Case Study: Averitt Express achieves fewer crashes and millions in liability savings with Omnitracs

Why Averitt Express was Ready for a Video-Based Safety Program

Averitt Express, a 4,800-truck commercial fleet, needed a more effective safety program to reduce crashes, litigation costs and false claims, while improving driver skills and retention. After piloting three vendors, the company chose SmartDrive for its advanced video capabilities and managed program approach.

Averitt deployed SmartDrive Shield and the SmartChoice suite—leveraging extended recording, an ECU dashboard and on-demand video offload—to capture and analyze incidents. Fleet-wide rollout cut DOT-recordable accidents, increased subrogation collections by 15%, produced several million dollars in liability savings, delivered ROI covering five years of equipment costs, and boosted driver satisfaction and recruiting.

Averitt Express

David McDowell

Director of Risk Management