CSA's Data Trail
Nationwide patterns for inspections, violations and crashes
What it means for Fleets
Articles from CCJ
Risk & Reward: Industry, FMCSA at odds over CSA
Trucking advocates have said that CSA does not allow all carriers to play on a level field. FMCSA argues otherwise. Whose argument will win?
CSA’s crash flaw: Enforcement, accident rates do not mesh
FMCSA’s massive safety program shows gaps in correlation between enforcement and accident rates by carrier size.
Crackdown: FMCSA’s putting extra muscle into shutting down truck fleets
From in-depth coverage and data review, it’s become clear that FMCSA is putting extra muscle into shutting down truck
and bus fleets. Small carriers are most vulnerable.
Infographic: Small Fleets loom large on inspectors’ radar
The smallest fleets’ trucks get inspected much more frequently than those of large fleets. Click here to see the comparisons between one-truck independent owner-operators versus 500-plus truck fleets.
Risk & Reward: CSA data shows independents at risk
Independent wner-operators have a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than owner-operators and company drivers at large carriers, CSA’s data shows.
Risk & Reward: How CSA’s data shows discrimination toward small carriers
CCJ takes an in-depth look at data from CSA in its first two years — Here’s what it says.
What it means for Drivers
Articles from Overdrive
Infographic: Owner-operators inspected four times more often than largest fleets
An infographic on Overdrive sister site CCJ shows some of the more disparate data that favors fleets over independents.
Crashes and interventions: Crackdown!
FMCSA is putting extra muscle into shutting down truck and bus fleets. Often lacking robust back-office resources to deal with interventions, small carriers can be considered most vulnerable.
Crashes and interventions: Wreck frequency varies widely by state
Where is a collision with a heavy-duty truck most likely to happen? That dubious distinction goes to New Jersey. Find full state rankings in this first installment in our May 2013 Part 3 CSA’s Data Trail coverage.
Watch those post-crash-inspection violations
They shouldn’t be assigned severity weights to contribute to a carrier’s ranking in any CSA BASIC if the violation was a result of the crash.
Crashes and interventions: CSA’s crash flaw
Independent owner-operators have the lowest rate of truck-involved crashes but are far more likely to be put out of service than drivers for carriers with 500 or more trucks, which have a higher crash rate.
Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking
The FMCSA’s quick-strike sweep through “high-risk” passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency’s definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.
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