Methodology
The details behind the figures used in the calculator.
Incident Reduction
Studies of comprehensive training programmes typically report reductions of 20 to 35%. Some of our customers have done considerably better.
We've set the default at 30%, below our best results because outcomes vary with how much drivers engage with the training, and because no training prevents every incident. A parked vehicle getting hit isn't something a driver can do much about.
We've set the default at 30%, below our best results because outcomes vary with how much drivers engage with the training, and because no training prevents every incident. A parked vehicle getting hit isn't something a driver can do much about.
Fuel
We work out your annual fuel spend from your average annual distance and your fuel cost, then apply the eco-driving saving rate. The default is 10%. Research on eco-driving training reports fuel savings in the range of 7 to 15%, and we've taken a figure from the middle of it. Your fuel cost is seeded from regional average fuel prices across a blended vehicle mix. If our blend doesn't match your fleet, you can change it.
Maintenance
Safer driving is easier on brakes, tyres and suspension. We apply the safer driving saving rate to your annual maintenance spend per vehicle.
Driver turnover
Subscriptions are priced per seat rather than per person. When a driver leaves, their replacement takes over the seat at no additional cost. We multiply your driver count by your annual turnover rate, then by the per-driver price. That's what you'd have paid to re-train the replacements if the subscription were priced per person.
Where the defaults come from
Every figure in the assumptions is pre-filled with a benchmark, drawn from published research, industry data and what we see across our customers. They're there so you can get a number in two minutes rather than an afternoon. Most people know one or two of these figures for their own fleet and would be guessing at the rest. Every one of them is editable. Where you have your own figure, use it.
Incident costs
Vehicle only: Counts the repair or damage cost of a single incident. This is the cost everyone counts: the invoice that arrives with the incident attached to it.
Vehicle + indirect: What the incident actually costs you, adding the injury, downtime, admin and disruption that follow it.
Vehicle + indirect: What the incident actually costs you, adding the injury, downtime, admin and disruption that follow it.
Insurance
Insurance doesn't make an incident free. If you're insured, we subtract the share your insurer covers. What's left is the cost your business carries anyway, plus your excess, which you pay on every claim. Cover goes less far on the Vehicle + indirect basis. Your vehicle policy covers the vehicle. It doesn't cover the injury, the downtime, the admin time or the jobs pushed to next week.
If you're self-insured, your business carries the whole cost, and there's no excess.
If you're self-insured, your business carries the whole cost, and there's no excess.
The three-year view
The three-year figure is your annual net saving, three times over. We haven't discounted it and we haven't assumed the savings grow. Subscription pricing is held flat across all three years.
What we haven't counted
The model leaves out several things that carry real value but resist a reliable dollar figure:
→ Insurance premium movement over time
→ Vehicle resale condition
→ Reputational damage from an incident involving your brand on the door
→ Insurance premium movement over time
→ Vehicle resale condition
→ Reputational damage from an incident involving your brand on the door
Pricing
The training investment figure uses Wellbeing subscription pricing. It's an indication of what the subscription would cost your fleet, not a quote.
