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Road Accident Costs Cut 40% by Fleet

Posted on by David Priestman

Vp Brandon Hire Station, a British tool and equipment hire specialist, has reduced accident-related costs by 40%, saving £192,000 annually, after adopting AI-powered solutions from Samsara, the pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform.

Before using Samsara, the company – which operates a 500-vehicle fleet across 125 UK locations – was rapidly scaling, but struggling to build on existing safety initiatives. A lack of visibility, insight and operational structure made it difficult to manage day-to-day activity and maintain consistent safety standards.

By implementing Samsara’s platform, Vp Brandon Hire now benefits from real-time fleet data. AI dash cams and GPS tracking provide accurate insights into driver behaviour, enabling immediate coaching, targeted interventions, and structured reporting.

Since deployment, Vp Brandon Hire Station has achieved:

• £192k saved annually in accident costs — a 40% year-over-year reduction
• 93% reduction in mobile phone use while driving
• 88% decrease in speeding incidents
• 63% reduction in harsh driving events
• 10-point improvement in average driver safety score (from 83 to 93) within 8 months
• 92 drivers now achieve perfect 100 safety scores, with 404 scoring 95 or above out of 630

Antony Draper, Director of HSEQ at Vp Brandon Hire Station, said: “The perception was that we didn’t have a problem, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth. Safety is now a competitive advantage. Our month-end reports include health, safety, environment, quality, audit, and road risk data, largely driven by Samsara’s safety scores. It’s not just a management tool, but a set of KPIs for the entire business.”

Vp Brandon Hire Station has implemented Samsara data into daily operations, using safety scores to monitor performance and raise standards across the fleet. “Samsara highlights inefficiencies, priorities, and areas of focus,” Draper added. “It’s transformed our approach to safety. When you have trusted data, you can make better decisions.”

“Vp Brandon Hire Station shows how real-time insights can drive measurable safety and efficiency gains,” said Philip van der Wilt, SVP and GM EMEA at Samsara. By embedding employee safety into business performance, they’ve built a smarter, more resilient data-led operation.”

Vp Brandon Hire Station is expanding its partnership with Samsara, with plans to roll out the Driver App for virtual coaching and implement Connected Forms for digital vehicle inspections. Its success has also influenced its wider group, with Vp MEP Hire introducing Samsara, and two sister companies also exploring the platform.

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Samsara Reports Q1 Financial Results

Posted on by David Priestman

Samsara, the pioneer of the ‘Connected Operations Platform’, has announced its Q1 FY26 financial results, reporting $366.9 million in revenue, representing 32% year-over-year growth. This quarter reflects Samsara’s momentum and success in delivering innovation and a proven ROI for its customers, concluding the quarter with $1.54 billion in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). The company also furthered its success in empowering frontline workers and transforming physical operations, having expanded its $100k+ customer count by 154, an increase of 35% year-over-year.

Sanjit Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder at Samsara, comments: “We’re also broadening our integration with OEM telematics. We established an integration with Mobilisights, the data-as-a-service division of Stellantis. Stellantis is one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers that covers brands including Alfa Romeo, Citroen, DS Automobiles, FIAT, Jeep, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall. We expect that the integration will enable over 14 million vehicles to connect directly to Samsara’s Connected Operations Platform without the need for additional hardware.”

Sanjit Biswas, CEO

“We delivered a strong first quarter of the new fiscal year with Q1 revenue of $366.9 million, growing 32% year-over-year in constant currency,” added Biswas. “In today’s uncertain macro environment, we are partnering with our customers to help them get more out of their labour, resources, and assets. Our AI-powered platform delivers a clear and fast ROI for our customers and improves the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of their operations.”

“Samsara’s Q1 performance reflects the growing demand for our AI platform and its critical role in strengthening operations,” said Amit Vyas, Chief Revenue Officer at Samsara. “It’s rewarding to see our technology not only making a significant difference in reducing costs for our customers, but also how much frontline workers love and value it. We are energized by this moment and remain focused on delivering innovative solutions to the world of physical operations.”

Solving Critical Challenges with an AI-Powered Platform

Samsara’s platform is essential for organizations looking to reduce costs through enhanced safety cultures and improved efficiency. Its AI-powered platform directly addresses complex, widespread challenges felt by customers, including high safety risks and drains on productivity caused by poor visibility and asset downtime. The company continues to strengthen its platform with key innovations that improve operations:

Advanced AI Safety Features: New Intelligent Safety Inbox and AI-powered Insights for smarter risk identification and coaching, along with enhanced positive recognition tools (Streaks & Milestones, Personalized Kudos, Shared Visibility) deliver improved safety outcomes and boost employee engagement.

AI-Powered Maintenance: Fueled by Samsara’s massive data set, capabilities such as fault code insights, real-time vehicle diagnostics, pre-populated work orders, paperless Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIRs), and customizable maintenance alerts support improved uptime and longer asset lifetimes.

Expanded OEM Integrations: Partnerships with Hyundai Translead, Stellantis (Mobilisights), and Rivian streamline fleet management by bringing vehicle data directly into Samsara’s platform.

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AI-powered Transport Operations Platform Upgraded

Posted on by David Priestman

In response to today’s high demand for resilience in the world of physical operations, Samsara Inc., pioneer of the Connected Operations® Platform, announced its new Upgrade for Smarter Operations programme across the UK and Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg markets. The programme is designed to make it easy for organisations that rely on systems with inadequate capabilities and customer support to upgrade to Samsara’s advanced and comprehensive AI-powered platform. Eligible companies to upgrade include organisations like Lightfoot, Microlise, Webfleet, Trakm8, Lytx, Geotab, Verizon Connect, VisionTrak, and Masternaught among others.

“We switched technology providers because our previous telematics and cameras were unreliable – the data was poor, and our drivers didn’t trust it, hindering bonus planning. We were close to choosing Microlise, but Samsara’s ability to identify key events and behaviours stood out, offering a path to improve our culture through training,” said Peter Cox, Head of Transport, Clean Linen.

Advantages of the Platform

As the most widely-used and fastest-growing connected operations platform, Samsara is committed to continuous innovation and customer success. In fact, the company holds hundreds of patents and has proven to deliver 8x ROI. This commitment translates into many tangible benefits as organisations that use Samsara’s platform can experience:

• Unrivalled AI Insights and Safety: Samsara’s AI is trained on more than 14 trillion data points, more than any other in its industry. Customers leverage its industry-leading AI to gain actionable insights that improve safety, efficiency, and decision-making across operations.
• Expert Partnership, Dependable Supply Chain, and Unwavering Reliability: Customers can rely on Samsara’s solutions for their mission-critical operations, benefiting from secure, scalable, and flexible technology, 99.99% platform uptime, extensive European coverage ensuring top-tier connectivity, rapid 48-hour hardware shipping, and a limited lifetime hardware warranty, all backed by dedicated 24/7 expert support. From day one, customers work with Samsara’s customer success managers and implementation consultants, who stay with them through every stage of their journey.
• Technology Drivers Love: Improve driver satisfaction and retention with leading safety technology and the industry’s number-one rated driver app, designed to be easy to use and to make administrative work simple for drivers.
• Committed to a sustainable future: Samsara customers globally have collectively saved over 1.3 million metric tons of CO2 emissions through the platform’s features designed for efficient fuel use and reduced emissions.
• Future-Proof Stability: Samsara is a long-term, financially strong partner, growing more than 30% year-over-year, and is continuously innovating for its customers, as evidenced by its more than $1B invested in research and development to date.

Thousands of organisations have switched to Samsara because of these advantages and more. Below are a few of their stories with perspective on Samsara’s differentiated solutions and support:

• “It was only when we started investigating alternatives that we discovered Samsara’s AI-based technology. We soon realised it was the perfect fit for us, providing information we needed in real-time,” commented Olivia Fagan, Compliance Officer, Fagan & Whalley
• “We see Samsara as a strategic partner that not only helps us to achieve our current goals, but also supports our long-term vision of a sustainable and successful company… We particularly appreciate the transparent and predictable cost structure that Samsara offers us. Unlike other providers, we get an all-inclusive solution that impresses with its intuitive, user-friendly platform,” added David Intruglio, Head of National Logistics, Alsco
• “When we studied the market, we realised that Samsara differentiated itself from its competitors with particularly effective, latest-generation solutions. We also appreciated their ability to respond very quickly to our specifications with great precision. For the installation of the first gateway, a Samara technician guided us by videoconference and it took us barely 15 minutes. We installed the subsequent units completely independently and very easily, taking just 5 minutes per vehicle,” said Karim Aït Soumane, Co-Founder, TMA Express
• “The Samsara safety score has been a runaway success. It’s given myself and other drivers something to compete over, I can’t count the number of times we’ve joked about beating each other’s score, it’s a fantastic system,” concluded Eddie Burns, Driver and Driver Manager, Midland Tyre Services

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“The world of physical operations is the engine of our economy, driving over 40% of global GDP and impacting everyone’s daily life,” said Philip van Der Wilt, EMEA SVP and GM, at Samsara. “The legacy solutions some are relying on simply aren’t built for today’s economic uncertainties and operational complexities, eroding the confidence leaders need. That’s why we’re making it even easier for them to upgrade to the clear advantages Samsara’s platform delivers.”

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Multi-Million Savings Across Fleet Operations

Posted on by David Priestman

UK electricals retailer AO has achieved 16% annual cost savings and reduced road incidents across its 1,000+ fleet of commercial vehicles by implementing advanced AI and fleet management solutions from Samsara, provider of the Connected Operations® Platform.

AO has more than 1,000 commercial vehicles equipped with Samsara’s advanced telematics technology and AI dash cams, with visibility of the entire fleet provided through Samsara’s Connected Operations platform.

By making Samsara’s platform central to its fleet operation, AO has increased operational efficiency, saving time, reducing costs and making work better for its drivers:

• Driver time has been saved by replacing manual vehicle walkarounds carried out with paper and pen with intuitive digital walkarounds using a Driver App
• Proactive, AI-driven vehicle maintenance has delivered 31% cost savings annually and an 8% reduction in tyre spend, despite completing more miles
• Insurance premiums have reduced by 25% due to reduced accident rates — proven through Samsara’s analytics.

Shaun Carter, Regional Manager at AO, comments: “Samsara is central to our operations—saving us time, helping us keep costs down, and making life easier for our drivers. We’ve got a single source of truth to monitor driver performance, track our fleet of vehicles, and provide training to the drivers that need it most.”

The Samsara technology has had a particularly positive impact on driver performance and attitudes to safer driving. Through Samsara In-Cab Alerts and AI dash cams, drivers are warned about any risky behaviour in real time and data is used to provide targeted coaching to its drivers. The introduction of a Driver Safety Score has driven competition between the drivers to enhance their road performance — raising safety standards across the business.

Carter explains: “The safety score is now a hugely important KPI as it demonstrates the work we’ve done and encourages drivers to compete amongst each other — and by proving that score we receive a discount on insurance premiums too. It’s about much more than cost savings though. Safer drivers means fewer accidents, more reliable deliveries, and, ultimately, happier customers.”

Philip van der Wilt, SVP and GM EMEA at Samsara, comments: “Connecting physical operations can have a transformative impact, as AO is demonstrating through improved efficiency, vehicle performance and road safety. By empowering businesses with full visibility and management of their fleet, Samsara is playing a pivotal role in enhancing the driver experience and the service they deliver to customers.”

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