The following chart gives you an idea of the driver violations that are classified in the driver fitness basic. Controlled substances alcohol, hazardous materials hm compliance, and driver fitness. The fmcsas csa program changed the ways carriers and drivers address safety. With common sense and some discipline, you can reduce your points for each basic and improve your percentile rankings. The csa 2010 basics system uses a formula that calculates scores based on time, severity, and in some cases inspections. Click here to view solutions specific to csa 2010 andor that apply to more than one of the seven basics. Review the seven behavior analysis and safety improvement categories basics understand the sms methodology.
Nov 20, 2019 a guide to csa point values and transportation. Operating a commercial vehicle by an unfit driver, such as lack of a valid. Apr 04, 2017 this issue accounts for 8% of all driver violations 12 points. Fitness basic is based on the regulations that require cmv drivers to be physically and medically qualified to drive a cmv according to subpart e of fmcsr part. Basic scores are meant to identify poor safety performers, who are then subject to interventions by fmcsa. Csa scores fmcsa compliance safety accountability j. Nov 17, 2016 the driver fitness compliance behavior analysis and safety improvement category basic is one of seven categories that the federal motor carrier safety administration fmcsa uses to determine how a motor carrier ranks relative to other carriers in its compliance, safety, accountability csa initiative. The latest in comprehensive safety analysis info for 2010 fatigued driving basic csa 2010 safety measurement system sms tips we help you navagiate through the csa 2010 and will write cooperative safety plans for your company interventions for marginal carriers csa 2010 safety measurement system must know info csa 2010 concept csa 2010 safety measurement. This new training program is based on the december 2012 changes to the csa safety measurement system sms methodology. This series explains what csa is, why it is needed, how it works, and the role. Use the csa website to build the skills you need to keep our roadways safe. The changes the federal motor carrier safety administration is making to its csa safetymonitoring system will lead to. Understand that this is the environment in which we compete.
Comprehensive safety analysis csa 2010 for cmv drivers. This is your onestop resource for safety compliance materials on fmcsas csa program. Jan 23, 2012 one more thought before we go to driver fitness. Mar 26, 2010 the federal motor carrier safety administration fmcsas new carrier safety analysis 2010 has seven behavioral analysis and safety improvement categories or basics. How to understand and improve your csa scores basic percentiles. Cmv driver briefing, april 2010 fmccsa10027 safety fitness determination sfd sfd would. Csa 2010 regulations impacting commercial vehicle drivers. The data in the safety measurement system sms is performance data used by the agency and enforcement community. Within csa 2010, motor carrier scores are calculated using the safety measurement system sms. Csa 2010 is a proactive initiative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of fmcsas enforcement and compliance program to achieve the agencys mission to reduce commercial motor vehicle cmv crashes, fatalities, and injuries. Instead, it focuses on what we know as driver qualifications dq. Driver fitness, as its called, is best understood as ratings based on the operation of commercial motor vehicles based on a drivers training, experience, or medical qualification.
Based on statereported crash data, this basic contains. Csa is fmcsas datadriven safety compliance and enforcement program. The driver fitness behavior analysis and safety improvement category basic is one of seven categories that the federal motor carrier safety administration fmcsa uses to determine how a motor carrier ranks relative to other. Feb 24, 2019 the fatigued driving hos, driver fitness, vehicle maintenance, cargorelated, and controlled substancealcohol basics all use relevant inspections as a denominator for assessment of carrier performance. Heres where you will find the resources and materials you need to learn how to strengthen your safety record and make americas roads as safe as they can be for everyone. Keeping your driver fitness basic scores low the horton group. Carrier411 was the first carrier monitoring service to incorporate sms basic scores as soon as data was released on december 12, 2010. Click here to view solutions specific to csa 2010 andor that. Driver fitness crash indicator vehicle maintenance hoursofservice compliance not public not public.
Comprehensive safety analysis csa 2010 industry briefing. Mcsac december 2010 csa and drivers under csa, individual drivers will notbe assigned safety ratings or safety fitness determinations the new carrier measurement system provides internal tools for driver sampling during carrier investigations tools allow for targeted sampling using enhanced driver information follow up on serious. From here, the complexity gets positively diabolical. One important basic is driver fitness, which actually has little to do with the health or well being of a driver. Review the seven behavior analysis and safety improvement categories basics youve received your u. Any given motor carrier may, on any given day, exist in any one of 35 possible peer groups 7 basics x 5 peer groups who is in my peer group. Csa is fmcsas compliance model to improve commercial motor vehicle safety. The driver fitness behavior analysis and safety improvement category basic is one of seven categories that the federal motor carrier safety administrations fmcsa compliance, safety, accountability csa program uses to determine. Failing to comply with an outofservice order 10 driving a cmv with more than one drivers license 8 driving a cmv without a cdl 8. The seven 7 categories are unsafe driving, fatigued driving hours of service, driver fitness, controlled substances, vehicle maintenance, cargo security, and crash indicators.
Carrier violations or crashes are weighted by time and severity to produce a measure for that carrier in each basic. Csa changes increase focus on cargo, driver fitness. Driver fitness, controlled substances and alcohol, vehicle maintenance. Now that csa 2010 is implemented, sms replaces the safestat system for rating. Csa 2010 set forth 6 basic scores that are used to determine how safe the driver is considered to be. Learn more about each basic inside the basics organize data from roadside inspections, including driver and vehicle violations, crash reports from the last two years, and investigation results. Comprehensive safety analysis 2010comprehensive safety analysis 2010 what is csa 2010. Fmcsas compliance, safety, accountability csa program formerly comprehensive safety analysis csa 2010 scores carriers and drivers on seven behavior analysis safety improvement categories basics. Fitness basic red flag driver process to increase driver focus. In the csa 2010, the severity weighting tables previous list of 900 violations has been trimmed to 650 and is broken up into 6 different categories including unsafe driving, drugsalcohol, fatigued driving, driver fitness, vehicle maintenance and cargo loadingsecurement.
What we have seen, however, is a relationship between noncompliance in one basic and noncompliance and unsafe behaviors in other areas. The system is expected to launch in early 2010 and motor carriers will be able. The symbol is not intended to imply any federal safety rating of the carrier pursuant to 49 usc 31144. Violations of the hoursofservice rules were cited almost 740,000 times in 2008, or almost onethird of all traffic enforcement violations recorded that year. Csa guide for drivers truck driver staffing agency transforce.
There is also an acute and critical subcategory of violations. Compliance, safety, accountability csa is a new federal motor carrier safety. The purpose of the scoring system is to identify candidates for interventions, to determine the specific safety problems exhibited by a carrier or driver, and to monitor whether safety problems are improving or worsening. For more information about federal transportation regulationsand more fun with acronymscheck out kpas resources for trucking compliance. When your fleet has enough safety data in a basic, youre given a basic percentile ranking from 0100 based on your fleets violation. This section shows how an individual drivers csa 2010 scores are computed under csa 2010 for each of the seven basicsunsafe driving, improper loadingcargo. Driver fitness basicdriver fitness basic operation of cmvs by drivers who are unfit to operate a cmv due to lack of. The driver fitness basic covers driving records, including driver qualification files, commercial drivers licenses cdls, medical certificates, state driving.
Compliance, safety, accountability csa frequently asked. Examples of driver fitness violations by severity the higher the severity, the more crash risk and the more your grade on this basic will be affected. The federal motor carrier safety administration fmcsas new carrier safety analysis 2010 has seven behavioral analysis and safety improvement categories or basics. Violations resulting in out of service orders give an additional two points. Post visual reminders for your drivers about the driver fitness basic. Fmcsas compliance, safety, accountability csa program us.
This will enable the organization to concentrate and correct the heaviest areas first that will potentially negatively impact their respective score. Drivers and the compliance, safety, accountability csa program csa faqs. Fmcsa driver fitness basic fmcsacsa us department of. Update of csa 2010 violation list home moving, office. Driver fitness basic factsheet driver fitness overview what is the driver fitness basic. Vehicle maintenance controlled substances alcohol hazardous materials compliance driver fitness unsafe driving crash indicator. Controlled substancesalcohol, hazardous materials hm compliance, and driver fitness. Fmcsas intervention threshold in the driver fitness basic are also. The sms calculates a measure for each basic by combining the time and severity.
Failing to comply with an outofservice order 10 driving a cmv with more than one driver s license 8 driving a cmv without a cdl 8. Jul 19, 2010 the federal motor carrier safety administration fmcsa is in the process of implementing a revised safety inspection program designed to improve road safety by identifying highrisk carriers and drivers. Csa is fmcsas enforcement and compliance program to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce cmvrelated. Csa 2010 regulation changes will have a major impact on all commercial vehicle drivers. Sms will evaluate the safety of individual motor carriers by considering all safetybased roadside inspection violations, not just outof service violations, as well as state. The csa 2010 safety measurement system will replace the safestat measurement system as fmcsas tool to identify highrisk motor carriers requiring interventions. Provides an overview of the fmcsas compliance, safety, accountability csa formerly csa 2010 program and a brief discussion of where the data used in csa comes from. Department of transportation federal motor carrier safety administration mcsac, june 2010 agenda the challenge. Sms basic scores are released at the beginning of each month and do not change until they are released the following month. Csa 2010 gap analysis mcb fleet management consulting. For example, any time a driver is examined in an inspection, there is an opportunity for a violation that would impact the driver fitness basic.
It contains videos on the violations and severity of the controlled substances and alcohol basic, crash indicator basic, driver fitness basic, hazmat compliance basic, hos compliance basic, unsafe driving basic, and vehicle maintenance basic. This basic doesnt necessarily refer to a drivers ability to run a mile, but does include physicals and medical clearance. Aug 10, 2010 this section shows how an individual drivers csa 2010 scores are computed under csa 2010 for each of the seven basicsunsafe driving, improper loadingcargo. Score time weight x severity weight time weighted relevant inspections. With csa, the fmcsa is targeting specific behaviors of the driver or motor carriers in the hopes of improving the safety of the transportation industry. A guide to understanding and improving your csa score. A symbol, based on that data, indicates that fmcsa may prioritize a motor carrier for further monitoring. For example, three out of four motor carriers that are above fmcsas intervention threshold in the driver fitness basic are also above our intervention threshold in at least one other basic. Incorporate onroad safety performance via new sms which is updated on a monthly basis continue to include major safety violations found as part of csa 2010 investigations produce a carrier safety fitness determination sfd of unfit or. Current and historical safety measurement information. Mar 27, 2020 a carriers onroad performance in each basic is based on 24 months of inspection and crash data.