Licence checking and fleet risk management provider Licence Check has celebrated record usage figures for its DAVIS (Driver and Vehicle Information Solution) platform by adding new features to the system’s coaching module.

The new functionality gives fleet managers greater insight into training course performance and strengths and weakness of drivers, at a time when the company’s figures show a 34% increase in drivers recorded on the system to more than 930,000 and the number of licences checked up by almost 20% to 1.41m in 2024.

Derby-based Licence Check, part of the Ebbon Group, launched the DAVIS Coaching dedicated driver app just over a year ago to provide targeted online training for company drivers.

The system has since gained more detailed dashboards which now show the average score and completion rate for each training module, highlighting those drivers which have been most proficient and those less so.

Additional reporting has also been incorporated to provide greater visibility of courses completed and the associated results, providing the ability to filter by driver type and course name.

Further enhancements are currently being worked on and will include the option for fleet and risk managers to trigger ad hoc courses for an individual, specific types of drivers or by department to provide a more tailored approach to driver training.

Licence Check figures show that the DAVIS Coaching has seen drivers in all categories answer more than 450,000 questions via the app, recording a ‘willingness to learn’ score of around 64%.

The best performing knowledge category in 2024 was ‘awareness’ while the question category answered incorrectly the most times was ‘speeding’.

The training module aims to produce better-informed, engaged and safer company drivers by delivering bite-sized interactive educational contact, easily accessible by drivers at times that best suit them.

Fleet or risk managers can schedule who will receive the training, when and how frequently, while 50% of the driver training courses are available by driver type and identifiable for those who drive company cars, vans, HGVs, PCVs or minibuses. This allows managers to select the right training to suit the appropriate class and needs of the driver.

Licence Check Managing Director, Keith Allen, said that the latest features will add to the highly targeted functionality currently available through DAVIS Coaching, and will give fleet and other managers greater insight into the performance levels of their drivers, regardless of category.

“The type of training that DAVIS Coaching delivers – in bite-sized, easy to assimilate chunks – is the most effective means of improving driver attitude and behaviour with pinpoint accuracy, in our view,” Allen added.

“We are already working to increase the available features within DAVIS Coaching which we will unveil to the market over the coming months and will bring even greater depth.”