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Road Safety Week Calls On Everyone To Be A Road Safety Hero, As Figures Show Extent Of Serious Trauma From Crashes
Friday, 8 May 2026, 7:56 am | Brake NZ
Data from the National Trauma Network shows that road crashes are the largest cause of serious trauma in New Zealand. The report also shows that young people, particularly young males, are over-represented in trauma statistics. More >>
Children Most At Risk As Government Forces Reversals Of Safe Speeds On 1 July
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 4:04 pm | Brake NZ
The Save our Safe Streets campaign is an alliance of leading road safety experts and transport advocates. In a briefing paper to Auckland Council's Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee, they have documented AT's flawed approach to the Rule. More >>
AutoSense Backs Australasian Fleet Champions Awards As Headline Sponsor
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 9:38 am | Brake NZ
Caroline Perry, Brake’s NZ Director says: “We’re delighted to have AutoSense on board as the headline sponsor for this year’s awards. Their passion for road safety and history of working with fleet operators to help them manage road risk ... More >>
Companies Supporting Streets For Life As Part Of United Nations Road Safety Week Campaign
Friday, 21 May 2021, 5:52 am | Brake NZ
Companies across the country have been calling for Streets for Life and Going Yellow as part of Road Safety Week (17 – 23 May 2021) to help save lives on our roads, as police figures reveal over 80,000 speed notices were issued around schools in ... More >>
Fleets Invited To Celebrate Fleet Safety At Evening With Greg Murphy
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 6:01 pm | Brake NZ
Fleet operators, suppliers and health & safety professionals are invited to join Brake, the road safety charity for An Evening with Greg Murphy. The evening is one of a series of events to mark Brake’s 10th birthday. Attendees will hear ... More >>
Fleets Urged To Look At Driver Health And Wellbeing In New Webinar
Friday, 26 March 2021, 7:20 am | Brake NZ
Fleet operators are encouraged to attend the latest free fleet safety webinar from Brake, the road safety charity’s Global Fleet Champions initiative, which will be a focused look at the links between driver health, wellbeing and safety on the ... More >>
Entries Open For The 2021 Australasian Fleet Champions Awards
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 6:43 am | Brake NZ
Entries are now open for the seventh annual Australasian Fleet Champions Awards. Brake, the road safety charity organises the awards through its Global Fleet Champions initiative and is inviting entries from fleet operators and suppliers working to ... More >>
Educators Urged To Register For Road Safety Week And Get Free Educational Resources
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:58 am | Brake NZ
Educators are being encouraged to take part in the 10th Road Safety Week (17-23 May 2021), which will involve hundreds of schools and childcare centres running road safety activities to help raise awareness of road safety issues. This year the week ... More >>
Road Safety Professionals Urged To Register For Road Safety Week And Help Others To Raise Awareness
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:56 am | Brake NZ
Road safety professionals are being encouraged to take part in the 10th Road Safety Week (17 – 23 May 2021) and join hundreds of communities, schools and organisations running activities to raise awareness of road safety issues. This year the week will ... More >>
Employers Urged To Register For Road Safety Week
Monday, 1 March 2021, 4:35 pm | Brake NZ
Companies are being encouraged to take part in the 10th Road Safety Week (17 – 23 May 2021), and join hundreds of communities, schools and organisations running activities to raise awareness of road safety issues. This year the week will coincide ... More >>
Fleet Webinar To Focus On Latest Video Tech Developments
Friday, 22 January 2021, 6:20 am | Brake NZ
Fleet operators are encouraged to attend the latest free fleet safety webinar from Brake, the road safety charity’s Global Fleet Champions initiative, which will focus on developments in video technology and the impact on fleet and road safety. ... More >>
Worldwide Remembrance Day An Opportunity To Remember Loved Ones
Friday, 30 October 2020, 12:28 pm | Brake NZ
A memorial event will be held in Orewa next month as part of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, and National Road Victims Month in New Zealand, to remember those killed and injured in crashes and to thank emergency services for the work ... More >>
Employers Urged To Register For Road Safety Week And Step Up For Safe Streets
Monday, 31 August 2020, 9:59 am | Brake NZ
Companies are being encouraged to sign up for Road Safety Week 2020 (9-15 November), and join hundreds of communities, schools and organisations running activities to raise awareness of road safety issues. The week was postponed from its original date ... More >>
Road Safety Professionals Urged To Register For Road Safety Week And Help Others For Safe Streets
Friday, 28 August 2020, 11:39 am | Brake NZ
Road safety professionals are being encouraged to sign up for Road Safety Week 2020 (9-15 November) and join hundreds of communities, schools and organisations running activities to raise awareness of road safety issues. The week was postponed from ... More >>
Brake Offers Free Webinar For Fleet Operators On Driver Fatigue
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 2:28 pm | Brake NZ
Brake, the road safety charity, is inviting managers of at-work drivers to take part in its next free webinar, on the topic of managing driver fatigue. The webinar takes place on Wednesday 16 September, 2pm-3pm NZST. Driving whilst tired is high ... More >>
Brake Launches Virtual Exhibition Celebrating Fleet Safety
Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 3:16 pm | Brake NZ
Road safety charity Brake has launched a Virtual Fleet Exhibition for fleet operators and suppliers, celebrating fleet safety and sharing best practice. The exhibition is part of Brake’s Global Fleet Champions initiative and runs for the whole of ... More >>
Gain Recognition For Fleet Safety Achievements Through The Australasian Fleet Champions Awards 2020
Friday, 8 May 2020, 12:59 pm | Brake NZ
Entries are now open for the sixth annual Australasian Fleet Champions Awards (previously known as the Fleet Safety Awards). Brake, the road safety charity organises the awards through its Global Fleet Champions initiative and is inviting entries from fleet ... More >>
Employers Urged To Register For Road Safety Week And Step Up For Safe Streets
Friday, 28 February 2020, 12:08 pm | Brake NZ
Employers are encouraged to sign up for Road Safety Week 2020 (4-10 May), and join hundreds of communities, schools and organisations running activities to raise awareness of road safety issues. Brake, the road safety charity, which coordinates the event, ... More >>
New report from Global Fleet Champions
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 10:35 am | Brake NZ
All over the world, driver error and risk-taking is a leading cause of road crashes [1]. For many employees, driving is the riskiest activity they undertake at work. Organisations looking to encourage and manage safe driving behaviours will benefit ... More >>
How to maximise the benefits of telematics systems
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 2:08 pm | Brake NZ
A digital revolution is transforming the way we monitor vehicles and drivers. In-vehicle data recorders, also known as ‘telematics’, are capable of recording and processing a large amount of information at an extraordinary rate. If used effectively, this ... More >>
