Every day, your drivers face situations where a split-second decision can mean the difference between a close call and a serious accident. Near collisions — incidents where there was a close call but no actual collision — offer valuable insights into both risky behaviors and defensive driving.

Without complete visibility, it’s challenging to coach drivers effectively, recognize defensive driving, and prevent accidents before they happen. To give you the full picture and help you manage your fleet better, we now surface additional near collision events captured by our AI Dashcams and identified in our collision review process.

Identifying near collisions through the collision review process.

Proactively detecting collisions and near collisions is something Motive does exceptionally well, thanks to our unique approach. Our collision detection algorithms are designed to minimize false negatives — cases where the system fails to detect a collision that actually happened.

Our system prioritizes any event that could be a potential collision and uploads the video within seconds, placing it at the front of the review queue for the Motive Safety Team. Our team of 400+ safety experts meticulously reviews your safety videos so you don’t have to, evaluating more than 100 potential crashes for every real accident. This ensures nothing critical is missed and false positives are removed. While only 1% of these incidents are classified as actual collisions, the other 99% contain valuable near collision events that can now be used for coaching and recognition.

The team is a huge reason we can proactively identify 99% of high-severity collisions and upload footage in seconds. No other vendor can claim this.

This enhancement supplements the near collision videos already tagged by the Safety Team during their review of harsh events like hard braking, hard cornering, and hard acceleration.

New opportunities to coach and reward drivers.

The addition of these near collision events opens up new opportunities for coaching and driver recognition. Here are some real-world examples that demonstrate the value of this update:

  • A close call at an intersection: Our driver, distracted by his tablet, nearly rear-ended a vehicle that braked while inching forward at a red light. This incident highlights the need for coaching drivers on the importance of minimizing distractions, especially in stop-and-go traffic.
  • Near miss when turning: Our driver made an unsafe right turn across multiple lanes without properly checking mirrors, nearly colliding with a nearby vehicle. This incident underscores the importance of being fully aware of surroundings before making lane changes or turns.
  • Defensive driving saves the day: A passenger vehicle attempted to cut in front of our truck to make a highway exit. Our driver’s quick reaction avoided a potential collision, showcasing their defensive driving skills and earning recognition for professionalism under pressure.

“We use Motive as a coaching program to better ourselves,” said Beau Mosley, chief risk officer at Usher Transport. “Many of the videos we have captured are now part of our orientation program. We take them, we share them, and we learn from our mistakes. It’s a win-win.”

Proactive safety management with Motive.

Whether it’s preventing a future accident or celebrating a job well done, these insights are invaluable for maintaining a culture of safety. Motive’s combination of exceptional engineering across hardware, software, and machine learning, plus expert human training, continues to set us apart in the industry, resulting in incredibly accurate AI models and collision detection. Take a tour to learn more about the Motive Driver Safety platform today.