Being a driver on the road is never easy. Not only are you dealing with the various road conditions (which can change quickly depending on the weather), you may have to struggle with traffic.

When you tell people that you're a professional driver or that you manage a fleet of service vehicles, almost everyone will assume you mean during the day. This is only fair, night work only makes up about three percent of the workforce, but the vast majority of third shift workers do so in nice, safe, brightly lit environments like gas stations, 24 hour retail, construction. 

While most people spend their days in office, warehouses, retail stores, or working from home, a fleet driver's office is their car and their workplace is the road. Unlike a nice safe office that is the same day to day, the road isn't the same from minute to minute or even second to second.

You may have heard the disturbing statistics of distracted driving and accidents, and how it now ranks right up there with drunk driving and speeding. This is one of the top causes of traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the road.

Improving fleet safety is important for business when you have a company fleet because the costs of driver misbehavior can send your expenses through the ceiling. Risky driving accounts for around 90 percent of car accidents and identifying these behaviors and weeding them out can make for fewer accidents on the road. 

CSA stands for compliance, safety and accountability. The scoring happens as a result of an FMCSA initiative intended to improve the safety, fatalities, crashes and injuries for all interstate carriers who have a US DOT number. However,CSA scores aren't made public to everyone, which clouds the details on how it truly impacts your fleet. What can you do to improve your score?

Fleet management doesn't come without its share of costly risks because accidents can bring medical, vehicle damage and legal costs against your company. In fact, did you know the average worker's compensation claim reaches up to $21,000 per incident? Commercial vehicle safety is important in order to protect your driver's and your bottom line.

Parking lots are some of the most dangerous places to drive car or truck fleets because of the constant movement of vehicles, and when the lot becomes congested, the frequency of accidents go up even more. You have to take measures to protect yourself and reduce the chances of having an accident in the parking lot.

It's important to have safe drivers on the road. Wilmar is here to help you make that happen. Our Fleet Risk and Safety Management program integrates consultative expertise and additional safety services to help keep your drivers safe while cutting your expenses and risk.

Some road accidents are unavoidable. But the majority are completely preventable - caused by bad driving habits, poor vehicle maintenance, poor road design, etc.

If you are managing a fleet, then fleet safety is one of your primary concerns - you need to protect drivers, passengers, and cargo as well as your own bottom line. The roads are more dangerous than they ever were - 2016 was the deadliest year on American roads in nearly a decade, thanks to lower gas prices and an increase in distracted driving.