Compliance, Safety, Accountability program

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The Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is a U.S. federal safety initiative that uses carrier performance data to identify and intervene with high-risk commercial motor carriers to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities on the road.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal motor carrier safety program
road safety initiative
abbreviation CSA
administeredBy Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
United States Department of Transportation
surface form: U.S. Department of Transportation
appliesTo commercial motor carriers
truck and bus companies operating in interstate commerce
BASICCategory Controlled Substances and Alcohol
Crash Indicator
Driver Fitness
Hazardous Materials Compliance
Hours-of-Service Compliance
Unsafe Driving
Vehicle Maintenance
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataUpdated monthly
focusesOn carrier safety performance
driver safety performance
formerName Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010
goal improve compliance with federal safety regulations
increase accountability of motor carriers for safety performance
hasAcronym BASICs
hasComponent Safety Measurement System
information technology systems for safety data
interventions process
identifies high-risk motor carriers
interventionType cooperative safety plans
enforcement actions including fines and penalties
off-site investigations
on-site comprehensive investigations
on-site focused investigations
targeted roadside inspections
warning letters
legalBasis Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
measuresSafetyUsing Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories
methodology compares carriers to safety event groups of similar exposure
uses weighted violations to calculate safety performance measures
publicPortal FMCSA Portal
surface form: FMCSA Safety Measurement System website
purpose reduce commercial motor vehicle crashes
reduce fatalities related to commercial motor vehicle operations
reduce injuries related to commercial motor vehicle operations
relatedTo new entrant safety assurance program
surface form: New Entrant Safety Assurance Program

motor carrier safety rating process
sector commercial motor vehicle transportation
startDate 2010
supports prioritization of carriers for safety interventions
usesDataFrom federal motor carrier census data
motor carrier roadside inspections
state-reported crash data

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Safety Measurement System alsoKnownAs Compliance, Safety, Accountability program
this entity surface form: FMCSA Safety Measurement System
Safety Measurement System componentOf Compliance, Safety, Accountability program
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration operates Compliance, Safety, Accountability program