NETWORK OF EMPLOYERS FOR

TRAFFIC SAFETY (NETS)

Joseph L. McKillips CSP

Executive Director

Road Safety Best Practices

NETS Benchmark Survey - 2018

Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS)

Our Mission:

To advance road safety among occupational (non-regulated) drivers, employees and their families, and the communities where employees live and work.

NETS Benchmark Target Audience…• Global traffic safety leaders across private industry and government

• Fleets from <100 vehicles to those with >50,000

• Opportunities to collaborate across industries

NETS Board Member Companies

Government Liaisons

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS® Benchmark Report

• Comparison of leading road safety programs

• Analysis of results

• Understand how your program compares

Road Safety Leaders Forum

• Post discussion topics, ask questions

• Share knowledge

• Online, real-time

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS® Annual NETS Conference

• Keynote presentations by industry leaders

• Road safety case studies

• New research and technology solutions

• Emerging issues, ongoing projects

• Network with other road safety professionals and sponsors

NEW for 2019: Latin America Regional Satellite Conference

April 2-3rd, 2019

Location: San Jose, Costa Rica

"Fardier á Vapeur", the first self-propelled vehicle. It was constructed by Nicholas Cugnot in 1769…

…and was involved in the first-everself-propelled vehicle crash

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Bugatti Veyron

Not Much Has Changed

Vehicle Growth

Global Impact of Road Traffic Fatalities

So how can we control the tremendous road safety risk we face today?

Is it really that big of a concern?

YES!

The value of BENCHMARKING

What gets measured gets done…

What gets measured gets managed…

NETS Benchmark Team – NEW partners in 2018!

Susan Gillies: NETS Marketing and Operations Analyst, Benchmark Lead

Jonathon Vivoda: Assistant Professor, Miami University of Ohio, NETS Statistician

Ken Kolosh: Manager, Statistics Department, National Safety Council (NSC), 2018 NETS Partner and Benchmark Analyst Support

Kevin Fearn: Senior Statistical Associate, National Safety Council (NSC), 2018 NETS Partner and Benchmark Analyst Support

Key Pieces of the Benchmark Report• Summary Table

– Intended to facilitate comparisons among participants

• CPMMs (collisions per million miles) and Percent (%) Fleet

– By company

– By country

– By vehicle category (light, medium, heavy, site, 2-wheel)

• IPMMs (injuries per million miles)

– U.S. and U.K.

• Appendices: Statistical Review, NSC longitudinal analysis, Program Survey Responses

2017 Participation

Data Year 2016 Data Year 2017

# of Companies 71 71

# of Vehicles ~ 570,000 ~616,500

# of Miles 10.3 billion 10.8 billion

# of Individual Countries 142 137

Overall CPMM 6.13 5.44

2017 Program Survey Responses 46 Total Questions (Leading Indicators)

Practices associated with lower CPMM

- Fatigue

- Mobile phone records

- Scorecard

- Collision review

Practices associated with higher CPMM

- Hands-free phone use

- NOT:

• addressing fatigue

• checking phone records

• following up with high risk driver ID

Findings – Collisions per Million Miles (CPMM)

Findings – Collisions per Million Miles (CPMM)

• More specific comparisons

– Scorecard

• Publishing to senior management isn’t enough

• Be sure to publish to drivers

– Mobile phones

• Banning ALL phones significantly better than allowing hands-free

• Check phone records after all collisions

Findings – Correlations

• More is sometimes better, regardless of what you do…

– Lower CPMM, %Fleet, IPMM

• Driver training to more groups

• More scorecard data points

• More overall program elements of any type

– Lower CPMM & % Fleet

• More elements to collision review process

• More light vehicle fatigue program practices

• Publishing scorecard to more groups

– Lower CPMM & IPMM

• More years with a comprehensive road safety program

Longitudinal Benchmark Data AnalysisNETS and National Safety Council

• Ken Kolosh and Kevin Fearn

Objective:

• Determine if past fleet safety program characteristics are associated with current fleet safety program performance.

Rationale:

• May be a lag benefit to certain practices

– It may take a while for the benefits to be observed

• Confirm if benefits of program characteristics persist over time

– May even become more powerful over time

Longitudinal AnalysisMethod:

• Assess relationships between 2014 fleet safety practices and 2017 CPMM

Characteristics:

• 49 organizations provided program data for both 2014 and 2017

Potential for future analyses:

• Unique look at the data – goal of maximizing the benefit of Benchmark program

Longitudinal Conclusions• Several 2014 practices and policies are related to 2017 collision performance:

• Scorecard

– Needs to be published frequently

– Needs to be shared with senior management

• Mobile phone policy

– Banning all mobile phone use

– Strong enforcement – potential termination for not following policy

• Strong collision review process

• Extensive use of commentary drives

• Leadership Involvement

– Executives, business-unit leaders, and managers all need to be involved

Overall Conclusions• Obvious overlap between this year’s Benchmark and longitudinal analysis

• Focus on changeable practices and policies

– Add some of the easier programs to implement if need be

• The number of things you do seems to make a difference – developing road safety culture

• Try new things – fatigue

– Approximately 1/3 of companies address fatigue

– Most notable impact on CPMM

• One-on-one sessions to manage fatigue

• Fatigue training for new hires

Overall Conclusions• Work toward hard sells

– Mobile phones – 48% of companies allow hands-free use

– Average of 2.22 CPMM lower for those that ban all phones, specifically compared to allowing hands-free

• Use what you’ve learned from your peers

• Previous NETS conference success stories

• Talk to each other about how best to make changes

Future Benchmark Opportunities • Expanded data capture and analysis on injury experience

• Serious injury/fatalities, data collection systems, etc.

• Expanded data capture and analysis on 2/3 wheel vehicles (e.g. motor scooters)• Training, PPE, restrictions, maintenance programs, etc.

• Expanded data capture and analysis on international trends • Regional-level

So what is the take-away?

Benchmarking can provide a path to risk reduction, program efficiency and sustainability

If you want to go fast, go alone… If you want to go far, go together…

Reduce Risk. Save Lives.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

QUESTIONS?

Joseph L. McKillips CSPExecutive Director

www.trafficsafety.org