The Samsara Vehicle Gateway (VG) is designed to surface events that exceed the g-force threshold during Harsh Event Detection. You can run event reports of a maximum duration up to one year. Use these reports to investigate the details of a singular harsh event or events for your fleet as a whole:
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Fleet Harsh Event Reports: Reports that display the harsh driving events for your entire fleet. Review a summary of your fleet Risk Factors, Harsh Driving events, and the Harsh Driving Report directly from the Safety Overview (for more information, see the Safety Overview and Safety Risk Factor Reports).
The following table describes the Risk Factor report fields displayed for each risk factor category:
Field
Description
Risk Factor
Category of the safety event or behavior.
Count
Number of events that occurred during the selected time frame.
Rate or %
Frequency of behaviors during drive time. This value is expressed as either a percentage of drive time or as a number of events per 1,000 miles (mi) / kilometers (k/m), dependent on risk factor category.
Score Impact
Affect to the safety score in points (pts).
To see additional information on a risk factor category, click View Details to open a report with further insights. For example, click the risk factor Harsh Driving to view the Harsh Driving Report.
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Harsh Event Incident Reports: To evaluate the details of a specific harsh event, Review the Incident Report.
The Incident Report provides detailed harsh event information by driver or vehicle. Incident Reports are only available for drivers and vehicles with safety events.
The harsh event Incident Report displays the max g-force detected, vehicle type, and a speed chart of the incident. In addition, you can view the granular speed and location details that preceded and followed the incident. The following table describes the information available for each data point:
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Time |
Date and time of the data point incident. |
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Speed |
Vehicle speed in mph or km/h. For your reference, the speed limit displays in parenthesis. |
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Heading (Deg) |
Specifies the direction the vehicle is facing in degrees (Deg). North is 0 degrees, east is 90, south is 180, and west is 270. |
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Location |
Address, city, state, and zip code of where the incident took place. |
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Lat/Lng |
Coordinates of where the incident took place. |
To view the harsh event Incident Report:
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From the Safety Overview (Safety (
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To review incidents by vehicle performance, select Vehicles > Vehicle Performance and select the vehicle from the report.
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To review incidents by driver performance, select Drivers > Driver Performance and select the driver from the report.
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Locate the event from the Safety Events list and click View Incident Report.
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If video footage is available for the event, click View Video from the Event Type summary to review the Safety Event Details.
