Compliance, safety, accountability (CSA) scores are the primary means by which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) attempts to identify high-risk carriers. CSA scores now rank lower on the list than when they first appeared in 2010, but they remain an issue as the trucking industry awaits word on how FMCSA’s new Item Response Theory (IRT) model will be used to improve CSA accuracy.
ATRI says, in the meantime, the industry should continue advocating for FMCSA to expand the list of crash types available for review and reclassification as non-preventable as part of the federal crash accountability program, and for CSA score reductions in existing BASICs rather than a new BASIC for carriers who choose to participate in FMCSA’s Beyond Compliance program, and working with FMCSA to ensure National Academies of Sciences recommendations are successfully implemented.
Here are some of our key stories involving CSA scores and safety:
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