Metrics-based transport vehicle fleet safety

A method of monitoring transport vehicle fleet safety, the method comprising:

• receiving vehicle operations data from a plurality of data capturing devices installed at a plurality of transport vehicles, the vehicle operations data representative of sensor output captured by the data capturing devices;
• selecting a plurality of data sets from the vehicle operations data, the plurality of data sets representative of output of different types of sensors;
• processing the plurality of data sets to obtain different vehicle safety metrics defined by the different types of sensors;
• comparing at least one of the vehicle safety metrics to a threshold configured for the vehicle safety metric, the threshold being calculated based on past values of a respective data set of the plurality of data sets on which the vehicle safety metric is based, the threshold being offset from an average value by a deviation, the average value being calculated from a first set of past values of the respective data set, the deviation being calculated from a second set of past values of the respective data set, and the second set of past values covering a longer time range than the first set of past values;
• when the compared vehicle safety metric does not conform to the threshold, outputting an indication of non-conformance to a manager device associated with a manager of fleet drivers of the transport vehicle fleet, the indication of non-conformance configured for safety analysis of past operation of at least one transport vehicle of the fleet for oversight by management and feedback to at least one fleet driver of the at least one transport vehicle;
• and
• combining at least two of the vehicle safety metrics to obtain a combined representation of a categorical aspect of vehicle safety, the combined representation of the categorical aspect of vehicle safety defined by the types of sensors associated with the combined vehicle safety metrics.

A method of displaying categorical aspects of transport vehicle fleet safety, the method comprising:

• receiving vehicle operations data from a plurality of data capturing devices installed at a plurality of transport vehicles, the vehicle operations data representative of sensor output captured by the data capturing devices;
• displaying a user interface configured to allow selection of a plurality of data sets of the vehicle operations data, the plurality of data sets representative of output of different types of sensors;
• processing the selected data sets to obtain different vehicle safety metrics defined by the different types of sensors;
• comparing at least one of the vehicle safety metrics to a threshold configured for the vehicle safety metric, the threshold being calculated based on past values of a respective data set of the selected data sets on which the vehicle safety metric is based, the threshold being offset from an average value by a deviation, the average value being calculated from a first set of past values of the respective data set, the deviation being calculated from a second set of past values of the respective data set, and the second set of past values covering a longer time range than the first set of past values;
• combining the vehicle safety metrics of the selected data sets into a combined representation of a categorical aspect of vehicle safety;
• displaying the combined representation of the categorical aspect of vehicle safety in the user interface;
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• when the compared vehicle safety metric does not conform to the threshold, outputting an indication of non-conformance to a manager device associated with a manager of fleet drivers of the transport vehicle fleet, the indication of non-conformance configured for safety analysis of past operation of at least one transport vehicle of the fleet for oversight by management and feedback to at least one fleet driver of the at least one transport vehicle;
• wherein combining the vehicle safety metrics of the selected data sets into the combined representation and displaying the combined representation are dynamically performed whenever at least one of the data sets is selected.

A method of generating a safety report for transport vehicles, the method comprising:

• receiving vehicle operations data from a plurality of data capturing devices installed at a plurality of transport vehicles of a transport vehicle fleet, the vehicle operations data representative of sensor output captured by the data capturing devices;
• selecting a plurality of data sets from the vehicle operations data, the plurality of data sets representative of output of different types of sensors;
• processing the selected data sets to obtain different vehicle safety metrics defined by the different types of sensors;
• comparing at least one of the vehicle safety metrics to a threshold configured for the vehicle safety metric, the threshold being calculated based on past values of a respective data set of the selected data sets on which the vehicle safety metric is based, the threshold being offset from an average value by a deviation, the average value being calculated from a first set of past values of the respective data set, the deviation being calculated from a second set of past values of the respective data set, and the second set of past values covering a longer time range than the first set of past values;
• combining the vehicle safety metrics into a plurality of combined representations of different categorical aspects of vehicle safety;
• filtering the combined representations according to a reporting criterion;
• generating a report containing the filtered combined representations;
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• outputting the report to a manager device associated with a manager of fleet drivers of the transport vehicle fleet, the report including an indication of non-conformance when the compared vehicle safety metric does not conform to the threshold, the indication of non-conformance configured for safety analysis of past operation of at least one transport vehicle of the fleet for oversight by management and feedback to at least one fleet driver of the at least one transport vehicle.

A system for processing data related to transport vehicle fleet safety, the system comprising:

• one or more servers connected to a network and configured to receive vehicle operations data from a plurality of disparate data sources that receive data from a plurality of sensor-based data capturing devices installed at a plurality of transport vehicles;
• the one or more servers further configured to convert the vehicle operations data from multiple different formats used by the data sources to a common format;
• the one or more servers further configured to provide a user interface configured to allow selection of data sets from the converted vehicle operations data according to different criteria;
• the one or more servers further configured to process the selected data sets to obtain and output for display different vehicle safety metrics defined by different sensors connected to the data capturing devices;
• the one or more servers further configured to compare at least one of the vehicle safety metrics to a threshold configured for the vehicle safety metric, the threshold being calculated based on past values of a respective data set of the selected data sets on which the vehicle safety metric is based, the threshold being offset from an average value by a deviation, the average value being calculated from a first set of past values of the respective data set, the deviation being calculated from a second set of past values of the respective data set, and the second set of past values covering a longer time range than the first set of past values;
• the one or more servers further configured to output an indication of non-conformance to a manager device associated with a manager of fleet drivers of the transport vehicle fleet when the compared vehicle safety metric does not conform to the threshold, the indication of non-conformance configured for safety analysis of past operation of at least one transport vehicle of the fleet for oversight by management and feedback to at least one fleet driver of the at least one transport vehicle.

A system for processing data related to transport vehicle fleet safety, the system comprising:

• one or more servers connected to a network and configured to receive vehicle operations data from a plurality of disparate data sources that receive data from a plurality of sensor-based data capturing devices installed at a plurality of transport vehicles;
• the one or more servers further configured to adjust missing or erroneous values of the vehicle operations data;
• the one or more servers further configured to provide a user interface configured to allow selection of data sets from the converted vehicle operations data according to different criteria;
• the one or more servers further configured to process the selected data sets to obtain and output for display different vehicle safety metrics defined by different sensors connected to the data capturing devices;
• the one or more servers further configured to compare at least one of the vehicle safety metrics to a threshold configured for the vehicle safety metric, the threshold being calculated based on past values of a respective data set of the selected data sets on which the vehicle safety metric is based, the threshold being offset from an average value by a deviation, the average value being calculated from a first set of past values of the respective data set, the deviation being calculated from a second set of past values of the respective data set, and the second set of past values covering a longer time range than the first set of past values;
• the one or more servers further configured to output an indication of non-conformance to a manager device associated with a manager of fleet drivers of the transport vehicle fleet when the compared vehicle safety metric does not conform to the threshold, the indication of non-conformance configured for safety analysis of past operation of at least one transport vehicle of the fleet for oversight by management and feedback to at least one fleet driver of the at least one transport vehicle.