{"id":45933,"date":"2020-10-21T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":" https:\/\/www.quartix.com\/?p=45933"},"modified":"2022-04-26T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T19:01:13","slug":"driver-score-calculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartix.com\/en-ie\/blog\/driver-score-calculations\/","title":{"rendered":"How does vehicle tracking calculate and use driver scores?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every fleet manager, no matter the size of their fleet, is concerned with improving driver performance.&nbsp;Whether&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;to&nbsp;mitigate the risk of accident&nbsp;or reduce fuel costs,&nbsp;it has become the standard for fleets to&nbsp;monitor&nbsp;and&nbsp;correct driving&nbsp;behaviours.&nbsp;The data collected by a&nbsp;vehicle tracking&nbsp;system is a rich source of&nbsp;information on a&nbsp;driver\u2019s&nbsp;personal performance.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quartix provides&nbsp;an&nbsp;easy-to-understand, color-coded score for each&nbsp;vehicle or driver&nbsp;in a fleet.&nbsp; This score&nbsp;features&nbsp;prominently&nbsp;in&nbsp;Quartix\u2019s&nbsp;driving style reports as a way for fleet managers to instantly recognise&nbsp;which drivers need to&nbsp;improve their skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This score is calculated by looking at&nbsp;two important areas of driver performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/www.quartix.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/braking-and-acceleration.jpg\" alt=\"braking and acceleration\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acceleration and braking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Quartix system monitors the speed of&nbsp;a&nbsp;vehicle every second. The system&nbsp;then&nbsp;calculates:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section  class=\"qtx-pagebuilder-section qtx-pagebuilder-section-list \">\r\n<ul class='dots' style='0'><li>The number of times per hour that the speed changes by more than a given amount between one second and the\u00a0next;\u00a0<\/li><li>How severe the\u00a0changes are;\u00a0<\/li><li>How long the vehicle has been driving.<\/li><\/ul><\/section>\n\n\n<p>This calculation becomes the&nbsp;acceleration index and the braking index.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Acceleration index:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;the sum of all the acceleration incidents, each multiplied by their severity and finally divided by the driving time in hours.&nbsp;Calculating it in this way means that no drivers are penalised for driving more or less than any other driver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>B<\/b><b>raking index<\/b><b>:<\/b>&nbsp; the&nbsp;sum of all braking incidents,&nbsp;worked out in a similar way, except that the levels of speed change are slightly different,&nbsp;as are the severity weightings, as excessive braking&nbsp;is considered to be&nbsp;more of a risk factor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are&nbsp;10 levels of acceleration and braking&nbsp;and&nbsp;each level has a weight&nbsp;based on its severity. For example, if&nbsp;a vehicle\u2019s&nbsp;speed increases&nbsp;by 6 mph in a second, that is a level 3 acceleration. If the speed decreases by 9 mph,&nbsp;that is a level 3 braking,&nbsp;and so on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calculating the driver score<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get the&nbsp;driving style score, the Quartix system:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section  class=\"qtx-pagebuilder-section qtx-pagebuilder-section-list \">\r\n<ul class='dots' style='0'><li>Adds\u00a0up\u00a0all\u00a0the weighted acceleration and braking\u00a0events;\u00a0<\/li><li>Factors in vehicle\u00a0speed;\u00a0<\/li><li>Calculates\u00a0the total driving\u00a0time;\u00a0<\/li><li>Works\u00a0out the acceleration and braking\u00a0indexes;\u00a0<\/li><li>Averages these\u00a0and\u00a0subtracts\u00a0from 100.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/section>\n\n\n<p>This is the&nbsp;driving style score.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you have a driver with an acceleration index of 10 and a braking index of 6, the average for this driver would be 8. This drivers\u2019&nbsp;driving score would be 100&nbsp;minus&nbsp;8,&nbsp;equalling&nbsp;a score of 92.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our system calculates the driver score each day based on the amount of driving for that day or shift. We apply colours to the scores, as well, for easy identification.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>GREEN<\/b><b>:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Scores&nbsp;greater than&nbsp;80, representing the best 30% of drivers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>A<\/b><b>MBER<\/b><b>:<\/b>&nbsp; Scores between&nbsp;50 and 80, representing the middle 50% of scores.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>RED<\/b><b>:<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;50 and below, representing the worst&nbsp;20%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<section  class=\"qtx-pagebuilder-section qtx-pagebuilder-section-blockquote qtx-pagebuilder-section-blockquote-green_testimonial_with_photo \">\r\n        <div class=\"green_testimonial_with_photo \">\r\n            <div class=\"img-container\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quartix.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sunseeker2-150x150.jpg\"\/>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <blockquote>\r\n                                                <p><span class=\"TextRun  BCX0 SCXW108636686\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun  BCX0 SCXW108636686\">\u201cWhen we first started using the Quartix driving style tables and sending them out to the managers, it immediately started an improvement in driving style, less harsh breaking or acceleration<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun  BCX0 SCXW108636686\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun  BCX0 SCXW108636686\">.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n                <footer>\r\n                   <cite class=\"author\">Mark Garside<\/cite>\r\n                   <cite class=\"author_line_2\">Transport Manager, Sunseeker International<\/cite>\r\n                <\/footer>\r\n            <\/blockquote>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/www.quartix.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/driver-briefing-1000x753.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Driving style reports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best place to see an individual&nbsp;vehicle or driver\u2019s performance is the daily driver briefing,&nbsp;a report that&nbsp;summarises&nbsp;both&nbsp;the speed and <a href=\"\/en-ie\/vehicle-tracking\/driver-behaviour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">driving style<\/a>&nbsp;scores&nbsp;for the day, as well as driving and idling times. It\u2019s a complete picture of the day\u2019s driving performance, with the ability to&nbsp;click&nbsp;and view&nbsp;on a map any&nbsp;instances&nbsp;of high speed or harsh&nbsp;braking\/acceleration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For comparing vehicles and drivers across a fleet, the driving style league table&nbsp;is a valuable tool&nbsp;that allows a fleet manager to easily spot&nbsp;drivers with low speed&nbsp;and driving style scores.&nbsp;Many businesses find this helpful to motivate their drivers&nbsp;into improving their driving performance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the&nbsp;driving&nbsp;style&nbsp;monitoring suite,&nbsp;we are able to identify problematic drivers and issues which need addressing.&nbsp;For the past 12 months, we have been incentivising good driving by giving our drivers a retrospective bonus based on the data provided by the Quartix system.\u201d \u2013 Darren Hammond, Director, C and D Southwest&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen around a 20% improvement in driving style across the fleet. Since using Quartix, our drivers are now in the 80-100 driving score range, which is where we wanted to be. We\u2019re doing daily briefings with the drivers and they can easily see how their driving style has improved.&nbsp;Our drivers have faith in the Quartix tracking system. The driving style performance data makes sense to them and we\u2019ve seen dramatic improvements in their scores as a result.\u201d \u2013 Karl Davidson, Depot and Transport Manager, St. Austell Brewery&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.pardot.com\/l\/375002\/2020-12-21\/6hxr2t\/375002\/1608574128zr2AzRZv\/IE_Quartix_Fuel_Efficient_Driving_Tips_Infographic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fuel-efficient driving tips infographic<\/a>&nbsp;can be handed to drivers, to help encourage more economical driving behaviours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seeing the benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Driving&nbsp;style&nbsp;scores&nbsp;are a way to clearly&nbsp;identify&nbsp;driving behaviours&nbsp;that should be corrected,&nbsp;making&nbsp;it easier to effect&nbsp;changes&nbsp;in line with&nbsp;specific goals,&nbsp;like&nbsp;reducing costs and increasing&nbsp;road safety.&nbsp; It&nbsp;won\u2019t happen overnight, but the&nbsp;benefits far outweigh the effort of laying the foundations of change.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For examples of how Quartix clients&nbsp;have used&nbsp;vehicle tracking&nbsp;and&nbsp;driving&nbsp;style&nbsp;reports,\u202f<a href=\"\/en-ie\/learn\/case-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read&nbsp;more of&nbsp;our case studies<\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quartix provides an easy-to-understand, colour-coded score for each vehicle or driver in a fleet, so that fleet managers can instantly recognise which drivers need to improve their skills. 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