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THE FLEET BRIEF|ISSUE 003|16 SEPTEMBER 2026

10% of drivers account for almost half of crashes

Fleet safety may have been concentrating on the wrong thing.

IN THIS ISSUE

14 stories

THE FLEETSAFETY SIGNAL

Five things we're watching

1
Risk prediction

Samsara's research moves the conversation from individual events towards combinations of behaviour. Watch competitors respond with increasingly predictive driver scoring.

2
Fleet insurance

Underwriters are showing increasing interest in continuous safety performance data. The connection between telematics data and insurance economics is getting stronger.

3
Autonomous freight

Einride's German deployment and Kodiak's planned US launch make the final quarter of 2026 potentially important for commercial driverless trucking.

4
FleetPartners

The valuation has moved from roughly A$813 million when we first covered the story towards A$1 billion. Watch the final acquisition multiple.

5
IAA Transportation

The industry is gathering in Hannover this week. AI, connected fleet management, commercial vehicles, autonomy and data integration are likely to dominate the technology conversation.

FLEETSAFETY VIEW

Stop counting events. Start predicting outcomes.

Fleet technology has become exceptionally good at generating information.

Read the full view
ONE QUESTION

If AI could identify the 10% of your drivers most likely to crash, what would you do differently?

More coaching?

Different training?

Additional monitoring?

Route changes?

Or would you need stronger evidence before taking action?

We want to hear from fleet operators.

NEXT WEEK

In Issue 004

  • The intelligence coming out of IAA Transportation 2026
  • Which technologies actually matter?
  • Which announcements are marketing?
  • And what do they tell us about where fleet technology is heading?
  • Fleet M&A Watch
  • Insurance Intelligence
  • AI Video Watch
  • Autonomous Freight Tracker
  • FleetSafety Data Point
  • Five developments that matter