What does CSA 2010 mean to You?
CSA 2010 is the new standard in the Motor Carrier Industry. CSA 2010 replaces current and formerly used SafeStat with a new Safety Measurement System (SMS) that measures the previous two years of roadside violations and crash data. With SMS, every inspection counts, not just out-of-service violations, and both driver and carrier safety performance are monitored.
Within the Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA 2010) Operational Model, the Safety Measurement System (SMS) qantifies the on-road safety performance of carriers and drivers to identify those carriers and drivers for interventions, to determine the specific safety related issues exhibited by a carrier or driver, and to monitor whether safety problems are improving or getting worse.
Let's Compare the old (SafeStat) syetem with the new (CSA 2010) system:
Current System - Safestat
1. Organized into 4 broad categories - Safety Evaluation Areas (SEAs)
- Safety Management
- Driver Violations
- Vehicle Violations
- Accidents
2. Utilizes Data to identify those carriers for a compliance review
3. Uses only "out-of-service" violations and moving violations from Roadside Inspections
4. SafeStat details have no impact on safety rating of the carrier or driver
5. Violations are not weight attributed
6. SafeStat assesses carriers only - not drivers
New System - CSA 2010
1. Organized into 7 "Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs)
- Unsafe Driving - Speeding, Lane Changes, etc
- Fatigued Driving - Hours of Service
- Driver Fitness - Medical Cards, CDL requirements
- Crash History
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Cargo Securement
- Controlled Substance - Alcohol
2. Used to identify a motor carriers safety issues, prioritize carriers for intervention, as well as support the safesty investigators decisions
3. Uses all safety-based violations discovered during roadside inspections, putting greater emphasis on a carriers on-road performance
4. Used to determine a carriers safety fitness and to assign a safety rating
5. Each violation is assigned a weight based on the level of risk shown for that violation
6. Assesses both the carriers and individual drivers - a two system approach.
TSCI is "In-the-Know"
TSCI offers CSA 2010 training and education to both Carriers and Drivers alike. TSCI can structure a safety program based on the wants and needs of your company.
Please go to the following website for more information concerning CSA 2010 - http://csa2010.fmcsa.dot.gov/Default.aspx