Fleet camera coverage calculator

Estimate cab coverage and annual footage review costs from your own asset mix. Start with the illustrative values below, then enter your counts and assumptions. Check installation suitability separately.

Lachlan McRitchie

GM of Operations

Published 12 September 2026Updated 15 September 2026

Your asset mix

Replace the illustrative values with the counts from your asset register.

Road vehicles with a cab25

Trucks, utes, vans and prime movers. Confirm installation separately.

Plant with an enclosed cab10

Excavators, loaders, dozers, graders, telehandlers.

Trailers15

Trailers, dogs and floats are outside this cab-count model.

Generators, light towers, compressors, pumps20

Containers, site huts, traffic gear, scaffolding15

Tool crates, power tools, survey and test gear40

Review load and cost

Nobody in the category publishes a credible measured review time, so these are yours to set. Ask your vendor for theirs in writing.

Flagged events per vehicle per week3

Minutes to adjudicate one event3

If your vendor includes managed review, set the time your team still spends after that.

Reviewer cost per hour$55

Camera cost per vehicle per month$45

Outside the cab-coverage estimate

72%

90 of your 125 assets fall outside the road-vehicle and cabbed-plant counts entered above.

Assumed cameras

28% of the register

Events to review per year

5,460

Review time per year

273 hrs

0.16 FTE

Review cost per year

$15,015

Based on your review-time and staff-cost inputs

Camera subscription per year$18,900

Estimated annual subscription and review$33,915

This model counts 28% of your register as road vehicles or cabbed plant and assumes one camera each. Confirm installation suitability before ordering. Plan tracking and asset workflows for the other 90 assets, and account for any extra hardware, installation or external review costs.

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What this assumes

Asset counts, events per vehicle, minutes per event, reviewer cost and camera cost are all yours to set. Nothing here is a MapTrack measurement of your industry.
The model assumes one camera for each road vehicle and cabbed machine entered. The other input categories sit outside that estimate. Confirm mounting, power and viewing requirements before ordering; these counts do not certify installation suitability.
Review time assumes somebody adjudicates every flagged event. If your vendor includes a managed human review layer, set minutes per event to the time YOUR team still spends after that.
A full-time equivalent is 1,760 productive hours per year.
Camera cost is per camera per month. Whether hardware is bundled into that or bought outright changes the figure and the contract term, so use your own quote.
This is an arithmetic model for scoping a decision, not a quote and not a safety assessment.

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Why this is the first number to work out

Decide which vehicles and plant you want to equip, then check the mounting, power and viewing requirements. Plan location, inspection and maintenance records for the other assets in your register as well. A cab count helps size a proposal; it does not certify that a camera will fit every asset counted.

Footage review also needs a budget and an owner. Estimate the event volume, minutes per review and staff cost, then compare the result with what happens in your pilot. Include any managed review service, installation and hardware costs in the wider budget.

If you want the longer version of both arguments, the AI dash cams for fleets buyer guide covers accuracy claims, driver acceptance, retention and how to run a pilot that answers something.

One thing this tool deliberately does not do: assert a typical fleet share or certify camera fit. The results come from the input values and the stated model assumptions. Replace the illustrative values with your own before using the estimate for planning.

Frequently asked questions

What share of a fleet can normally take a dash cam?

This calculator doesn't assert an industry-wide share. It adds the road vehicles and cabbed plant entered in the form and compares them with the total asset count. It assumes one camera per counted vehicle or cabbed machine. Confirm mounting, power and viewing requirements with the supplier; this estimate doesn't establish installation suitability.

Why include footage review time in the budget?

Footage review takes staff time as well as the equipment and subscription costs. Estimate the event volume and minutes your team will spend on each review. Check the assumptions against a pilot and include any external review service separately.

Where do I get a realistic events-per-vehicle figure?

Ask suppliers for the measurement method, then run a pilot across representative vehicles, routes and operating conditions. Record the flagged events, review outcomes and staff time. Use enough observations to understand variation before expanding the rollout.

Does a managed review service remove the review load?

It reduces it rather than removing it. Where a vendor includes a human review layer, set minutes per event to the time your own team still spends after that service has done its pass, and price the service separately.

What covers the other assets in my register?

GPS trackers for powered plant and trailers, Bluetooth beacons for gear that moves between sites, and QR labels for tools and containers where custody rather than live position is the question. In MapTrack those sit on the same asset record as the cab-fitted vehicles, alongside pre-starts, maintenance and cost.