New report indicates that AI could be instrumental in lowering fleet collision.

AI-driven safety features ‘could help lower fleet collision rate by 40%’ 

We have already referenced in a previous article here at KTL the increasingly prominent role that artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are taking across the freight sector. 

However, you might not have given much thought so far to how AI could help minimise the scope for collisions among commercial vehicle fleets. This, in turn, could greatly help improve the protection of shipments. 

New report indicates that AI could be key to future fleet management 

The commercial fleet telematics specialist Geotab recently undertook a detailed study to analyse the safety and efficiency of urban transportation. The company found that where fleets used its AI-driven safety features, a 40% reduction in collision rates was achieved. 

The firm’s 2024 State of Commercial Transportation Report drew upon extensive data analysis from more than four million Geotab subscriptions across the world. 

Generative AI is having a particularly revolutionary effect on the industry, with businesses taking the opportunity that it presents to optimise a variety of elements of their operations. 

Economic pressures, of course, have been intense lately for practically every sector. This has led to many businesses looking to data-driven insights to help them pick out opportunities to reduce costs. 

Sure enough, the report from Geotab emphasised how important it was for companies to optimise routes, minimise idling, and embrace fuel-efficient driving practices, to help lessen the impact of costs that continue to edge up. 

Safety and sustainability are major themes for commercial transportation 

Many importers and exporters with a need for efficient freight solutions and reliable transport partnerships will take an interest in the finding that where advanced safety features such as in-cab coaching, driver safety scorecards, and collision reconstruction are used, this is positively correlated with a reduction in collision rates. 

So, there is ever-more evidence of the contribution the right technology can make to boosting fleet safety. However, sustainability was another major theme of the Geotab report, which found that the transportation sector was placing a greater focus on the reduction of carbon emissions. 

According to Geotab’s research, many firms seem to be adopting a “small steps for big change” approach to sustainability, putting in place realistic and measurable targets to reduce emissions. 

Unsurprisingly, the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is given a prominent place in many companies’ sustainability strategies. The research also discovered, however, that such factors as insufficient charging infrastructure, limited model availability, and economic worries could be contributing to a slower pace of growth of EV adoption in countries like Germany and Italy. 

The challenges to the UK, European, and worldwide freight sectors, then, continue to be very real. However, we are also seeing ever-more indicators of how new tech like AI could help companies overcome these tests. 

To find out more about our own professional, efficient, and sophisticated freight solutions and reliable transport partnerships here at KTL, and what the benefits of these could be for your organisation’s shipments, please contact us today. 

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