2026 Fleet Safety Awards Webinar Series-11.12.26 Fleet Safety Awards Handout

11.12.26 Fleet Safety Awards Handout

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The November 12, 2026 NAFA Safety Contest webinar recognized high-performing fleets and featured safety leaders Cory Beard of Crane Payment Innovations and Bob Mossing of Diebold Nixdorf. The presenters discussed four key areas: employee and driver training, safety technology and data, safety culture and engagement, and collision prevention and risk reduction.<br /><br />Recommended training approaches included robust safety policies, careful hiring and onboarding, recurring and equipment-specific instruction, defensive-driving programs, remedial coaching, mentoring, and ride-alongs or peer reviews. Fleets can use technology to monitor behaviors such as speeding, harsh braking, seat-belt use, distraction, and fatigue, combining those measures with incident data to identify trends and guide coaching.<br /><br />The webinar emphasized that leadership involvement, regular communication, employee participation, recognition, and shared accountability are central to a strong safety culture. Crane Payment Innovations illustrated this with its “Safety Guardians” mascots, Scout and Axle, who promote hazard awareness, vehicle inspections, defensive driving, load security, preventive maintenance, and safe operating habits. Diebold Nixdorf highlighted leadership engagement supported by practices such as safety observations, audits, hazard reporting, toolbox talks, committees, stop-work authority, training, and recognition.<br /><br />To reduce incidents and liability, fleets should review preventability, analyze collision and incident causes, identify hazards and higher-risk drivers, and apply appropriate driver-assistance and distracted-driving controls.<br /><br />The webinar also announced that applications for the 2027 100 Best Fleets contests are open through January 15, 2027. Winners will be announced at NAFA’s Institute & Expo, April 5–7, 2027.

Keywords

NAFA Safety Contest

fleet safety

driver training

safety technology

data analytics

safety culture

collision prevention

risk reduction

defensive driving

leadership engagement