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Who won the UK Fleet Champions Awards 2026?
The ceremony took place at New Dock Hall at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Brake said more than 300 people attended and 51 organisations and individuals were shortlisted. Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges from across the fleet industry. The list below follows Brake’s published category names and spellings.
| Category | Winner | Highly commended |
|---|---|---|
| Company Driver Safety – Large | VolkerRail Ltd | Arriva Northwest & Wales; MJ Quinn Integrated Services |
| Company Driver Safety – Small/medium | Greggs PLC | Ferns Surfacing Ltd |
| Dr Will Murray Award for Analysis and Action | Greggs PLC | VolkerRail Ltd; Whistl |
| Emergency Services Driver Safety Award | SEERPIC | British Transport Police |
| Fleet Safety Partnership Award | TTC Group & Kier Group; Vodafone Automotive & United Utilities | Motormax & Tarmac |
| Fleet Safety Technology Innovation Award | Samsara | HAAS Alert; Licence Check Ltd |
| Fleet Team of the Year Award | Whistl | Ferns Surfacing Ltd |
| Road Risk Manager of the Year Award | Ray Cowpe, Arriva Northwest & Wales | Huw Watts, South East Coast Ambulance Service; Chris Walker, Eurocell |
| Road Safety Hero | Guy Best, GBA Logistics | Not listed by Brake |
| Road Safety in the Community Award | VolkerHighways Ltd | Warwickshire County Council |
| Safe Vehicles Award | Drainline Southern Ltd | Centrica PLC; Greggs PLC |
| Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety | Vicki McCarthy, VolkerRail Ltd | Not listed by Brake |
Brake’s announcement spells the emergency services winner “SEERPIC”; that spelling is retained here.
What the awards recognise
Brake says the awards celebrate work to prevent road deaths and injuries and reduce pollution caused by work vehicles. Their categories cover company driver safety, emergency services, partnership work, technology, team performance, road-risk management, community road safety, safer vehicles and individual contributions.
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Brake has run fleet-sector safety awards for more than 20 years. The 2026 event was delivered for the third consecutive year with Driving for Better Business by National Highways. Quartix was headline sponsor, alongside 10 other fleet suppliers and organisations sponsoring categories. These roles describe the event’s sponsorship and delivery; they do not establish that any winner used or endorsed a particular product.
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Greggs PLC took both Company Driver Safety – Small/medium and the Dr Will Murray Award for Analysis and Action. VolkerRail Ltd won the large-company driver safety category, and its training coordinator Vicki McCarthy received the Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety. Samsara won the technology innovation category, while Whistl was named Fleet Team of the Year.
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Brake CEO Ross Moorlock said at the ceremony: “Strategies do not save lives. Action saves lives. Investment saves lives. Leadership saves lives.” McCarthy spoke about the personal loss behind her road-safety work, saying she did not want another parent to experience her heartache and nightmare.
Brake’s announcement also attributes to the Department for Transport an estimate that nearly one-third of UK road deaths in 2025—445 people—involved someone driving for work. This is Brake’s reported attribution and estimate; the figure is not independently verified here.
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Read Brake’s 2026 winners announcement or visit the UK Fleet Champions Awards page.
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