CSA 2010
Comprehensive Safety Analysis
Scheduled Implementation Dates
July 2010 through December 2010
AGENDA
The New DOT CSA2010 Program
Safestat vs. CSA2010
BASIC & SMS
Impact on Carriers and Drivers
DOT Enforcement
Your New Score and What You Can expect
What is CSA 2010 – How is it Changing
 Pro-active initiative to improve efficiency and effectiveness of
FMCSA’s enforcement and compliance program
 Mission is to reduce CMV crashes, fatalities, and injuries
 Way FMCSA assesses carrier safety
Identifies unsafe carrier and driver behaviors that lead to crashes
Uses all roadside inspection including OOS / Non OOS violations
Evaluates / tracks individual driver performance
 How FMCSA addresses carrier safety issues
Reaches more carriers earlier and more frequently
Improves efficiency of investigations
Focuses on specific unsafe behaviors
Defines and requires corrective actions
SAFESTAT--VS -- CSA2010
Safe Stat
vs
CSA 2010
Four broad safety evaluations
Safety Evaluation Areas
-Accidents
-Maintenance
-Drivers
-Safety Evaluation
Seven specific behavior evaluations (BASICS)
Behavior Analysis Safety Improvement Categories
-Unsafe Driving
-Controlled Substances and Alcohol
-Fatigue Driving
-Driver Fitness
-Vehicle Maintenance
-Improper Loading/Cargo Securement
-Crash Indicator
Lower risk of full audit
Higher risk of audit in specific critical areas
Violations are not weighted based on
relationship to crash risk
Violations weighted based on relationship to crash risk
Labor intensive compliance review
Employs an array of interventions instead of single option
SAFESTAT--VS -- CSA2010
Safe Stat
Focuses primarily on motor carriers
Allows drivers to elude the safety program
by "jumping" from one carrier to another,
leaving employers unaware of the drivers'
poor performance
Relies heavily on the carriers to be
accountable for individual driver safety
problems
vs
CSA 2010
Directly monitors the safety performance of individual
drivers and motor carriers
Addresses problem drivers based on their records across
multiple employers
Holds both motor carriers and drivers responsible for
safety and performance
Intervention Thresholds Under CSA 2010
Basic
Unsafe Driving~Fatigued Driving~Crash Indicator
Driver Fitness~Drugs/Alcohol~Vehicle Maintenance~Cargo Related
Passanger Haz Mat Other
50%
50%
67%
72%
*** Remember that Unsafe Driving and Fatigued driving are
referred to as the stand alone “BASICs” ***
72%
77%
Keys to the Methodology
•Any OOS violation will add two points to the severity weight
•Each inspection has a max of 30 severity weight points
•If duplicate or like violations are found they will only be counted
once per inspection (OOS violations will take precedence)
•No violations discovered will offset
•Crash severity weights
•Tow-away but no injuries or fatalities = 1
•Injuries or fatalities = 2
•Tow-away with hazmat release = 2
•Injury or fatality with hazmat release = 3
Keys to the Methodology
• All severity weights are multiplied by a time weight of 1, 2, or 3
•Carriers
• Violations 6 months or less x3
• Violations 6-12 months x 2
• Violations 12-24 months x1
•Drivers
•Violations 12 months or less x3
•Violations 12-24 months x2
•Violations 24-36 months x1
•Carrier peer groups are broken into five categories
•1-5
•6-15
•16-50
•51-500
•More than 500
CSA2010 Key Components
• Safety Measurement System (SMS)
• All crash records and ALL roadside inspection violations
• Weights time and severity of violations based on crash risk
•Triggers the intervention process
•Safety Performance based on the 7 Behavior Analysis and Safety
Improvement Categories (BASICs)
•Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)
• Tied to current safety performance
• Not limited to acute/critical violations from a compliance review
• Intervention Process
• Array of interventions instead of the labor-intensive comp. review
•Offsite Investigations
•Onsite Focused Investigations
•Onsite Comprehensive Investigations
BASICs Unsafe Driving
Stand Alone basic – meaning that carrier deemed to be “failing” on the unsafe driving or
fatigued driving BASIC alone may receive an overall failing grade as a company.
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Unsafe Driving defined – driving a commercial vehicle in a dangerous or careless
manner speeding, reckless driving, inattention, improper lane change, using a radar
detector, operating a unsafely, smoking within 25’ of hazmat vehicle.
FMCSR parts covered under unsafe driving – 177, 392, 397, 398
Factors affecting carrier measure – violation severity, violation age, average power units
Factors affecting driver measure – violation severity, violation age
Violation with highest severity – Reckless Driving
BASICs Fatigued Driving
Stand Alone basic – meaning that carrier deemed to be “failing” on the unsafe driving
or fatigued driving BASIC alone may receive an overall failing grade as a company
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Fatigued Driving – operation of a commercial vehicle by drivers who are ill, fatigued,
or in violation of the hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. Examples such as; failing
to complete or retain logs, violating the hours of service limits, ailing to include all
required items on the log, violating an HOS-related out-of-service order.
FMCSR parts covered under unsafe driving – 392, 395
Factors affecting carrier measure – violation severity, violation age, number and age
of inspections, whether violation resulted in OOS order.
Factors affecting driver measure – violation severity, violation age, whether violation
resulted in OOS order.
Violation with highest severity – Driving while ill/fatigued, jumping OOS order
BASICs Drugs & Alcohol
Drugs & Alcohol – driving a CMV while impaired by drugs or alcohol such as;
violating an out-of-service order relating to alcohol under 392.5 (a) or (b), using or
being in possession of drugs, possessing, using, or being under the influence of
alcohol for hours prior to being on duty.
FMCSR parts covered under drugs & alcohol – 392
Factors affecting carrier measure – violation severity, violation age, average power
units
Factors affecting driver measure – violation severity, violation age
Violation with highest severity – Drug use/possession; jumping OOS order
BASICs Driver Fitness
Driver Fitness – the operation of CMVs by drivers who are unfit to drive due to
Lack of training, experience, or medical qualifications such as, driving without a CDL,
Driving while disqualified, no medical card, failing to train hazmat employees, failing
To notify employer of convictions, failing to have proper endorsements.
FMCSR parts covered under driver fitness – 172, 177, 383, 386, 391, 398
Factors affecting carrier measure – violation severity, violation age, number and age
of inspections, whether violation resulted in OOS.
Factors affecting driver measure – violation severity, violation age, whether violation
resulted in OOS.
Violation with highest severity – multiple licenses, jumping OOS order
BASICs Vehicle Maintenance
Vehicle Maintenance – CMV failure due to improper or inadequate maintenance
Such as; loose wheel fasteners, defective brakes or lights, no DVIR, failure to make
Required repairs, failure to inspect the vehicle or prepare inspection reports,
Inadequate conspicuity treatments, operating an OOS vehicle.
FMCSR parts covered under vehicle maintenance – 365, 375, 385, 392, 393,
396, 398, 399
Factors affecting carrier measure – violation severity, violation age, number and age
of inspections, whether violation resulted in OOS.
Factors affecting driver measure – violation severity, violation age, number and
age of inspections, whether violation resulted in OOS.
Violation with highest severity – tires, suspension, lighting, jumping OOS order
BASICs Cargo Loading/Securement
Cargo loading/securement – CMV incident resulting from shifting loads, spilled or
dropped cargo, or unsafe handling of hazardous materials such as; improper load
securement, improper cargo retention, improper hazardous materials handling,
use of insufficient or damaged tie downs, hazmat routing violations, and size and
weight.
FMCSR parts covered under cargo loading/securement – 171, 172, 173, 177, 178, 180,
385, 392, 393, 397
Factors affecting carrier measure – violation severity, violation age, number and age
of inspections, whether violation resulted in OOS.
Factors affecting driver measure – violation severity, violation age, number and
age of inspections, whether violation resulted in OOS.
Violation with highest severity – tires, suspension, lighting, jumping OOS order
BASICs Crash History
Crash history – histories or patterns of high crash involvement, including frequency
and severity such as fatalities, injuries, or vehicles being towed form the scene.
FMCSR parts covered under crash history – none
Factors affecting carrier measure – whether crash involved injury, fatality, tow-away
or hazmat release; age of crash; aver number of power units
Factors affecting driver measure – whether crash involved injury, fatality, tow-away
or hazmat release; age of crash
Violation with highest severity – N/A
How to Prepare!
-Safestat log in (special pin number) – if you don’t have or know
what you pin number is request a pin number
(www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/online-registration/onlineregdescription)
-Update your MCS150 form on line for accuracy in reporting
(required to be updated at least every two years) accurate data
will be extremely important
- Review carrier profile and safety record over past two years and
compare violations against the BASIC’s. Begin
focusing on the problem areas.
- Educate drivers on CSA2010 and how their behavior and
performance can affect the company and their own safety
performace
Available Sources
-www.vigillo.com
- CSA 2010 Scorecard currently available
-www.jjkeller.com
-CSA 2010 CD will be available this summer for purchase
-CSA 2010 Manual currently available
-www.fmcsa.dot.gov
-Up to date information on progress of CSA 2010