Case Study: Castell Howell achieves 58% Safety Score improvement with SmartDrive Systems

Castell Howell - Customer Case Study

Castell Howell Foods Ltd., a leading independent UK food wholesaler serving Wales and the South West, operates a mixed fleet of 140 vehicles across five depots. To improve on-road safety, reduce collisions and better manage fleet risk while protecting drivers and assets, the company piloted a video-based safety programme to proactively identify unsafe driving and support consistent coaching.

The SmartDrive system fitted forward- and interior-facing cameras that capture 20-second, event-triggered (and optionally extended) clips uploaded via cellular to specialists who review, score and publish footage to a dedicated portal for driver coaching. The trial produced a 58% improvement in SmartDrive Safety Score; SmartDrive’s global data links score improvements to lower collision rates (about an 8.2% reduction in collisions per 10% score improvement), and Castell Howell is rolling the programme out across its entire fleet.

Castell Howell

Martin Jones

Director of Transport