There were numerous claims of likely or possible crash savings resulting from fleet safety programs. However, the number of initiatives which had been evaluated were few. Vehicle selection is generally a choice of the safest possible car within reasonably tight constraints, rather than the safest possible car on the market. In general, the literature review demonstrated the need to tailor programs to the types of vehicles, types of use and role that driving plays in the employment of different employees of the organisation. The critical role of management interest and support was emphasised in a number of studies.
Fleet safety appears to be emphasised in organisations where there is a strong general safety ethos.
These organisations are likely to have better incident data monitoring systems that allow them to identify the magnitude of the safety problem comprised by fleet safety. Thus there is a linking of road safety and environmental outcomes. There is an emphasis on ensuring the quality of outsourced transport as well as the use of owned vehicles. The Swedish approach to vehicle safety in fleets focuses more on the rated crashworthiness of vehicles, rather than a specific list of safety features. In this way it differs from the general approach in Australia and the United States identified elsewhere in the report.