METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FALSE POSITIVE REPORTS OF DETECTABLE ROAD EVENTS

An approach is provided for estimating false positive reports of detectable road events. For example, the approach involves determining a first number of road reports from a fleet of vehicles, and operating in a geographic area during a first time period and a second number of road reports from the fleet operating in the geographic area during a second time period. The first number of road reports and the second number of reports relate to a road event detected by vehicle sensors. The approach further involves computing a difference between the first number and the second number. The approach further involves determining a percentage of defective vehicles in the fleet based on the difference. The defective vehicles are defective with respect to a detection of the road event. The approach further involves providing the percentage of defective vehicles as an output.