The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [FMCSA] announced on April 8 that it is pushing back the start of its new Carrier Safety Measurement System [CSMS] - part of the Agency’s CSA 2010 initiative intended to replace its Motor Carrier Safety Status Measurement System [SafeStat] - until November 30, 2010 with some portions further delayed until 2011.

• CSA 2010 is a major FMCSA initiative that they hope will improve the effectiveness of the Agency’s motor carrier compliance and enforcement programs. The ultimate goal is to achieve a greater reduction in large truck and bus crashes. It has three principal components -
  • A more comprehensive carrier safety measurement system;
  • A broader array of progressive interventions to augment on-site investigations;
  • A new safety fitness determination methodology not necessarily tied to on-site investigation.

• SafeStat is the current automated algorithm currently used by the FMCSA to identify high-risk and other motor carriers for on-site compliance reviews in four safety evaluation areas -
  • Accidents
  • Drivers
  • Vehicles
  • Safety management