Driving Change: How Lytx and Geotab Are Helping Circet to Boost Safety and Sustainability

When you’re running a fleet of 4,000 vehicles, completing millions of journeys every year, there is a huge responsibility to ensure every trip is safe, efficient and sustainable. This has been the case for Circet, a leading provider of network services to the telecommunications, transport infrastructure, and power sectors. The company needed to find a technology partner that could help it improve driver safety and sustainability now, and in the future.  


The solution was to equip Circet’s entire fleet with Geotab telematics devices and Lytx Surfsight^™ dash cams with road and driver-facing lenses. Geotab was able to ensure smooth roll out across all 4,000 vehicles with a local project team available onsite to provide training and support. Circet soon saw significant results across safety, efficiency and sustainability: 

Safety

The Surfsight solution alerts drivers to risky behaviours such as distracted driving, excessive speeding, incorrect seatbelt use and harsh acceleration – and gives them the chance to self-correct in the moment. Incidents or repeated instances of risky behaviour can be flagged to the operations team for a closer look. This provides the driver with support in real time and gives the operations team access to footage that tells the whole picture - not just what happened, but why it happened. For example, did a driver brake harshly because they were distracted or to avoid a pedestrian? 

Insight into trends and behaviours allows Circet to provide targeted training and support to its drivers. This is already delivering significant safety improvements. In the first three months of using the technology, Circet saw a 15.74% improvement in its overall safety score. This is based on metrics such as harsh acceleration, harsh braking and harsh cornering. 

This same technology is helping Circet to strengthen driver trust and proactively address any privacy concerns, with the Lytx^® Conceal Service able to blur driver images, number plates, pedestrians and other road users. 

Cost Savings

When drivers are empowered with tools to help keep them safe, incident rates drop and the associated costs from insurance, vehicle repairs and maintenance are all lowered. For example, Circet is using footage from the Surfsight dash cam to help lower insurance claims and costs. By providing insurers with video evidence in the event of an incident, Circet can support claims, dispute any wrongful accusations against its drivers and reduce the number of at-fault decisions. 

Sustainability

The solution has also helped Circet track, measure and optimise its sustainability efforts. This includes being able to monitor and reduce fuel consumption and associated CO2 emissions, and measure how transitioning to electric vehicles is helping to reduce the fleet’s carbon footprint. Already, Circet has lowered CO2 exhaust emissions across its diesel fleet by 10%.  

Regular coaching and safer driving habits also have a cumulative impact on energy savings and will be vital in helping Circet to progress future sustainability goals. 

While driver safety is often the primary motivation when investing in technology, Circet is proof that investing in solutions like those from Geotab and Lytx doesn’t just protect people – it also drives business value, protecting the planet and the bottom line. 

To find out how Lytx can help you transform your fleet, get in touch today.