Research shows van drivers behaving better on the roads

According to an article on Fleet World's website recently, ‘Perk’ fleet drivers – those who receive a company car as part of their benefits package, are racking up far higher accident costs than their commercial vehicle counterparts. The stats come from new research from LeasePlan; the UK division of the world’s largest leasing company. The antiquated stereotype of the white van man (ahem, we should say van person, as women have and do drive vans too) is once again shown to be well and truly a thing of the past.

Another notch for van drivers in the findings were that similar lower costs were incurred for out-of-contract maintenance costs too. Although the average per head in accident costs each year was lower for fleet commercial vehicle drivers, they haven’t been behaving as well in terms of traffic violations and fines, as the results showed them to be the more costly culprits in this area.

The article also provides the figures and costs to companies associated with the LeasePlan analysis. You can read the article written by Natalie Middleton in its entirety on the Fleet World website by clicking here.