Detecting unsafe driving behaviors and driving environment factors

Driving behavior: Near miss

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Near miss behaviors are precursors to collisions. Identify and discuss these events with the driver in a coaching session before they become serious incidents.

Our definition of a near miss

A collision was avoided that could have resulted in:

  • Damage to a vehicle and/or object

  • Injury to a person and/or animal.

For example, the driver swerved to avoid a vehicle, person, animal and/or object, which is detected very close by.

Scenario

When an event is triggered, this is reviewed by the cloud AI. The cloud AI analyzes the event and detects other events, for example Near miss. Then a classification is applied.

Example

A driver brakes suddenly and almost collides with the vehicle in front. In this scenario, a Hard braking event is reviewed by the cloud AI. The cloud AI detects a person, animal or object very close by, but no impact exerted on the vehicle. A Near miss behavior and a Major classification is applied.

How a near miss is detected

A Near miss tag is applied by:

Cloud AI: The driving behavior is detected by the cloud AI when the video is uploaded to Fleet. The video event was triggered by a different unsafe driving behavior.

How near misses affect a driver's safety score

When a near miss is detected, it negatively impacts the Video driver safety score. Riskier behaviors impact the score more negatively than others.

Our AI model analyzes the common patterns of unsafe driving behaviors that occur months or years leading up to a collision. The model uses this data to predict which behaviors carry a higher risk of collision. Despite the classification level, riskier behaviors impact the score more negatively than others as they are more likely to lead to a collision in future.

High collision predictors are driving behaviors such as Hard braking, Tailgating and Posted speed exceeded. These behaviors will result in a higher point reduction of the safety score, compared to lower collision predictors such as Smoking.

Use the safety score’s Coaching opportunities section to identify these behaviors and prepare for a coaching session with a driver. Discussing these behaviors with a driver can reduce the risk of serious incidents. Keep in mind the following statistics:

  • 20% of collisions involved the driver with the lowest score.

  • Over half of collisions involved drivers with safety scores in the bottom quarter of the fleet. 

  • 80% of collisions involved a driver with safety scores in the bottom half of the fleet.

Driving behavior

Number of events

Likelihood of collision

Rolling stop

2+

260%

Tailgating

2+ classified as Major

230%

Posted speed exceeded

3+

230%

Phone distraction

3+

160%

Based on Verizon Connect customer data.

How to reduce near misses in your fleet

Follow up by initiating a conversation with your driver. You can:

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