The Safe driver leaderboard is a widget on the Fleet dashboard that scores drivers based on their driving behaviour. It helps fleet managers reduce risk, promote safe driving, and identify who may need coaching or recognition.
How to Access the Leaderboard
➡️ Fleet Management > Safe Driver Leaderboard
🔍 What Does It Track?
Using GPS tracker data, the leaderboard focuses on:
Driving Behaviour: Risky actions like harsh braking, fast cornering, or rapid acceleration
Distance Travelled: Ensures longer-distance drivers are evaluated fairly
📊 How Are Drivers Scored?
Scoring is based on tracker-recorded events and is configured at the tracker level, meaning these thresholds are set during tracker setup and apply across the system. Drivers accumulate points for negative driving events. Drivers accumulate points for negative driving events. A driver with 10 points over 10 km scores worse than one with 20 points over 100 km.
More points = worse driving behaviour.
Points Per Event:
Behaviour | Points per Event |
Excessive Speeding | 3.5 |
Harsh Braking | 2.5 |
Harsh Acceleration | 2.5 |
Harsh Cornering | 1.5 |
🧮 The Scoring Formula
Score = (Events per Day ÷ Avg KM per Day) ÷ Apex × 10
Events per Day | = | Total Events / Days |
Avg KM per Day | = | Total Distance / Days |
Apex | = | Benchmark frequency for each event per km |
🛻 Real-World Behaviour Breakdown
Lets look at a real-world example to help understand the data.
🧪 Example:
This is the scenario, Driver A does 300 km over 10 days = 30 km/day. During this day they triggered the following events: 8 harsh braking, 6 harsh acceleration and 10 harsh cornering.
🚦 Harsh Braking (8 events)
Trigger: > 3.2 m/s² deceleration
🔍 Real behaviours:
Braking late at traffic lights
Tailgating and abrupt stops
Unexpected halts in heavy traffic
📊 Score Calculation: (0.8÷30)÷0.05×10=5.34(0.8 ÷ 30) ÷ 0.05 × 10 = 5.34
🚀 Harsh Acceleration (6 events)
Trigger: > 3.8 m/s² acceleration
🔍 Real behaviours:
Flooring the accelerator from stoplights
Aggressively merging or overtaking
📊 Score Calculation: (0.6÷30)÷0.05×10=4.00(0.6 ÷ 30) ÷ 0.05 × 10 = 4.00
↪️ Harsh Cornering (10 events)
Trigger: > 2.8 m/s² lateral force
🔍 Real behaviours:
Turning too quickly at junctions
Sharp swerves in urban driving
📊 Score Calculation: (1.0÷30)÷0.03×10=11.10(1.0 ÷ 30) ÷ 0.03 × 10 = 11.10
🧾 Final Score Summary
Behaviour | Events | Score |
Braking | 8 | 5.34 |
Acceleration | 6 | 4.00 |
Cornering | 10 | 11.10 |
Total |
| 20.44 |
Result: 20.44 = Green zone
✅ Driver A is generally safe but would benefit from coaching on smoother cornering.
⚙️ System Trigger Settings
These are your current sensitivity thresholds for event detection. Only movements exceeding these values count as events — minor or smooth actions aren't flagged.
Action | Trigger Value (m/s²) |
Max Acceleration | 3.8 |
Max Braking | 3.2 |
Max Cornering | 2.8 |
1 m/s² = the change of speed by 1 metre per second every second.
🥇 Leaderboard Example View
Driver A is performing well overall but has flagged issues with sharp cornering and stop/start patterns.
Rank | Driver Name | Vehicle | Speeding | Cornering | Acceleration | Braking | Total Distance | Points |
🥇 | B | BL62 WXR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 198.3 mi | 9.5 |
🥈 | A | SE53 HRD | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 186.4 mi | 20.5 |
🥉 | C | LG21 KXT | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 112.9 mi | 22.5 |
🎯 What’s an Average or Expected Score?
Where does good look like and when would I need to coach my drivers.
🟢 Green Zone (0–33):
This is where most drivers should be.
It means they’re mostly driving safely.
Occasional harsh events (e.g., braking hard once in a while) are acceptable.
Green doesn’t mean perfect — it means safe.
Drivers in the 0–10 range are performing exceptionally well.
🏆 The majority of your fleet should sit in this range, especially if they’re trained, aware of the system, and regularly coached.
🟡 Yellow Zone (34–66):
This is your watchlist zone.
It suggests a pattern of riskier driving that needs attention.
It might include frequent fast cornering, multiple acceleration events, or a mix of behaviours.
Drivers in this range may not be unsafe yet, but they could be one habit away from a red score or an incident.
🎯 Use this range for early intervention or driver feedback sessions.
🔴 Red Zone (67+):
This is a critical zone.
It indicates frequent, repeated unsafe driving behaviour.
Could be caused by very short routes (small distances driven make each event “heavier”), aggressive habits, or a lack of awareness.
🎯 No one should stay in red long-term. Use this as a flag for retraining, coaching, or review.
🚫 Should Drivers Have a Score of 0?
Not necessarily A score of 0 means no events were triggered — ideal, but not always realistic. It’s achievable for long-haul drivers who cruise safely or those with minimal trips. For most active engineers or urban drivers, a low green score (under 20) is more realistic and still very good.
Coaching Tips by Zone
This makes it even more actionable. For example:
🟢 Green Zone Tips: Celebrate, reward, maybe share best practices
🟡 Yellow Zone Tips: Hold a review, check routes and vehicle types
🔴 Red Zone Tips: Immediate coaching, ride-along observation, or follow-up
What Affects Scores Most?
Even 1-2 harsh events per day can bump up a score significantly if the average KM is low. So it's important to view scores in context: frequency, trip length, and event type all matter.
Short trips + many events = high scores
Long trips + few events = low scores
Top Tips to Stay in the Green
Anticipate stops early to avoid sudden braking
Take corners smoothly — slow slightly before entering a turn
Accelerate steadily from junctions or roundabouts
Leave space between vehicles to reduce reaction-based events
Avoid short bursts of speed — especially in traffic or urban areas
These small habits add up to big improvements in leaderboard scores and overall road safety.