GPS vehicle tracking helps UK businesses improve visibility over vans, HGVs, company cars, plant and other mobile assets. Modern fleet tracking can show where vehicles are, where they have travelled, how they are being used and when important exceptions occur.
For many businesses, the value is less about simply seeing a dot on a map and more about using reliable vehicle data to improve routing, accountability, customer service, security and day-to-day fleet management.
Trackmatic vehicle tracking starts from £8.99 per vehicle per month + VAT, with self-install and hardwired options available depending on your requirement.
View UK Tracking PricesGPS vehicle tracking uses a tracking device installed in or connected to a vehicle. The tracker determines its location and transmits information to a secure tracking platform using mobile connectivity.
Fleet managers can then use the platform to review vehicle locations, journeys, routes, alerts and other available telematics information from a computer or compatible mobile device.
Depending on the tracker and service selected, this can include:
Instead of relying solely on calls, messages or driver updates, fleet managers can check the latest reported location of tracked vehicles through the Trackmatic platform.
Journey history provides a record of where vehicles have travelled and can help with customer queries, job verification, route reviews and broader operational management.
Depending on the selected hardware and configuration, telematics information can highlight driving events such as speeding, harsh acceleration, harsh braking and excessive idling.
Geofences and configurable alerts can help businesses identify unusual movement, out-of-hours use or activity around important customer, depot or operating locations.
GPS tracking can provide useful location and movement information if a vehicle is moved without authorisation. Tracking cannot guarantee recovery, but the available information may assist when responding to a theft.
Read more about GPS tracking for stolen vehicle protection.
Trackmatic vehicle tracking currently starts from £8.99 per vehicle per month + VAT.
The final price depends on factors such as:
You can see the current options on our vehicle tracking pricing page.
Tell us how many vehicles you operate and whether you prefer self-install or hardwired tracking.
Check Fleet Tracking PricesTrades, service engineers, contractors, maintenance businesses and delivery companies can use GPS tracking to improve vehicle visibility, review journeys and provide better evidence of where fleet vehicles have been operating.
Transport and haulage operators can use tracking to monitor commercial vehicle locations, journey history and operational activity across larger geographic areas.
Read more about HGV, truck, trailer and container tracking.
Plant, machinery and mobile equipment may require different tracking hardware from a standard road vehicle, particularly where permanent power is not always available.
Read more about GPS plant and asset tracking.
GPS tracking does not automatically reduce operating costs. The potential benefit comes from using the information produced by the tracking system to identify unnecessary activity and improve fleet management.
For example, businesses may use tracking information to investigate:
Because every fleet is different, there is no responsible single percentage saving that applies to every business.
Our fleet tracking savings calculator lets you model different fuel and productivity assumptions using your own figures.
Trackmatic supports both approaches.
A self-install tracker can be a straightforward option for suitable cars, vans and commercial vehicles where the customer wants to deploy tracking without arranging an engineer for every vehicle.
A professionally hardwired tracker may be preferable when a smaller, more concealed or permanent installation is required.
The correct option depends on the vehicle, operational requirement and how discreet the installation needs to be.
GPS determines the location of the vehicle, but the tracking device still needs mobile connectivity to transmit that information back to the tracking platform.
Trackmatic can provide multi-network IoT connectivity options for suitable deployments, which can be particularly useful for vehicles operating across different coverage areas or travelling elsewhere in Europe.
Trackmatic operates as part of a wider group with specialist IoT connectivity capability, giving us experience across both GPS tracking and the connectivity used by connected devices.
You can read more about Trackmatic and our approach to tracking and connectivity.
For a broader overview, visit our UK fleet tracking solutions page.
Tell us how many vehicles you operate and what you need from the system. We can recommend an appropriate tracker, installation method and service.
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