SmartWitness, vehicle CCTV specialists, and fleet management specialist Corcra have teamed up to provide what they believe is an ‘industry leading’ integrated telematics and camera technology product. Corcra have integrated SmartWitness’ new forward facing KP1 camera system into their platform to offer a ‘unique solution’ for fleet managers.
The new product has been developed with Corcra’s sister company, telematics specialists NIBC.
The joint offering will give fleets and drivers a complete safety solution that integrates telematics and driver behaviour, and live tachograph data with in-cab camera technology.
This not only provides a reduction in insurance premiums and protection against ‘crash for cash’ schemes and not at fault claims, but it allows fleets to manage the footage remotely.
The video filmed through the SmartWitness KP1 is court admissible evidence, and can help protect drivers from the burden of pre-meditated staged accidents, false or exaggerated whiplash claims, conflicting reports of actual events, and driving offence allegations.
The SmartWitness KP1 fully integrates with the Corcra telematics portal and offers 30-frame per second video clips of accidents, near misses and instant notifications shown on the portal in seconds.
The camera captures footage of what happens before, during and after an accident and can record not only the driver’s view of the road but any other angle customers require by linking with a second camera. It also importantly reports on the impact force of the accident and the driving style.
Partnering with Corcra allows fleet managers to improve driver behaviour, reduce fuel costs and improve safety through accident reduction and also to remain compliant.
SmartWitness managing director Craig Lamont said: “Corcra and SmartWitness have worked together to create an industry leading product. The flexibility and scalability of the Corcra solution, when combined with SmartWitness’ products delivers a real benefit to Corcra’s customer base. We look forward to helping their customers make even greater savings and improvements to their fleet.”
Corcra managing director Simon Williams said: “We do feel that this is a unique solution for fleets of all shapes and sizes, being able to offer a range of services including tracking, CANbus telematics, remote download, live drive and now real time video transfer. This puts us in a select group of providers who can be that one-stop shop.
“When we first started working with SmartWitness several years ago we integrated the SVC100GPS, similar to the current SVC1080-LCA, into our telematics platform and provided instant notification of events or near misses. The one piece that was missing was the actual footage itself and now the KP1 allows us to do that very well and takes things on to another level.
“Corcra was attracted to SmartWitness because of its commitment to innovation and to providing the very best products.”
Just 2% of incidents caught on SmartWitness cameras result in disputed insurance claims, this is against an industry standard of 40% of all motor claims.
Sales are up 40% in the last two years as increasing number of fleet managers integrate the cameras with their telematics.
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