Commercial fleet expert highlights rising threat to drivers

By |2024-01-04T14:55:02+00:00January 4th, 2024|Driving advice, Van News, Van Security|

There is significantly more risk associated with working alone and in isolated areas, with London a particular hotspot for fleet drivers. Incidents are occurring on a frequent basis, especially during the darker months, as opportunist thieves target vehicles and advanced equipment. There is a need to look at ways to deter this threat, undertake risk assessments, and ultimately put in place processes to minimise the dangers to people.

Hands off! UK tradespeople report £3.5 billion worth of equipment stolen

By |2023-09-28T10:53:08+01:00September 28th, 2023|Van management, Van News, Van Security|

Some £3.5 billion worth of stolen equipment was reported last year and almost half (48%) of van drivers confess to keeping more than £2,150 worth of tools in their vans overnight. This means that UK tradespeople are risking up to £5 billion in lost equipment.

Are you protecting your fleet against hi-tech thieves?

By |2023-07-12T13:17:10+01:00July 12th, 2023|Van News, Van Security|

This is an area of fleet management where driver buy-in is crucial but can be difficult to generate. For company car and van drivers, a car theft can be seen as an inconvenience rather than a major worry and employers need to make it clear that they expect certain measures to be met, such as where vehicles are parked and keys kept, for example.

Police data reveals a third of all tool theft is from vehicles

By |2023-02-22T09:33:29+00:00February 15th, 2023|Van management, Van News, Van Security|

There were 34,712 tools stolen in London alone from January 2021 to October 2022. That’s a 62% increase on the 21,445 tools stolen from January 2019 to December 2020. Tradespeople are 10 times more likely to experience tool theft from a vehicle than they are from a building site or their place of work – with only 14% of cases leading to the suspect being identified. 

Record-high tool theft from vans costs tradespeople £4.4bn

By |2022-09-30T13:04:02+01:00September 30th, 2022|Van News, Van Security|

The average value of equipment stored per van stands at £2,500, which means UK tradespeople are footing a £4.4 billion bill for replacement tools every year. In addition, the study found that when tools are stolen, it stops work for six days on average, causing UK businesses to lose a staggering £5.2 billion annually.

Improve the security of your van

By |2017-10-06T15:56:25+01:00October 6th, 2017|Guest blog, Van News, Van Security|

LIGHT commercial vehicle ownership has improved vastly in the last 10 years, with the changing trends towards home comforts and a soaring demand for same-day delivery in the home shopping market but it's essential to ensure the security of your van. LCV’s are comparatively diverse to Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) and the features that come with these vehicles are more [...]

Theft suspect in the frame with a cab camera

By |2016-02-23T08:55:36+00:00February 22nd, 2016|Van News, Van Security|

Caught on camera! Van thief framed by cab camera Renault Trafic van located via tracking data Camera footage used by Merseyside Police to identity thief A THEFT suspect in the frame with a cab camera was arrested after inadvertently recording himself trying to remove a 3G vehicle camera and tracking system from a stolen Renault Traffic van. The van, fitted with Intelligent [...]

Citroen’s stolen vehicle tracking pays speedy dividends

By |2015-12-12T21:59:35+00:00December 11th, 2015|Van News, Van Security|

Citroen stolen vehicle recovery Platform with Smartnav intelligent sat-nav and Trackstar stolen vehicle tracking Fitted as standard to all Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay panel vans It has enabled 94% of all Citroen LCVs stolen to date in 2015 to be recovered on average within two hours. CITROEN'S Teletrac Navman telematics platform has proved its stolen LCV recovery credentials again – following the [...]

Vans are valuable – how to keep hold of yours!

By |2015-11-13T21:10:28+00:00July 6th, 2015|Van Security|

ACCORDING to statistics, each year 47,000 commercial vehicles are stolen in the UK, costing owners and insurers a total of around £152 million. Your van and the tools inside, are key to you being able to do your jobs and any downtime spent off the road, plus the potential replacement cost of your van and tools could hit you or [...]

How modern securities protect fleet operators’ most important assets

By |2015-11-10T10:11:21+00:00October 27th, 2014|Van Security|

Monitoring risk of business van drivers through vehicle tracking has the potential to change the future of driving Gareth Jones of Dawsonrentals IN the UK there is a growing ‘zero tolerance’ culture, with widespread improvements in the security measures implemented by both the authorities and by fleet operations professionals to combat substance abuse and driver fatigue. The past decade has seen a crackdown, but drug use and fatigued driving remain key threats [...]

Sophisticated thieves hacking high value commercials

By |2015-11-13T21:15:30+00:00August 21st, 2014|Van Security|

Vehicles fitted with a Tracker tracking system are more likely to be returned to their owners ACCORDING to Tracker, the surveillance company, criminals are using scanners bought over the internet and sold legally to “hack” vehicle key-codes and then put them into a blank fob or key. Vehicle hacking simply by using the modified key, then gives them [...]

Average theft from vans jumps to £5091 in 2013

By |2015-11-13T18:26:32+00:00February 12th, 2014|Van News, Van Security|

Builders' vans left overnight at hotels and B&Bs are particularly vulnerable since thieves know they're likely to contain valuable tools ACCORDING to building trades insurer ECIC, the past year has seen the value of claims for theft of tools from contract sites and vans increase from £2865 on average per claim to £5091. And the most common thefts [...]

Go to Top