CSA & the BASICs
CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) is FMCSA's enforcement program. Its scoring engine, the Safety Measurement System (SMS), groups every carrier's roadside inspection and crash history into seven BASICs (Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories):
- Unsafe Driving
- Hours-of-Service Compliance
- Driver Fitness
- Controlled Substances / Alcohol
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Hazmat Compliance
- Crash Indicator
What's public and what isn't
Under the FAST Act (2015), FMCSA's official percentile scores are hidden from public view for all seven BASICs for property carriers. They're visible to the carrier and to FMCSA. What is public is the raw data behind five BASICs: inspection counts, violations, out-of-service results, and measure values for Unsafe Driving, Hours-of-Service, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances, and Vehicle Maintenance.
What fleetfax shows
fleetfax ranks each carrier's violation and out-of-service performance against peer carriers using public data, with recent trends. These are labeled as fleetfax peer estimates. Official FMCSA percentiles are visible only to the carrier and FMCSA. When a fleetfax peer estimate sits at or above FMCSA's general-freight intervention threshold, the report flags it.
fleetfax reads public FMCSA data and is not affiliated with FMCSA or the U.S. Department of Transportation. This page explains terminology; it is not legal advice.
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