduce pollution by vehicles used for work purposes.
As well as categories for organisations, three individual awards were presented to fleet professionals including a new category to mark the 10th awards – the Fleet Driver Award.
“We are delighted to see organisations working hard to help ensure their employees, contractors and other road users get home safely every day,” Brake NZ director Caroline Perry says.
“The organisations represented at the awards are striving to make a real difference to fleet and road safety, and we hope their work and achievements inspire other organisations to implement measures to address their own risks too,” she says.
The 2024 Fleet Champions Award winners are:
- Company Driver Safety Award, sponsored by First Rescue: Coda
- Fleet Safety Product Award: Microlise
- Road Safety in the Community Award, sponsored by Bridgestone: Carbn
- Safe Vehicles Award, sponsored by SG Fleet: Traffic Safe
- Sustainable Journeys Award, sponsored by Fleetcoach: Tranzit Group
- Fleet Driver Award, sponsored by NZI Fleet Fit: Tim Smith – Manuka Health
- Road Risk Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by Suzuki: Theresa Labuschagne – KiwiRail
- Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety Award: Megan McKay – McKay Cartage
*Click here for a full list of winners and highly commended entries.
