Vehicle & fleet tracking · public road fleets

Know where your fleet is. Know what it is costing you.

Road fleets have a different challenge to vehicles working on a closed site. Drivers are moving between customers, depots and public roads while fuel, mileage, safety, service levels, maintenance and vehicle use all affect the cost of every journey. Foretrack turns that movement into information your team can actually act on.

Cars · vans · HGVsDesktop & mobileTracking · telematics · video
FORETRACK
◉ Live▣ Vehicles● Drivers▥ Reports♢ Alerts 2
Road FleetLIVE
BirminghamSolihullCoventry M6A45M42A34
☁ 14°CLight rain
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V12 · Transit Moving56 mph⛽ 78%
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V04 · Crafter Moving48 mph⛽ 65%
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V08 · Sprinter Idling0 mph⛽ 42%
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V21 · HGV▲ Harsh braking32 mph◉ Collision event flagged
Fleet Status ⓘ
30Vehicles
  • 18 Moving
  • 3 Idling
  • 7 Stopped
  • 2 Alerts
Fuel Usage
Avg. 28.4 mpg ↑ 12%
MON   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN
Driver Safety
87/100
  • Harsh braking 2
  • Rapid acceleration 1
  • Speeding 3
  • Idling 8
Dashcam ↔ Live
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V12 · Front Camera2 min ago
V12 · TransitBirmingham → Coventry36 / 52 miles16 min ETA
Illustrative fleet view
See the operation live

Know where vehicles are, what they are doing and which driver or vehicle is best placed for the next job.

Control avoidable cost

Use journey, mileage, idling and vehicle data to find unnecessary movement and inefficient use.

Improve road safety

Surface speeding, harsh braking, acceleration and cornering so coaching can focus on real behaviour.

Prove what happened

Use trip history, geofences, alerts and optional video to investigate incidents, visits and service queries.

More than dots on a map

A road fleet creates a new decision every few minutes.

The useful question is not simply “where is the van?” It is whether the right vehicle is on the right job, whether a customer can be given an accurate answer, whether mileage and idling are under control, whether drivers are operating safely and whether the fleet you already own is being used properly.

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Dispatch & response

Find the nearest suitable vehicle, understand progress and make faster decisions when work changes during the day.

02

Fuel, mileage & idling

See the journeys and behaviours that drive unnecessary fuel use, wear and vehicle cost.

03

Driver risk

Move from anecdotal feedback to recorded speed, harsh events and driver-specific performance information.

04

Customer service

Use arrival, departure and journey information to answer “where are they?” without repeatedly calling the driver.

05

Vehicle administration

Keep mileage and key maintenance dates visible so operational teams are not relying on separate spreadsheets.

06

Security & misuse

Use geofences, curfews and movement alerts to surface out-of-hours use and unexpected vehicle activity.

ForetrackFLEET VIEW
Foretrack vehicle tracking and fleet management platform
Live status
Trip replay
Geofence alert
One operational view

See what is happening now — and exactly what happened before.

Foretrack combines live vehicle location with historic journey data, statuses, alerts and reporting. Fleet managers can move from the live map into the detail behind a vehicle, driver, trip or event without piecing together information from different systems.

  • Live vehicle location, direction and status
  • Historic trips, journey replay and heatmaps
  • Geofence entry, exit, dwell and occupancy
  • Speed, idling and driver-behaviour events
  • Mileage, utilisation and scheduled reporting
  • Vehicle groups, users and permission-based views
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Vehicle & Fleet Services

What we do for road fleets.

The information, safety and control tools that help you run vehicles better every day.

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Live Vehicle Tracking

See where every vehicle is right now.

Live map · status · nearest vehicle
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Driver Behaviour

Spot speeding, harsh braking and risky driving.

Speed · braking · acceleration · cornering
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Geofences & Site Arrival

Know when vehicles arrive, leave and dwell on site.

Arrival · departure · dwell · proof of visit
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Mileage, Idling & Utilisation

Reduce wasted fuel and improve fleet use.

Mileage · idle time · utilisation · journey trends
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Alerts & Reports

Get the exceptions and summaries that matter.

Real-time alerts · scheduled reports · exceptions
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Vehicle Cameras

Add video evidence and more roadside visibility.

Incident evidence · road view · connected events
Safer drivers · lower avoidable cost

Driver behaviour affects more than the safety score.

Speeding, harsh acceleration, braking and excessive idling can increase risk, fuel use and vehicle wear. Foretrack gives managers a consistent record of those events so conversations with drivers are based on evidence rather than assumptions.

Speed & road-speed exceptionsHarsh braking, acceleration & corneringIdle time & journey efficiencyDriver and vehicle comparisons
DRIVER PERFORMANCEExample view
Speed eventsReview
Harsh brakingLow
Harsh accelerationReview
IdlingLow

Use trends and exceptions to identify where coaching or operational changes will have the most value.

Vehicle tracking · fleet tracking · telematics

One fleet view. Different levels of operational intelligence.

Vehicle tracking, fleet tracking and telematics are often used interchangeably, but they describe different depths of information. Foresolutions designs the system around the decisions your fleet team needs to make, then adds the right data without making the platform harder to use.

What is a vehicle tracking and telematics system?

A vehicle tracking system shows where vehicles are and where they have been. Fleet telematics goes further by combining GPS location with journey, driver, vehicle and event data such as mileage, idling, harsh driving, geofence activity and, where supported, CAN-bus information. Video telematics can then add camera evidence to explain what happened around a journey or incident.

01 · GPS tracking

Location and journey visibility

Use live location, trip history, geofences, arrival/departure events and route replay when the operational question is primarily where the vehicle is and where it has been.

02 · Fleet telematics

Location plus driver and vehicle intelligence

Add mileage, idling, driver behaviour, utilisation, scheduled reporting and selected vehicle data when managers need to control cost, risk and fleet performance.

03 · Video telematics

Operational data plus visual evidence

Add connected cameras when incidents, claims, road risk, driver support or manoeuvring safety require visual evidence alongside the telematics timeline.

RequirementGPS vehicle trackingFleet telematicsVideo telematics
Live vehicle locationYesYesYes, when integrated
Journey history and geofencesYesYesYes
Driver behaviour and idlingSelected configurationsCore use caseCore use case plus video context
Vehicle/CAN dataNot always requiredWhere supported and usefulCan be combined with event video
Incident visual evidenceNoNoYes
Best fitLocation, dispatch and journey proofCost, safety, utilisation and managementClaims, incident review and road-risk evidence

When basic GPS tracking is enough

If your team mainly needs live location, customer ETAs, trip history, proof of attendance and geofence events, a straightforward vehicle tracking configuration can be the right answer. More data is not automatically more useful.

When richer telematics is worth it

If you are trying to reduce idling, compare driver behaviour, manage mixed fleets, investigate vehicle utilisation or connect operational reporting with vehicle data, a telematics configuration provides the extra context that changes management decisions.

When location is not enough

Add video telematics when you need the full picture.

Tracking can tell you where a vehicle was, its speed and the events around a journey. Connected cameras add visual evidence for incidents, claims, driver support and road-risk investigation. Keep tracking and video connected rather than creating another isolated portal.

Built around the operation

Useful whether you run five vehicles or a complex mixed fleet.

The hardware and data depth can change without changing the outcome: a clear operational view of vehicles, drivers, journeys and exceptions.

Field service

Engineers & mobile teams

Nearest vehicle, time on site, journey evidence, accurate customer updates and less time phoning drivers for status.

Construction & infrastructure

Road-going operational fleets

Manage vans, pickups and HGVs moving between depots, sites and customers with driver and utilisation visibility.

Transport & logistics

Commercial vehicles

Track trips, mileage, idling, driver activity, geofence events and richer vehicle data across longer journeys.

Housing & facilities

Multi-team van fleets

Group vehicles by team, allocate work more effectively and use scheduled reporting to support day-to-day management.

Utilities

Distributed response fleets

Understand which vehicles are closest, when teams arrived and how vehicles are being used across a wide service area.

Mixed fleet?

We specify the data around the vehicle.

Different vehicles can use different tracker and telematics configurations while staying visible through the same operational platform.

Talk through your fleet →
Customer proof

Tracking should create a measurable operational return.

PW Gates used Foretrack trailer tracking to improve visibility, utilisation, servicing and capacity planning. Their published case study reports £25k annual direct cost saving and an approximately 23× first-year return on investment.

Read the PW Gates case study →
Housing & field operations

Foresolutions has deployed fleet tracking for estate and mobile service teams using driver-behaviour reporting, geofencing, scheduled reports and nearest-vehicle job allocation.

Transport & plant

Customers have used Foretrack to replace driver phone updates with recorded journeys, improve routing visibility and combine tracking with camera evidence.

Configured reporting

Standard and scheduled reports can be tailored around the operational questions your team needs to answer — not just the data a tracker happens to collect.

Common questions

What should a fleet tracking system actually tell you?

Can I see my vehicles live?

Yes. Foretrack provides live vehicle location and status through a web-based platform, with access designed for desktop, tablet and mobile use.

Can I check where a vehicle was last week?

Yes. Historic journey data can be reviewed by vehicle and time period, with trip detail and movement replay available for investigating routes, visits and events.

Can I monitor speeding and driver behaviour?

Yes. The platform supports speed and driver-behaviour events including harsh braking, acceleration and cornering, with alerts and reporting to help managers review trends and exceptions.

Can I know when a driver arrives at a customer site?

Yes. Geofences can be created around customer sites, depots and other locations, with arrival, departure, dwell and occupancy information available for alerts and reporting.

Can we track more than location?

Yes. Depending on the vehicle and hardware, we can add driver ID, CAN/vehicle information, Bluetooth sensors, connected inputs and camera/video telematics.

Do I need the same tracker in every vehicle?

No. Cars, vans, HGVs and specialist road vehicles can need different data. We select the tracker and integration around what you need to know, while keeping the fleet visible through the same platform.

See your own fleet differently

Bring us the fleet. We’ll show you the decisions you can improve.

A useful demo should use your world, not a generic tracker presentation. Tell us how many vehicles you run, what types they are and what you most need to improve — visibility, cost, safety, customer service, utilisation or evidence.

Buyer questions

Vehicle and fleet tracking: practical buying questions

What fleet telematics can show, how it supports safety and how tracking data becomes operational evidence.

What does a vehicle tracking system show?

A vehicle tracking system can show current and historical location, journeys, stops, geofence activity and selected vehicle or driver events depending on the installed hardware and available data. Foretrack Connect turns those signals into operational dashboards, alerts and reports.

What is the difference between vehicle tracking and telematics?

Vehicle tracking focuses primarily on location and movement. Telematics can also include vehicle, driver or CAN-bus data such as ignition status, mileage, driving events, faults or other operational signals where supported by the vehicle and hardware.

Can fleet tracking improve driver safety?

Fleet tracking can support safer operations by identifying speeding, harsh events, route deviations or repeated risk patterns where the required data is available. It should be used as part of a wider safety process with clear policies and appropriate driver engagement.

Evaluation path

Choose GPS, telematics or video around the decision you need to make.

Basic location may be enough for some fleets; deeper vehicle data or camera context is useful when utilisation, risk, claims or driver events matter.

What operational challenge should we solve?

Tell us what is wasting time, creating risk or making work harder. We’ll design the right solution around it.

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