System and method for identifying operational usage of fleet vehicles related to accident prevention
First Claim
1. A method of identifying opportunity to reduce the potential for accidents in a fleet of vehicles comprising:
- identifying a plurality of modifiable use conditions that represent an opportunity for accident prevention;
determining the occurrence of events attributable to each of a plurality of modifiable use conditions for a plurality of fleet vehicles;
determining, for each of the plurality of modifiable use conditions, a user-defined statistical metric relating to the occurrence of the events for a plurality of vehicles within the fleet that is attributable to each modifiable use condition; and
determining which vehicles within a fleet represent an accident prevention opportunity by comparing, for each of the vehicles within the fleet, the occurrence of events attributable to each vehicle for each of the plurality of modifiable use conditions with the user-defined statistical metric relating to the occurrence of events of a plurality of vehicles within the fleet that is attributable to each modifiable use condition.
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Abstract
A system and method of identifying the occurrence of modifiable use conditions related to the safe use of fleet vehicles is described. Modifiable use conditions, such as the speed at which the vehicle is drive, tailgating and an excessive number of lane changes, represent opportunities to reduce unsafe uses of the vehicle. Modifiable use conditions are identified and the occurrence of such use conditions is determined. A user-defined statistical metric for the fleet, or a portion of the fleet, can be determined for each of the modifiable use conditions evaluated. The occurrence of modifiable use conditions related to safety of an individual vehicle, or a group of vehicles, can be compared with a larger group of vehicle, or the fleet, to determine vehicles which correspond to a metric of the fleet. Fleet managers can use this information to modify the use conditions of individual or group of vehicles to provide fuel savings for the fleet.
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1. A method of identifying opportunity to reduce the potential for accidents in a fleet of vehicles comprising:
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identifying a plurality of modifiable use conditions that represent an opportunity for accident prevention;
determining the occurrence of events attributable to each of a plurality of modifiable use conditions for a plurality of fleet vehicles;
determining, for each of the plurality of modifiable use conditions, a user-defined statistical metric relating to the occurrence of the events for a plurality of vehicles within the fleet that is attributable to each modifiable use condition; and
determining which vehicles within a fleet represent an accident prevention opportunity by comparing, for each of the vehicles within the fleet, the occurrence of events attributable to each vehicle for each of the plurality of modifiable use conditions with the user-defined statistical metric relating to the occurrence of events of a plurality of vehicles within the fleet that is attributable to each modifiable use condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for identifying vehicle safety in a fleet of vehicles comprising:
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a computer; and
a data store operably connected to the computer, the data store comprising at least one data set of information concerning the operational condition of the vehicle collected from at least one individual vehicle, and at least one data set of vehicle positioning data collected from the same individual vehicle as the first set of information;
wherein the computer being adapted to calculate the occurrence of events providing at least one opportunity to reduce potential accidents, and to report at least one opportunity to reduce potential accidents.
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