Fleet Safety Awards Criteria

Developed by fleet safety professionals, NAFA’s Fleet Safety Award contest criteria cover a comprehensive overview of the different facets of safety in fleet management.

Foundations of Fleet Safety
True safety in fleets requires more than compliance; it demands a culture of prevention, leadership, and investment. The fleet operation must have an organizationally accepted definition of what true safety looks like.

Measuring Safety
The fleet operation must track safety metrics (incident rates, crash metrics, etc.) to identify areas of weakness or potential improvement. The organization must also prioritize best practices for monitoring risk, financial, and operational costs associated with safety measurement.

Employee Engagement & Safety Culture
A valid safety culture makes safety a living value, not just a policy. The fleet operation must make dedicated efforts towards improving their organization’s fleet safety culture and must encourage 100% buy-in at all levels of their organization.

Safety Policy
A strong fleet safety policy reduces risk, ensures compliance, and supports a safety-first culture. The fleet operation must employ and frequently update effective safety policies that protect people and assets.

Safety Technology
Technology plays a critical role in modern fleet safety helping managers reduce risk, improve driver behavior, and boost efficiency. The fleet operation must implement safety technologies that promote safety on and off the road.

Training Programs
A sound safety program must include structure and consistency of your training including onboarding, refresher, corrective, and technology-specific training.

Communication & Driver Routines
Clear, consistent communication is essential to fleet safety and efficiency. The fleet must implement communications strategies and processes that convey the importance and reason for all fleet safety practices, to all levels of employees at the organization.

Enforcement & Corrective Action
A fleet safety policy reduces risk, ensures compliance, and supports a safety-first culture. Enforcement of such policy must include correctional and remedial training strategies in response to incidents.

Wellness, Ride-Alongs & Scorecards
The safety of all employees is vital and prioritizing their physical and mental well-being is paramount in sustaining healthy practices. The organization must have practices in place that monitor, advocate for, and promote the mental and physical health of its employees.