Compliance, Safety and Accountability: Evaluating a New Safety Measurement System and Its Implications

The purpose of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) implementation of the Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) program was to improve large truck and bus safety and reduce commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes, injuries and fatalities. While this has been the FMCSA's stated goal since the administration’s inception in 1999, CSA reflects a new era in measuring safety performance and prioritizing intervention opportunities for both CMV drivers and motor carriers. This paper examines several of the program’s anticipated or experienced outcomes, and assesses the likely short- and long-term byproducts of CSA. Conclusions are based on the existing literature as well as stakeholder input collected through the American Transportation Research Institute's separate motor carrier, truck driver, shipper and enforcement data collection efforts. Together, these sources have provided insights into the nature of CSA’s impacts on the commercial driver labor pool, the operations of motor carriers, the shipper-carrier relationship, and the ability of FMCSA to more effectively regulate the industry.

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  American Transportation Research Institute

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• Authors:
  • Lueck, Micah D
  • Brewster, Rebecca M
• Publication Date: 2012-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 69p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial drivers; Commercial vehicle operations; Compliance; Literature reviews; Motor carriers; Performance measurement; Safety programs; Truck drivers; Trucking safety
• Identifier Terms: Compliance, Safety and Accountability program
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01456856
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 2012 9:26AM