Driving evaluation apparatus

A driving evaluation apparatus configured to evaluate a driving status of a driver driving a mobile body in an area with a stop obligation or deceleration obligation, comprising:

• a microprocessor and a memory coupled to the microprocessor, wherein
• the microprocessor is configured to perform:
• acquiring location information and travel speed information of the mobile body based on GPS signals received by a GPS receiver provided on a mobile terminal carried by the driver or provided on the mobile body;
• calculating an entry direction in which the mobile body enters a determination area including a predetermined location requiring stop or deceleration of the mobile body based on the location information of the mobile body acquired;
• determining whether an angle formed by the entry direction calculated and a predetermined reference entry direction of the mobile body on a route in the determination area is equal to or smaller than a predetermined angle;
• conducting a state determination as to whether there is a stop state or a deceleration state in which a travel speed of the mobile body is equal to or lower than a predetermined travel speed within a time period from a time point when the mobile body enters the determination area to a time point when the mobile body exits the determination area based on the location information and the speed information of the mobile body acquired, when it is determined that the angle formed by the entry direction and the reference entry direction is equal to or smaller than the predetermined angle;
• and
• evaluating the driving status of the driver in the determination area based on a determination result of the state determination, wherein
• the determination area is an area inside a determination circle centered on a reference point a predetermined distance before the predetermined location and having a predetermined radius, wherein
• the reference entry direction is a direction set parallel to a road or a lane including the predetermined location, wherein
• the angle formed by the entry direction and the reference entry direction is an angle formed by:
• a straight line along the reference entry direction and passing through the reference point;
• and
• a straight line connecting a plot representing a location of the mobile body before entering inside the determination circle and the reference point.