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    What is Event Severity?

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    Audience Fleet Managers, Fleet Admins
    Applies To Fleet Dashboard > Safety > Events

     

    Introduction

    Once enabled through company settings, Event Severity automatically assigns a severity level to safety events. Read below to learn how severity is determined for safety events.

     

    How Event Severity helps you

    Event Severity helps Fleet Managers to prioritize which safety events to review first.

     

    Event Severity overview

    When enabled, safety events will have one of four available severity values (critical, high, medium, low) assigned. The table below provides a detailed description of severity definitions for each safety event.

     

    Safety event

    Severity type

    Severity definition
    Collision Critical Collisions are always critical severity events.
    Near Collision High Near collisions are always high severity events.
    Driver capture High Driver captures are always high severity events because the driver is proactively sharing footage.
    Forward Collision Warning High Forward Collision Warnings are always high severity events.
    Unsafe Parking High Unsafe parking events are always high severity.
    Hard Acceleration Low Our AI algorithm determines the event's severity using unsafe driver behavior and telematics data.
    Medium Our AI algorithm determines the event's severity using unsafe driver behavior and telematics data.
    High Our AI algorithm determines the event's severity using unsafe driver behavior and telematics data.
    Hard Cornering Low Our AI algorithm determined this event's severity using unsafe driver behavior and telematics data.
    Medium Our AI algorithm determined this event's severity using unsafe driver behavior and telematics data.
    High Our AI algorithm determined this event's severity using unsafe driver behavior and telematics data.
    Speeding Over Posted Low Vehicle speed is less than 6 mph over the posted limit.
    Medium Vehicle speed is between 6-10 mph over the posted limit.
    High Vehicle speed is between 11-14 mph over the posted speed limit.
    Critical Vehicle speed is greater than or equal to 15mph over the posted speed limit.
    Close Following Low Driver does not maintain a safe following distance while driving less than 10 mph.
    Medium Driver does not maintain a safe following distance while driving between 10-45 mph.
    High Driver does not maintain a safe following distance while driving over 45 mph.
    Stop Sign Violation Low Driver runs a stop sign going less than 10 mph.
    Medium Driver runs a stop sign going between 10-20 mph.
    High Driver runs a stop sign going over 20 mph.
    Cell Phone Usage Low Driver uses a cell phone while driving less than 5 mph.
    Medium Driver uses a cell phone while driving between 5-20 mph.
    High Driver uses a cell phone while driving over 20 mph.
    Distraction Low Diver appears distracted while driving less than 30 mph.
    Medium Driver appears distracted while driving between 30-60 mph.
    High Driver appears distracted while driving over 60 mph.
    Seatbelt Violation Low Driver does not wear a seatbelt while driving between 25-35 mph.
    Medium Driver does not wear a seatbelt while driving between 35-45 mph.
    High Driver does not wear a seatbelt while driving over 45 mph.
    Unsafe Lane Change Low Driver does not maintain a safe following distance while changing lanes & driving between 0-30 mph.
    Medium Driver does not maintain a safe following distance while changing lanes & driving between 30-45 mph.
    High Driver does not maintain a safe following distance while changing lanes & driving over 45 mph.
    Obstructed Camera Low Vehicle travels with an obstructed camera between 0-15 mph which may have prevented the detection of additional unsafe behaviors.
    Medium Vehicle travels with an obstructed camera between 15-45 mph which may have prevented the detection of additional unsafe behaviors.
    High Vehicle travels with an obstructed camera over 45 mph which may have prevented the detection of additional unsafe behaviors.
    Drowsiness Low Driver appears drowsy or fatigued while driving between 10-25 mph.
    Medium Driver appears drowsy or fatigued while driving between 25-45 mph.
    High Driver appears drowsy or fatigued while driving above 45 mph.

     

    Note:

    1. Lane cutoff, Ran red light,and Smoking events do not have any severity assigned to them because they are tagged by the Safety review team. They inherit the severity of the underlying safety event generated by Motive devices.
    2. When one event has multiple Unsafe behaviors tagged to it, the severity for that event is calculated based on the maximum of the severities of the multiple unsafe behaviors tagged to the event.
    3. When you change the severity from the dashboard, then you will see the same severity across the dashboard for that event. You will also notice such changes in the severity tool tips in the Safety events listing and events details page, where the tool tip reads “The severity of this event was manually changed by a fleet manager from your company.”
    4. When severity is pending, it means that Motive is still analyzing the severity and has not allocated any severity to the event yet. In such cases, you will notice that the tooltip reads “A severity level will be assigned once Motive analyzes this event.”

     

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