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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Compliance, Safety, Accountability
(CSA)
A New Way To Measure and Address Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety
Industry BriefingDecember 2010
U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Presentation Agenda
• Why Change?• What is CSA?• Field Test and National
Rollout• Summary
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Why Change?
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
A Need For A More Agile, Efficient Program
• Past Operational Model Limitations– Limited intervention toolbox for Safety Investigators (SIs)– Safety fitness determination tied to compliance review– Focused largely on carriers
• Limited number of Federal/State investigators compared to large number of carriers– U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulates ~725,000 interstate and foreign-based truck and bus companies
• USDOT/FMCSA audit (compliance review) was labor-intensive– Only able to reach < 2% (~12,000) of total carrier population annually
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
CSA is an important initiative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of FMCSA’s enforcement and compliance program to achieve the agency’s mission to reduce commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes, fatalities, and injuries.
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
What Is CSA?
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
What Changed?
• The way FMCSA measures carrier safety – Identifies unsafe carrier and driver behaviors that lead to
crashes– Uses all safety-based roadside inspection violations
• How FMCSA addresses carrier safety issues – Reaches more carriers earlier and more frequently– Improves efficiency of investigations
• Focuses on specific unsafe behaviors• Identifies root causes• Defines and requires corrective actions
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
The Operational Model
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
The Operational Model
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
The Operational Model
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
The Operational Model
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
The Operational Model
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Op-Model: Three Core Components
1. Measuring Carrier SafetyImproved ability for earlier identification of demonstrated safety problems by specific Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) from:
a) Safety Measurement System results (on-road performance), and/orb) Investigation Findings
2. Intervention ProcessEmploys an array of interventions instead of the previous principal option − a labor-intensive compliance review
3. Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)SFD to be tied to current safety performance; not limited to results of acute/critical violations from a compliance review
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Safety Measurement System
CSA introduces the Safety Measurement System (SMS) that…• Uses crash records and ALL roadside inspection safety-
based violations to determine carrier/driver safety• Assigns weights to time and severity of violations based on
relationship to crash risk• Calculates safety performance based on seven BASICs• Triggers the intervention process (eventually will feed
Safety Fitness Determination)
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
BASICs
BASICs focus on behaviors linked to crash risk1. Unsafe Driving (Parts 392 & 397)
2. Fatigued Driving (Hours-of-Service);Parts 392 & 395)
3. Driver Fitness (Parts 383 & 391)
4. Controlled Substances/Alcohol (Parts 382 & 392)
5. Vehicle Maintenance (Parts 393 & 396)
6. Cargo-Related (Parts 392, 393, 397 & HM)
7. Crash Indicator
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
SafeStat vs. SMS
Previous Measurement System: SafeStat CSA’s SMS
Organized by four broad categories called Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs): Accident, Driver, Vehicle, and Safety Management
Organized by seven specific BASICs
Identified carrier for a compliance review (CR) Identifies safety problems to determine whom to investigate and where to focus the investigation
Used only out-of-service (OOS) and moving violations from roadside inspections.
Uses all safety-based roadside inspection violations
Had no impact on safety rating Used to propose adverse safety fitness determination based on carriers’ current on-road safety performance (future)
Violations were not weighted based on relationship to crash risk
Violations are weighted based on relationship to crash risk
Assessed carriers only Measures both carriers and drivers – the Driver SMS is a tool for investigators to identify drivers with safety problems during carrier investigations
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Investigation Findings
Included in the BASIC measurements are serious violation findings from investigations
• Serious violations generally consist of – Noncompliance that’s so severe that immediate corrective
action is necessary– Directly related to carrier’s management and/or operational
controls• Serious violations found from prior investigations are
factored into BASIC measurements – BASIC is considered to be in an alert status and displayed
accordingly on a carrier’s record for 12 months
U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
New Agency Plans for Drivers
• The Carrier Measurement System provides internal tools, including enhanced information on individual drivers, to investigators to more effectively and efficiently conduct carrier investigations– Tools allow for targeted sampling using enhanced driver
information– Follow-up on serious violations
• Under CSA, individual drivers will not be assigned safety ratings or safety fitness determinations
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
New Agency Plans for Drivers (cont’d)
• Pre-employment Screening Program (PSP)– PSP was mandated by Congress and is not a part of CSA – “Driver Profiles” from FMCSA’s Driver Information
Resource (DIR) are available to carriers through PSP– Driver Profiles will only be released with driver
authorization– PSP is currently available, access and additional
information can be found at www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Example of SafeStat vs. SMS
The following slides provide examples of key differences between
SafeStat and the SMS
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Carrier Measurement: SafeStat Results
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Carrier Measurement: SMS Results
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Carrier Measurement: SMS Results
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Violation Details Provided in SMS
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Further Drilldown in SMS
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Further Drilldown in SMS
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Further Drilldown in SMS
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Carrier Access to Data
• Carriers have access to full SMS results and BASIC measurements
• Public has access to SMS results and BASIC measurements except for percentile scores for the Crash Indicator and Cargo-Related BASIC
– Cargo-Related violations are available to the public
• Decision regarding what to display was based on feedback through out the field test and data preview
– List of Crashes are available to the public
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Roadside Data Uniformity
• Data collected at the roadside is the foundation of all data-driven traffic safety initiatives
• CSA relies on roadside data in its SMS Methodology
• The CSA SFD methodology would use roadside data as a component of the safety fitness determinations
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Roadside Uniformity-Background
• Effort organized into four core initiatives:1. Consistent documentation of roadside inspection and
violation data2. Standardized processes for making a Request for Data
Review (RDR)3. Increased awareness of high-level goals of the inspection
programa) Good inspections can support systematic enforcement
programb) Screening vs. Inspection
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
FMCSA Data Quality
• Quality data is key to the CSA Operational Model• Comprehensive data quality program initiated over
5 years ago • Current data is useful and meaningful;
improvements can always be made• DataQs provides the public, including carriers and
drivers, the opportunity to request a data review to ensure the accuracy of Federal- and State-reported data
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Requests for Data Review
• Improper Data Review Requests:• Driver fired, please remove all these violations• Crash not our fault, please remove• Driver caused the violation, please remove• Violation was committed by an owner operator or other carrier that was leased
to our operation when the violation occurred, please remove• Company with a valid lease agreement to an owner operator states that the
violation should be assigned to the owner operator
• Helpful Suggestions:• Attach document(s) that support the data review request• Be specific and detailed in your narrative• An owner operator with a valid lease agreement with another company
submitting a data review request should include a lease agreement• Ensure contact information is accurate and updated• Check the status frequently (additional information may be requested)
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
The Interventions Process
The Interventions Process addresses the…
• WHAT Discovering violations anddefining the problem
• WHY Identifying the cause or where the processes broke down
• HOWDetermining how to fix it/prevent it through use of Safety Management Cycle and Safety Improvement Resources
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Safety Management Cycle
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Intervention Tools
The intervention tools reach more carriers and influence safety compliance earlier•Warning Letters•Investigations
− Offsite Investigations− Onsite Focused Investigations− Onsite Comprehensive Investigations
•Follow-on corrective actions− Cooperative Safety Plan (CSP)− Notice of Violation (NOV)− Notice of Claim (NOC)− Operations Out-of-Service Order (OOS)
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Previous Process vs. CSA Intervention Process
Previous CR Process CSA Intervention Process
Broad one-size-fits-all investigation Array of interventions can be tailored to address extent and scope of specific safety alerts
Resource intensive for enforcement agencies and time-consuming for carrier/fewer carriers contacted
Less resource intensive for enforcement agencies and less time-consuming for carrier/more carriers contacted
Focused on broad compliance based on rigid set of acute/critical violations
Focuses on improving behaviors that are linked to crash risk
Discovered what violations exist at that time
Discovers what safety problem(s) are, why they exist, and how to correct them
Major safety problems resulted in fines (NOC)
When problems found, major focus on carrier proving corrective action; significant problems continue to result in fines
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)
SFD would: • Incorporate on-road safety performance via the new
SMS, which is updated on a monthly basis• Continue to include major safety violations found as
part of CSA investigations• Produce an SFD of
– Unfit or– Marginal or– Continue Operation
Draft rulemaking is currently in review within USDOT; NPRM expected to be published in late 2011.
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Current Rating Process in CSA
• CSA incorporates the existing safety rating process and will continue to do so until SFD goes into effect
• Drivers will not be rated• Ratings are issued based on investigation findings:
– Onsite comprehensive investigations can result in Satisfactory, Conditional, or Unsatisfactory ratings
– Onsite focused investigations can result in Conditional or Unsatisfactory Ratings
– Offsite investigations do not result in a rating– Carriers can request an administrative review of its safety
rating(§385.17)
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
CSA Field Test and National Rollout
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
CSA Field Test
Operational Model Field Test Design:• Design completed January 2008
– Divided representative carriers into comparable test and control groups
Operational Model Field Test:• February 2008 – June 2010• Designed to test validity, efficiency, and
effectiveness of new model• Independent evaluation by University of
Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) • Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey (first test group)
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
100% States in Field Test
• Additional states– Spring 2009: MT (AB), MN (ON)– Fall 2009: KS, MD, DE
• 100% of the State participates in CSA – Offers a more accurate picture of efficiencies, capabilities,
and benefits– Tests integration with national program goals and
Congressional mandates– Provides more data to evaluate test, including workload and
workforce analyses
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Preliminary Results
CSA Field Test:• Reached its goal of contacting more carriers
– Research shows more contacts equals improved safety performance• Resulted in strong enforcement; similar to current model • Employed the full array of investigations
– Investigations in test states were done in the following proportions• Onsite Comprehensive Investigations (~25%)• Onsite Focused Investigations (~45%)• Offsite Investigations (~30%)
• Followed up with carriers: 50% of investigations result in one of following:
• NOC or NOV• CSP• Driver-Specific follow-on activities
– NOV– NOC
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
More Preliminary Results
Warning letters are having a positive impact:
• Over 8,500* sent
• Almost 50%* of recipients logged in to view their data and safety assessments
• Feedback from test states indicate that some carriers appreciate the early alert
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*Since Phase II (Oct. 1, 2010)
U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Rollout Schedule Guiding Principles
• Integrate lessons learned from nine-state test and feedback from national stakeholder outreach
• Create a phased approach to methodically step stakeholders into new SMS:– Drive industry to information on how they will be measured; urge
immediate safety improvements– Build a foundation for enforcement staff to understand and effectively
utilize the SMS by internalizing concepts of behaviors and BASICs
• Maximize resources– Respond to industry information needs– Use measurement system to identify and prioritize carriers with safety
problems– Train field staff in new intervention process
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
CSA Rollout Schedule
April 12 – November 30, 2010– Motor carriers can preview their own data by seeing their roadside inspections/violations and crash events
organized by BASICSummer 2010
– June 30th –The Operational Model Test (Op-Model Test) ended– July –The four test states partially applying the CSA 2010 Operational Model fully switched to CSA– August
• The SMS Methodology was modified to increase its effectiveness• Motor carriers were able to see an assessment of their violations based on the new Carrier Safety
Measurement System (CSMS) that replaced SafeStatDecember 2010
– SafeStat was replaced by the CSMS, available to the public, including shippers and insurance companies– FMCSA/States prioritize enforcement using the CSMS– FMCSA began issuing warning letters to carriers with BASICs flagged as “alert” in the CSMS– Roadside inspectors use the CSMS results to identify carriers for inspection – Transitional elements were introduced to enhance the effectiveness of the phased rollout
Coming in 2011– Safety Fitness Determination Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is scheduled to be released– Enforcement staff will be trained and new interventions will be implemented state-by-state
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
December 2010 – Detailed Rollout
• SafeStat was replaced by the CSMS, which is available to the public, including shippers and insurance companies
• FMCSA/State enforcement began prioritizing enforcement using the CSMS• FMCSA began issuing warning letters to carriers with deficient BASICs• Roadside inspectors began using the CSMS results to identify carriers for
inspections• Transitional elements were introduced to enhance the effectiveness of the
phased rollout;– Focused Compliance Reviews– DSMS sampling– Direct Notice of Violations– Red Flag Drivers
• CSA 2010 became the new compliance and enforcement program of FMCSA and became known as: CSA – Compliance, Safety, Accountability
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
Summary
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
In Summary…
CSA introduces improvements in three main areas1. Safety Measurement System
– More comprehensive profile of carriers and drivers– Better able to pinpoint the source of safety problems– Better identifies high crash-risk behavior
2. Interventions process and tools– More efficient/effective enforcement and compliance process– Wider range of interventions to influence compliance earlier– Match intervention with level of safety performance
3. Proposed change in evaluation: SFD– Assess safety performance of larger segment of industry– Based on roadside performance and intervention results– Rating will be updated more often, conveying current safety condition
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U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
What Can Carriers Do?
• Educate yourselves and your employees:– Understand the SMS Methodology and the BASICs– Check the website for information and updates (http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov)– Raise awareness that every inspection counts and every violation counts
• Ensure compliance – Review inspections and violation history over the past 2 years – Log in to the SMS, review BASICs, and address safety problems now!– Educate drivers about how their performance impacts their own driving record
and the safety measurement of the carrier
• Check and update records– Motor Carrier Census (Form MCS -150)– Routinely monitor and review inspection and crash data– Question potentially incorrect data (DataQs: https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov)
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Industry Briefing, December 2010FMC-CSA-10-002
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For more information, please visit: http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov