D.O.T CSA 2010

D.O.T CSA 2010

On August 16, 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) updated the Data Preview Website by providing all carriers, not just those in the pilot states, with an assessment of where they stand in each Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category (BASIC) based on roadside data and investigation findings.



The Carrier Safety Measurement System’s (CSMS) includes the following seven BASICs:

Unsafe Driving,

Fatigued Driving (Hours-of-Service),

Driver Fitness,

Controlled Substances/Alcohol,

Vehicle Maintenance,

Cargo-Related, and

Crash Indicator.

The BASICs replace SafeStat’s Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs) in December 2010, and this early look gives motor carriers an opportunity to understand and address their safety compliance issues right away.



The preview is also reflective of recent changes to the CSMS methodology, specifically:



The Unsafe Driving BASIC and Crash Indicator including a combination of Power Units (Pus) and Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) rather than just PUs as a normalizing factor (measure of exposure);

The Unsafe Driving BASIC now using number of inspections resulting in a violation of the BASIC as safety event groups (formerly called peer group);

The Crash Indicator using the number of crashes as a safety event group;

The Controlled Substances/Alcohol BASIC’s measure of exposure switching to number of relevant inspections rather than PUs; and

Revisions made to the severity weight tables for roadside inspection violations  We will be adding more to this in the next few days to explain in more details how to defend yourself in ths enviroment

CSA 2010  , DOT road side inspections

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