Smithfield Foods reduces collision frequency with SmartDrive’s video-based safety platform
To improve its safety record, Smithfield embarked on a side-by-side comparison pilot of two video-based safety systems in its vehicles across the country.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., deployed the SmartDrive video-based safety program from SmartDrive Systems, San Diego, Calif., across its entire fleet of nearly 600 Armour and Eckrich branded refrigerated box trucks.
“We found ourselves reacting to accidents and situations, rather than training our drivers to get ahead of them,” says James Michael, senior operations manager at Smithfield Foods. “There was a growing concern and some anxiety over the question, ‘what if the next accident is worse than the last?’ We knew we needed an effective way to reduce risk, and the SmartDrive program was the perfect solution.”