| Audience | Fleet Managers, Fleet Admins |
| Applies To | Fleet Dashboard > Safety |
The Safety Score evaluates driver safety performance, helping Fleet managers identify coaching opportunities and focus on key driving behaviors.
1. Safety Score Overview
- The Safety Score includes unsafe driving behaviors captured by the Dashcam as well as speeding and harsh driving.
- It is configurable based on behavior weights, behavior thresholds, and performance ranges.
- The score ranges from 50 to 100, starting at 50 to encourage continuous improvement and maintain driver motivation.
- Personalized scores are available after 100 miles of driving data is accrued.
- The score assesses driving performance based on a 4-week rolling window, reflecting the most recent 4 weeks of the data.
- Drivers are scored based on safety events per 1,000 miles driven, ensuring fair comparisons, regardless of distance driven.Fewer events result in a higher score, with the maximum score being 100.
- Scores are updated every Monday.
2. Unsafe behaviors weights in Safety Score
- By default, Motive assigns a weight to each behavior.
- The higher the weight a behavior is allocated, the higher the behavior's impact on the score.
- Fleet Admins and Fleet Managers have the option to change the default weights within safety settings.
How do safety events impact the score?
- The Safety Score changes based on the rate of safety events generated.
- Reducing safety events improves the score, and increased safety events cause the score to decline.
- Safety events in the dismissed status don't impact the Safety Score.
3. Safety Score Calculation
- Aggregate all of the safety events generated over the 4-week period.
- Calculate the normalized safety event rate per 1,000 miles driven for each unsafe behavior included in the score.
| Event Rate = (count of events/miles driven) * 1,000 |
- Determine the behavior impact on the score. The Safety Score Points Table Report in the Fleet Dashboard indicates how points are allocated across behaviors.
| Behavior impact = Total points available - Total points received |
- Calculate the final score by subtracting the sum of impact across all behaviors from the maximum score of 100. The more safety events generated, the more points are deducted from the score.
| Safety Score = 100 - (sum of impact of all behaviors) |
How should you evaluate the Safety Score?
- Safety Score performance ranges indicate the risk profile of the Driver.
- By default, Motive determines the definition of a fleet's performance range based on the vehicle class and dashcam model.
- Fleet Admins and Fleet Managers have the option to change the performance range definitions within safety settings.
| Note : Motive Safety scores is designed for companies to manage and improve their driver safety performance, without any involvement from regulatory authorities like DOT , FMCSA or any other regulatory authority. This is soley designed for company's driver safety performance. |
4. Safety Score Default Weights
The Safety Score is calculated based on weights assigned to specific behaviors. There are two defaults; dual-facing AI camera default and road-facing AI camera default. The weightage of the score assigned for both is explained by the tables below. The weights are designed to make the Safety Score a reliable indicator of a Driver's risk of being involved in a collision.
Dual-facing AI camera default
| Behavior | Default Weight |
| Hard acceleration | 1 |
| Hard brake | 4 |
| Hard corner | 2 |
| Speeding | 6 |
| Close Following / Tailgating | 9 |
| Stop sign violation | 7 |
| Cell phone | 10 |
| Distraction | 5 |
| Seat belt violation | 6 |
Road-facing AI camera default
| Behavior | Default Weight |
| Hard acceleration | 1 |
| Hard brake | 6 |
| Hard corner | 5 |
| Speeding | 11 |
| Close Following / Tailgating | 15 |
| Stop sign violation | 12 |
Configuring behavior threshold definitions
- Adjustments to behavior threshold definitions change the volume of events generated and considered in the Safety Score.
- Tighter or more strict definitions result in fewer events generated.
- Follow the steps here to adjust behavior threshold definitions
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Note: All non-beta AI Behaviors are available in the Safety Score Settings. Defaults are only available for AI Dashcams. For fleets without AI Dashcams, the Safety Score should be customized to include only hardware-supported behaviors. |
5. Configuring Safety Score
Configuring Performance Range Definitions
- Adjustments to the Performance Range definitions will change how a score is defined in the Fleet Dashboard and Driver app
- Changes affect the following Monday
- Follow the steps outlined here to adjust Performance Range definitions
| Note: Changes to Performance Range definitions will apply to future and historical scores (up to 1 year back). |
Steps: Configuring Performance Range definitions
1. Log into the Motive Fleet Dashboard and click the Admin icon in the left bottom corner.
2. Select Safety on the left-hand side menu.
3. Click the arrow in the top right of the Performance Ranges section.
4. This page lets you know the current definition of the performance ranges, to make changes, click Edit.
5. You can use one of the methods explained below to change the performance range definition. As you change the value, the guide bar up top will adjust accordingly.
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- Utilize the quick action buttons
- Set to Motive default resets to the Motive default values.
- Utilize the quick action buttons
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Split equally divides the performance ranges as per below:
- Fair = 50 - 66
- Good = 67 - 83
- Excellent = 84 - 100
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- Reset resets the values to where they were when the page first loaded.
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2. Move the vertical sliders (located between the performance ranges) left or right.
6. Once you have finished making changes, click Save in the top right corner. Changes made will go into effect the following Monday and impact future and historical scores (up to 1 year back).
7. Use the Version History to review any previous changes made to Performance Range definitions.
- To revert Performance Range definitions, click the menu in the top right and Revert to this state.
Configuring behavior threshold definitions
- Adjustments to behavior weights will change the impact a behavior has on the Safety Score
- Higher weighted behaviors have more impact on the Safety Score
- Changes to behavior weights affect the following Monday
- Follow the steps here to adjust behavior weights on the Safety Score
1. Log in to the Motive Fleet Dashboard and click the Admin icon in the left bottom corner.
2. Click the Products dropdown and select Safety from the dropdown menu.
3. Click the arrow in the top right of the Safety Score section.
4. This page displays the current weighting of the safety score, click Edit to make changes.
5. To change the weights of a behavior, you can use one or multiple of the methods explained below. As you change the value, the guide bar at the top adjusts accordingly.
a. Utilize the quick action buttons
- Dual-facing camera defaults are the default values for fleets with dual-facing AI Dashcams.
- Road-facing camera default adjusts the weights for fleets with road-facing AI Dashcams.
- Revert resets the values to where they were when the page first loaded.
| Note: There is no default Safety Score setting for fleets with Smart Dashcams or without Dashcams. |
b. Utilize the blue sliders below each behavior.
c. Utilize the -/+ buttons for smaller adjustments.
d. Change the values in the text box.
6. Once you have 0 points left to allocate, click Save in the top right corner. Changes made go into effect the following Monday and impact future and historical scores (up to 1 year back).
7. Use the Version History to review any changes to behavior weights.
- To revert weights to a previous state, click the menu in the top right and Revert to this state.
6. Motive Custom Safety Score
Motive Custom Safety Score Overview
The following table explains the difference between the Motive-defined Safety Score and the Custom Safety Score:
Behavior thresholds
Behavior weights
Performance bands
7. Event Capture Settings Affect the Safety Score
Setting behavior event capture settings away from the Motive default settings impacts the Motive Safety Score. If your Fleet majorly relies on the Safety Score for tracking Driver performance, it is important to understand how modifying behavior event capture settings impact the score.
| Note: To learn more about how the Motive Safety Score is calculated, click here. |
Impact on Safety Score
The default configuration for event capture is the recommended setting for all unsafe behaviors when considering the Safety Score. The following scenarios can help you understand the impact the Safety Score can have after adjusting event capture settings away from the default settings.
| Note: Modifying In-cab alert settings doesn't impact the Safety Score. |
Scenario 1: Disabling Event capture for an unsafe behavior
- Example: Disabling Event capture for a behavior, In-cab alerts can still be enabled without impacting the score.
- Disabling event capture for behavior results in 0 events considered in the Safety Score, therefore allowing the Driver to receive all available points for that behavior.
- Impact: The Safety Score inflates.
Scenario 1 example: Disabling Hard acceleration and Hard corner
Scenario 2: Increasing the sensitivity of Event capture for an unsafe behavior
- Example: Decreasing the minimum speed or duration of Event capture.
- Drivers generate more events, which penalizes the Drivers in their Safety Score.
- Impact: The Safety Score deflates.
Scenario 3: Decreasing the sensitivity of Event capture for an unsafe behavior
- Example: Increasing the minimum speed or duration of Event capture.
- Drivers generate fewer events, which rewards the Driver in their Safety Score.
- Impact: The Safety Score inflates.
Custom Safety Score
Motive recognizes and is investing in building more capability for you to define the Safety Score that best meets your Fleet's operation. Motive plans to offer more flexibility in the ability to define how each behavior is weighted (if at all) based on company preferences.
8. Disabling Safety Score
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Log in to your Fleet Admin Dashboard.
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Navigate to the Admin section by clicking the Admin icon located in the bottom left corner.
- Select Safety from the product section menu.
4. Go to the Coaching section and click Edit to modify the Coaching settings.
5. Uncheck the option labeled "Show Drivers their Safety Score in Driver App."
6. Click Save to apply the changes.
9. Driver's Safety Score Report
1. Log in to the Fleet Dashboard and click Reports in the left-hand side menu.
2. Click Safety in the Browse section.
3. Click the Driver Safety Score Report.
4. You can filter the report by Date Range, Driver, Group, and Safety Performance Band.
The Driver Safety Score Report includes the following data fields:
| Column | Description |
| Driver | The Driver’s name. |
| Group(s) | The Group name the Driver belongs to. |
| 4-week period | The time duration the Safety Score is reflective of, displaying the start and end date. |
| Miles driven | Total miles driven by the Driver within the time duration. |
| Safety Score |
Driver’s score within the set time duration. Drivers must have driven at least 100 mile in the score period to be eligible for a Safety Score. |
| Performance Band |
Score grade according to the total score (Good, Average, Needs Improvement). |
| Behavior count (above Fleet definition) | Count of events generated above the fleet configured definition for the behavior in the 4-week period. |
| Behavior event count (below Fleet definition) | Count of events generated below the fleet configured definition for the behavior in the 4-week period. |
| Total Behavior event count |
Total events considered in the Safety Score (above Fleet threshold event count + below Fleet threshold event count). |
| Behavior Events/1k miles | (Total events/miles driven) * 1,000 |
| Behavior points available | Maximum points available for the behavior. |
| Behavior points received | Total points received for the behavior. This is determined based on the 4-week events/1k miles. |
| Behavior impact | Behavior impact = points available - points received. |
| Note: The behavior field applies to all unsafe behaviors included in the Safety Score. |