Brake celebrates fleet industry excellence and crowns the winners of the UK Fleet Champions Awards 2026

More than 300 people from across the fleet sector gathered to see the winners and runners-up of 12 awards revealed.

These prestigious awards were announced during a celebratory dinner to honour the 51 shortlisted organisations and individuals for their outstanding commitment to road safety. The winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges from across the fleet industry.

See the full list of winners below.

Brake has been running an awards programme for safety in the fleet sector for more than 20 years – to recognise and celebrate the important achievements of organisations and individuals working to prevent crashes and reduce pollution caused by work vehicles.

For the third consecutive year, Driving for Better Business by National Highways was Brake’s delivery partner, while fleet telematics provider Quartix was the headline sponsor for this year’s awards. A further 10 fleet suppliers and organisations sponsored individual award categories, demonstrating the sector’s strong support both for Brake and for the awards.

Brake’s CEO Ross Moorlock opened proceedings by highlighting that road safety is fundamentally a human issue, with real people at the heart of business decisions and performance, and behind road collision statistics. He brought to the crowd’s attention the fact that in 2025, nearly one-third of all road deaths – an estimated 445 people – involved somebody who was driving for work [1].

He went on to acknowledge the Government’s Road Safety Strategy that was published in January, but added that there is urgency in translating targets into meaningful change. “Strategies do not save lives,” he said. “Action saves lives. Investment saves lives. Leadership saves lives.”

Ross told the audience that Brake’s National Road Victim Service is currently supporting around 1,000 people across the UK whose lives have been devastated by road death and injury, with an estimated 2,000 new referrals into the service this year alone.

He also spoke of Brake’s work providing police forces across the UK with specialist bereavement boxes and property bags so that when someone dies on the road, their belongings can be returned to their family with compassion and dignity.

Ross said: “We continue to do all of this without any central Government funding across England and Wales. We remain incredibly grateful to the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland for their commitment to supporting road crash victims in Scotland. But elsewhere, everything I have described tonight exists because of our funders, partners, sponsors and fundraising evenings exactly like this one.”

This was the perfect moment for a rallying call to everyone in attendance to dig deep and contribute to the evening’s fundraising, which included a raffle, a fun game of heads or tails bingo, and opportunities to make donations to the charity. In total, an incredible £3,300 was raised on the night to support Brake’s work supporting road victims and campaigning for safer roads.

Ross added: “These awards matter because they showcase leadership, demonstrate what good looks like and inspire others to raise their standards. The organisations being recognised tonight are not simply collecting awards plaques; they are setting benchmarks for an entire sector. They are proving that road safety and business performance go hand in hand. And they are demonstrating that protecting people is not a compliance exercise; it is a leadership responsibility.”

After thanking headline sponsor, Quartix, event partner Driving for Better Business by National Highways, the category sponsors and supporters, Ross handed the stage to guest speakers Sean Maher from Quartix and Mark Cartwright from National Highways.

Sean spoke of how every improvement in fleet safety “brings someone one step closer to getting home safely at the end of each day”. He said: “Whether you run two vans or 20,000 vans in any sector, putting safety at the heart of how you operate is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make.”

Mark noted that employers in the sector can make a real difference through “better policies, better training, better vehicles”, calling fleet organisations “our brothers in arms” in driving forward safer roads.