Fleet Saver audit programme

The Fleet Saver audit programme has not met its aims, and the transport sector now has other safety programmes. The Minister for ACC proposes from 1 July 2025, to close Fleet Saver to new entrants and reassessments, and to close the programme from 30 June 2029.  

Current state — businesses who meet Fleet Saver standards get discounted levies 

Fleet Saver is a health and safety audit programme that was established to promote best practice for businesses with five or more heavy goods vehicles.  

It provides voluntary standards for general safety management, driver training, and vehicle management. Businesses meeting Bronze, Silver or Gold Fleet Saver standards get four years of discounted levies. 

Fleet Saver has not lowered the risk of injury in the transport industry. This is likely because: 

• there has been limited uptake of the programme (only 35 business take part in the programme)
• programmes based only on audits have limitations.  

Work levies for heavy goods vehicles (2024‒25) 

When we introduced Fleet Saver, we expected to grow the benefits of membership and encourage more businesses to join. After 10 years, this has not happened, and Fleet Saver now needs considerable investment to address technology and audit standard short-comings.

The transport sector is developing its own programmes. These address safety and wider concerns of the transport sector and regulators. ACC’s overall approach to injury prevention is to encourage sectors to develop programmes that work for them. Redeveloping Fleet Saver would be at odds with this approach, given the work already happening in the sector. 

Who would be impacted and what it would mean for them 

Closing Fleet Saver will impact the 35 members currently in the programme. However, this represents just 6.7% of the heavy vehicle fleet in New Zealand. 

Current members would continue to receive their discounted levy for the rest of their agreement with us — up to four years. After this, it is proposed that Fleet Saver is closed. The latest this can occur is 1 July 2029. 

No other businesses would be able to enter the Fleet Saver programme after 1 July 2025. 

The Minister proposes this approach to give impacted businesses time to adjust to the new levies ACC will charge and to ensure that ACC honours its existing agreements. 

The table below sets out the 2025/26 levy rates if the Fleet Saver removal proposal is accepted.  The levies reduce overall due to experience change and are further reduced as there will be no new fleets entering the product.