Introducing 5Keys Driver Risk Management

Drive safely. Drive measurable change.

Driver risk doesn’t change with more data alone. It changes when fleets can connect what happens behind the wheel to the behaviors that need to improve. 

5Keys Driver Risk Management brings training, monitoring, analytics, scoring, compliance, and coaching together through one common behavioral framework: the Smith5Keys®. 

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WHAT IS IT

Driver Risk Management Is More Than a Tool

Cameras capture events. Telematics identify patterns. MVRs track violations. Scorecards show where risk exists.

But identifying risks is only the beginning.

5Keys Driver Risk Management connects the signals your fleet already collects to specific driving behaviors, giving managers a consistent framework for understanding risk, coaching drivers, and measuring improvement.

It’s not another disconnected safety tool. It’s a program designed to make every part of your fleet safety strategy work together.

 

One Program. Six Connected Elements.

 5Keys Training

Behind-the-Wheel instruction turns the Smith5Keys® into real-world driving habits and establishes the behavioral foundation for the program.

Driver Compliance

Continuous MVR monitoring connects license, violation, and compliance information to the same behavioral framework.

 Monitoring 

Bring the telematics and camera data you already collect. Driver signals feed into the 5Keys framework without requiring another disconnected source of information.  

 Analytics

See where risk is concentrated, identify patterns across your organization, and understand where interventions are making a difference.

 5Keys Score 

Go beyond knowing which drivers present risks. Understand the specific behavior that needs attention and what to coach next.  

Coaching & Reinforcement

Give managers and drivers a common language for coaching, reinforcement, and continued improvement.

Your Data Already Tells You What Happened. Now Understand What to Change. 

Most fleets don’t have a data problem. They have a connection problem. 

Driver information often lives across telematics platforms, cameras, MVRs, training systems, and other sources. Each can provide another piece of the story, but managers are still left determining what those signals mean for the individual driver. 

5Keys Driver Risk Management connects those signals through the Smith5Keys®. 

Instead of stopping at an event or risk score, the program connects the signal to the behavioral decision behind it and creates a clearer path to coaching and improvement. 

One program. One language. One framework for continuous improvement. 

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Built on the Smith5Keys®

Five Behaviors. One Proven Framework. 

For more than 70 years, the Smith5Keys® has taught drivers to see, think, and react differently behind the wheel.

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Aim High in Steering

Look farther ahead and anticipate what’s coming.

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Get the Big Picture

Maintain awareness of the complete driving environment.

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Keep Your Eyes Moving

Continuously gather information and identify changing conditions.

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Leave Yourself an Out

 Maintain the space and positioning needed to respond.

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Make Sure They See You

Communicate your presence and intentions to others on the road.

Why It Matters

With 5Keys Driver Risk Management, those same five behaviors become the common language connecting training, monitoring, scoring, analytics, compliance, and coaching across your fleet. 

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Bring the Technology You Already Use.

5Keys Driver Risk Management is designed to work with the data your fleet already generates.

Use signals from your existing telematics and camera systems, connect them with training and compliance information, and translate them through one behavioral framework.

No matter where the signal originates, the question becomes the same:

Which behavior needs to change?

OUTCOMES

Proven Behavior Change at Scale

Smith System has spent more than 70 years helping organizations turn safer driving behaviors into measurable results.

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60%+ Fewer Collisions

Cintas — across a 20+ year partnership and 450+ sites.

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Crash Rate Cut in Half 

DHL Express — through a long-term program across a distributed courier fleet. 

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38% Fewer Preventable Collisions

A Fortune 100 retailer — across 2,200+ drivers and 20+ distribution centers in two years.

Millions of commercial drivers across more than half the Fortune 500 have been trained using the Smith5Keys® methodology.

Product Release Webinar

See 5Keys Driver Risk Management in Action 

Join Smith System for this webinar introducing 5Keys Driver Risk Management.
 
We walk through the program, explore how its six connected elements work together, and show how fleets can turn the data they already collect into a consistent approach to driver coaching and improvement.