The PESV is Colombia's Strategic Road Safety Plan: the document with which a company proves it is doing something concrete so its people do not get killed on the road. It is mandatory in Colombia and enforced by the Ministry of Transport. This guide says who falls under it, at which level, and what papers you will be asked for on audit day.
A written and applied plan: policy, assessment, an owner, a committee, actions and follow-up. It is not a document you buy ready-made and file away; the auditor asks for evidence that it is being executed.
Companies with more than 10 vehicles, those that hire transport services, and those with 2 or more drivers travelling to do their job. Many companies that do not consider themselves transport companies fall in through that third route.
Basic, standard and advanced, according to fleet size and the organisation's mission. Advanced applies from around a hundred vehicles owned, contracted or managed. The higher the level, the more steps are mandatory.
That is the structure of the previous regulation, Resolution 1565 of 2014. The one in force is Resolution 40595 of 2022, which reorganised the PESV into 4 phases and 24 steps of the PDCA cycle. If your document is still built around pillars, it is out of date.
Law 1503 of 2011 created the obligation and Resolution 40595 of 2022 set the current methodology. Those are the two references worth having at hand when somebody offers to "do your PESV".
Almost never for not having the plan: for not being able to show it is executed. What is missing is the evidence — maintenance done, training signed off, incidents logged, actual trips.
Exact words you can use on the visit. No jargon.
"The PESV is not a document, it is a routine. What they ask for is not the file: it is proof that you apply it."
"If you have two people driving for work, you are already in scope, even if your company is not a transport company."
You resell under your own brand. This is who it works for, and with what argument.
Speed, trips, hours at the wheel and stops come straight out of tracking, with date and coordinates. It is the kind of proof that cannot be filled in by hand the day before.
Inspection, insurance and roadworthiness dates with a warning before they expire. It is one of the first things checked and the most often forgotten.
An incident written down three months later is worthless as evidence. Logging it at the time — who, where and what was done — is half the work.
The signed policy, the committee, the training and the assessment are the company's own work. No software replaces them, and anyone promising otherwise is selling smoke.
The Strategic Road Safety Plan: the plan with which an organisation shows it manages the risk of its people having a road accident while working. In Colombia it is required by the Ministry of Transport.
Companies with more than 10 vehicles, those that hire transport services, and those with 2 or more drivers who travel to do their job. The third one is the surprise: many companies that do not see themselves as transport companies are in scope.
Law 1503 of 2011 created the obligation and Resolution 40595 of 2022 set the current methodology, with 3 levels and 24 steps across 4 phases of the PDCA cycle.
No. The 5 pillars come from Resolution 1565 of 2014. Resolution 40595 of 2022 replaced them with levels and steps. If your plan is still built around pillars, it is worth updating.
It depends on fleet size and the organisation's mission: basic, standard or advanced. Advanced applies from around a hundred vehicles owned, contracted or managed.
It helps with the part that has to be proven with data: speed, trips, hours at the wheel, stops and maintenance. It does not replace the policy, the committee, the assessment or the training, which are the company's own work.
Not for lacking the plan, but for being unable to prove it is executed. Dated evidence is what is almost always missing.
The legal obligation and the name, yes. But the plan itself — policy, risks, drivers, vehicles, incidents and evidence — is the same one road safety rules in other countries and ISO 39001 ask for, so the tool works just as well outside Colombia.
We show you how the dossier looks with your vehicles and drivers in it, and which part fills itself in from tracking.