National Highways signs new fleet management deal

National Highways has signed a three-year fleet management contract with Holman, who will now manage nearly 750 vehicles that look after and maintain the UK's major roads.

The fleet includes the Land Rover Discovery, BMW X5, Maxus T90 and eDeliver 9, as well as a variety of other vehicles from BMW, Volvo, Toyota, Kia and Ford, as well as nearly 50 incident screen trailers.

National Highways has 85 depots throughout the UK, looking after the 4,300 miles of motorways and major A-roads, as well as ensuring 10,000 miles of carriageways, 150,000 signs, 20,000 bridges, and 100,000 streetlights are all operational. Alongside this formidable workload, it has a target that all traffic officer vehicles will be ultra-low emission by 2025, and zero emission by 2030.

One of the main reasons for choosing Holman was its expertise in supporting high use operational vehicles – the National Highways Traffic Officer service works around the clock, 24/7, 365 days a year. Providing support for stricken drivers and reacting to emergency situations means National Highways must have very high levels of uptime on its fleet.

This key requirement means Holman will manage maintenance, breakdown, tyres and accidents, as well as provide rental services and fleet administration, including fuel cards and fines.

“Being chosen to help manage this vitally important fleet shows the level of support Holman can bring,” said Steven Shepherd, Holman Business Development Manager.

“Our team have the knowledge and tools to keep high use operational vehicles on the road, through the identification of trends that are affecting downtime, rectification of those issues through proactive maintenance and repair, and fast-moving action when breakdowns occur, or drivers need a replacement vehicle.”

Holman achieves this through unrivalled use of data, in which it measures wear, tear and repair, and reports back to the customers, giving them a complete and clear view of every facet of their fleet, what each part or job is costing in both time and money, as well as where improvements can be made and the return on investment for doing so.

National Highways will be able to access Holman’s Insights platform, which provides customers with transparent access to all data, while its officers will be able to use the groundbreaking new Driver App to manage all their SMR bookings and condition reporting.

Maintenance and repairs of all vehicles will be handled by Holman’s extensive network of suppliers and repairers, which now totals more than 2,000 outlets, with the contract run from Holman’s Chippenham HQ.