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Company car, van and truck drivers working in consultancy, utilities and telecoms tend to have the most penalty points on their licences - while those in the financial, public sector and health care have the least.
New research released by fleet software firm CFC Solutions breaks down the percentage of drivers with and without points for key industry sectors, based on the users of its Licence Link licence checking software:
The percentage of drivers with no points, representing low risk, for different industries include:
1. Financial/insurance 93.69%
2. Public sector 90.96%
3. Healthcare 88.56%
4. Industrial/engineering 87.64%
5. Transportation 86.31%
The percentage of drivers with five or more points, representing high risk, for different industries include:
1. Consultancy 8.33%
2. Utilities 7.20%
3. Telecommunications 6.42%
4. Recruitment 3.23%
5. Construction 3.06%
Neville Briggs, managing director at CFC, said: "There are some surprises here - for example, the utilities and telecoms industries tend to have strong corporate safety cultures so to see them among the higher risk drivers is perhaps unexpected.
"On the other hand, the sectors in the lowest risk group are more predictable. Public sector fleets, the financial sector and healthcare all have traditionally low accident rates, so we know that they are among the safer fleets."
Briggs added that it was pleasing to see the transportation sector among the lowest risk drivers.
He said: "Van and truck drivers often suffer from a poor public image and we all have our own horror stories about the on-road behaviour of white van men. However, the figures show that these drivers, who after all are driving professionals and often highly trained, are among the safest on the road."
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