The safety efforts of Australian and New Zealand transport fleets have been celebrated at the 11th annual Australasian Fleet Champions Awards this week.
Organised by the road safety charity, Brake, the awards focus on recognising companies and individuals who have implemented successful initiatives, products or services to tackle fleet safety.
The winners were announced on November 11 at a celebratory dinner and awards ceremony in Auckland hosts by sports broadcaster Stephen McIvor with guest Greg Murphy providing some racing insight.
As well as categories for organisations, three individual awards were presented to fleet professionals including the prestigious Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety Award, which was awarded to Gerard Jull of Waiotahi Contractors.
Brake NZ director Caroline Perry says it was another strong year for the awards.
“We are delighted to see organisations working hard to help ensure their employees, contractors and other road users get home safely every day,” Perry says.
“The organisations represented at the awards are striving to make a real difference to fleet and road safety, and we hope their work and achievements inspire other organisations to implement measures to address their own risks too.
“Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended entrants at this year’s Fleet Champions Awards.
The 2025 Fleet Champions Award winners are:
- Company Driver Safety Award, sponsored by First Rescue: Oranga Tamariki with Custom Fleet
- Road Safety in the Community Award, sponsored by Bridgestone: Tranzit
- Safe Vehicles Award, sponsored by SG Fleet: Foodstuffs North Island
- Sustainable Journeys Award, sponsored by Fleetcoach: Waste Management
- Fleet Driver Award, sponsored by NZI Fleet Fit: Ronald Harding – Linfox
- Road Risk Manager of the Year Award, sponsored by Suzuki: Blair Inglis – Foodstuffs North Island
- Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety Award: Gerard Jull – Waiotahi Contractors
See the full list of winners and highly commended entries here.