Cappagh Browne, which serves more than 1.5 million customers on behalf of Southern Water, has officially confirmed the news of reducing dangerous driving by 95% in just one week.
According to certain reports, this came after a week of targeted safety training powered through AI Dash Cams and GPS-tracking technology from Samsara, the pioneer of Connected Operations® Platform.
More on the same would reveal that, prior to installing Samsara’s smart AI-augmented platform, the business was suffering from limited visibility into driver behaviour. Not just that, manual processes and unreliable tracking systems would also cause growing compliance pressures and rising operational risks, eventually coining the need for a modern approach to fleet safety and oversight.
However, upon integrating Samsara’s Connected Operations Platform, the team went on to achieve holistic, real-time visibility into driver behaviors, such as harsh braking, mobile phone use, speeding, seatbelt violations, and inattentive driving. This it did on the back of immediate coaching and faster safety interventions.
“Cappagh Browne’s results show how connected operations can make a real difference to safety and efficiency in the utilities sector,” said Philip van der Wilt, SVP and GM EMEA at Samsara. “With better visibility and data to guide decisions, they’ve built a stronger foundation for smarter, safer, and more sustainable operations.”
Talk about the whole development on a slightly deeper level, we begin from how Cappagh Browne, which carries out more than 65,000 jobs annually across its 250-vehicle fleet, successfully achieved a reduction of around 80% when it came to at-fault accident claims within one year, significantly reducing insurance costs and vehicle downtime.
Furthermore, the company clocked a 10% reduction in overall fuel spend with better route planning and driver coaching, thus delivering measurable savings and greater efficiency.
Another detail worth we must touch upon relates a drop of around 17% in the context of speeding events. This, unsurprisingly enough, led to reduced risk exposure.
Hold on, we still have a couple of bits left to unpack, considering we haven’t yet reached that steep increase Cappagh Browne realized around vehicle inspection completion rates, going from 80% to all the way to 93%. Not just that, vehicle inspection time was also cut by more than half, boosting both compliance and productivity.
Rounding up highlights would be £100,000 in annual cost savings which company unlocked rather seamlessly through fewer accidents and improved efficiency.
Among other things, it ought to be acknowledged that Cappagh Browne also took this opportunity to introduce safety stand-downs, as well as integrated Samsara footage into driver training programs. Apart from that, the company is also using real-time idling reports to effectively reinforce fuel-saving habits across the fleet.
Moving forward, Cappagh Browne is further expanding its use of Samsara into new operational areas, working towards plans to streamline compliance monitoring and strengthen incident response throughout its wastewater network.
Turning this development into a more valuable affair is, of course, Samsara’s own stature. You see, founded in, Samsara’s rise up the ranks stems from empowering organizations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data, develop actionable insights, and improve their operations. The company presently serves world’s leading organizations across construction, transportation and warehousing, field services, manufacturing, retail, logistics, and the public sector.
Samsara’s excellence in what it does can also be understood once you consider it boasts tens of thousands of customers across North America and Europe.
“It’s all about awareness. Once drivers understood the risks, they were motivated to self-correct unsafe habits themselves. Educating drivers on best practice around vehicle idling as well is paying dividends,” said Matthew Reid, Head of Plant & Transport at Cappagh Browne.”
