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Comprehensive Safety AnalysisComprehensive Safety AnalysisCSA 2010 CSA 2010

January 28, 2009January 28, 2009

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Briefing ContentsBriefing Contents

What and why CSA 2010? A new operational model Potential benefits Operational model test Timeline Impact on motor carriers and drivers

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What is CSA 2010?What is CSA 2010?

High priority FMCSA safety initiative –

To increase efficiency & effectiveness – compliance/enforcement

Ultimate Goal: Achieve greater reduction in large truck and bus fatalities

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Why CSA 2010?Why CSA 2010?

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Why CSA 2010?Why CSA 2010?

Current Operational Model Limitations

– Limited investigative toolbox

– Safety fitness ratings of today are tied to the on-site compliance review with very little roadside performance consideration

– Result: We assess only a small fraction of industry

– Focus is on carriers

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CSA 2010 - A New Operational ModelCSA 2010 - A New Operational Model

Three major elements ---– Measurement– Interventions– Safety Fitness Determination

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Measurement SystemMeasurement System Concept Concept

Measure performance of an entity in each Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs)

Methodology designed to weight on-road safety data based on its relationship to crash risk

Focuses on safety behaviors that lead to crashes

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SafeStat vs. Safety Measurement System (SMS)SafeStat vs. Safety Measurement System (SMS)

Today’s Model SafeStat CSA 2010’s SMS

Organized in 4 broad categories --- Safety Evaluation Areas

Organized by Behavior Analysis Safety Improvement Categories (7 BASICs)

Identifies carriers for a compliance review (CR)

Identifies safety performance problems to determine intervention level and safety fitness

Uses only out-of-service (OOS) and moving violations from inspections

Emphasizes on-road safety performance, using all safety-based inspection violations

No impact on safety rating Used to propose adverse safety fitness determination based on carriers’ own data

No risk based violation weightings Risk based violation weightings

Assesses carriers only Two distinct safety measurement systems – carriers and drivers

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BASIC DataBASIC Data

Safety Event Data Sorted by BASIC

– Unsafe Driving (Parts 392 & 397)

– Fatigued Driving (HOS) (Parts 392 & 395)

– Driver Fitness (Parts 383 & 391)

– Controlled Substances /Alcohol (Part 392)

– Vehicle Maintenance (Parts 393 & 396)

– Improper Loading/Cargo Securement (Parts 392, 393, 397 & HM)

– Crash Indicator

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ExampleExample

Carriers Under the Radar with Existing SafeStat Carriers Under the Radar with Existing SafeStat System:System:

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Carrier A: Safety Measurement Results

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Carrier A: Driver Fitness Violations

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Individual Driver ExampleIndividual Driver Example

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Driver 2: Unsafe Driving Measure and Violations

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InterventionsInterventions

Today’s Model CSA 2010 Interventions

Limited to compliance review (CR); complete review needed to rate carrier

Broad array of progressive interventionsWarning letterTargeted Roadside InspectionOff-Site InvestigationOn-Site Investigation – FocusedCooperative Safety PlanNotice of ViolationOn-Site Investigation - ComprehensiveNotice of Claim

CR is resource intense More interventions; many less resource intense (e.g. off-site)

CR assesses broad compliance through rigid set of acute/critical regulations

Interventions target unsafe behavior

Generally, audit approach Investigative approach; root cause and educational element

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Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)Safety Fitness Determination (SFD)

Today’s Model SFD tied to compliance

review Satisfactory, Conditional, or

Unsatisfactory SFD effective until next CR SFD based on acute/critical

violations

CSA 2010 SFD tied to performance

data; not necessarily CR Continue Operation,

Marginal, or Unfit SFD assigned to all carriers

with sufficient data; updated regularly

SFD based on violations of all safety regulations

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CSA 2010 Operational ModelCSA 2010 Operational Model

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Uniformity of Roadside Uniformity of Roadside Inspection and Violation DataInspection and Violation Data

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Uniformity of Roadside Inspection and Violation DataUniformity of Roadside Inspection and Violation Data

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance goals

– Ensure uniform and reciprocal application of North American Standard Inspection Procedures and North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria.

– Promote the collection and use of accurate real time data to drive commercial motor vehicle enforcement programs.

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Clean inspections are just as valuable as inspections with multiple violations

– Documents carrier improvement – Impacts resource usage and carrier SFD

All inspections must be uploaded and uniformAll inspections must be uploaded and uniform

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Performance based dataPerformance based data

Data-driven traffic safety programs are the future and will be the standard of effectiveness that other programs are measured against

Effective, accurate and uniform data is critical for effective crash reduction strategies that will result in saving lives on our highways

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CSA 2010 Operational Model TestCSA 2010 Operational Model Test

Purpose --- Why test?

– Validate new operational model

– Validate intervention process

– Determine efficiency and safety effectiveness

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CSA 2010 Operational Model TestCSA 2010 Operational Model Test

30 months – Jan-2008 to Jun - 2010– Phase I – Startup Jan-08– Phase II – Fully Operational Oct-08– UMTRI evaluation

4 States: CO, GA, MO, and NJ– 28 safety investigators state and federal– Carriers domiciled in 4 states randomly split into two

groups: ~ 34,000 each– Test group and control group

No regulatory relief in test group (enforcement/ratings)

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Status & Target DatesStatus & Target Dates

Team deployed May 2005 Completed developmental work by December 2007 Currently in test & validation phase Deploy carriers by 2010. Drivers in reauthorization.

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Carrier FeedbackCarrier Feedback

– Surprised they have received FMCSA attention– Appreciation that problem is brought to their attention

before it’s “too late”– Interest in knowing how they are being evaluated and

appreciation for the data available– Taking immediate action to rectify problem– Appreciation for off-sites (carriers that have had a CR)– Those with no prior contact with FMCSA are cautious– 2,374 warning letters sent out through December

1,109 (47 percent) logged into CSI to examine their data

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What Does This Mean for Carriers and Drivers?What Does This Mean for Carriers and Drivers?

All safety violations at roadside considered Safety fitness updated every 30 days

– All carriers with sufficient data

Broader array of less time-consuming interventions Poor safety performance = greater likelihood of

being contacted Increased emphasis on CMV drivers Crash accountability will be determined

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CSA 2010 Potential BenefitsCSA 2010 Potential Benefits

Maximize effectiveness of resources

Correct unsafe behavior early

Assess larger segment of industry

Achieve Goal: Greater reduction in large truck and bus related fatalities

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More InformationMore Information

For more information – or to submit questions or comments, please visit our Web site:

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/csa2010