Federal motor carrier safety, modifying the compliance, safety, accountability program would improve the ability to identify high risk carriers: repor

by Office, U. S. Government Accountability
ISBN: 9781973956419
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" From 2009 to 2012, large commercial trucks and buses have averaged about 125,000 crashes per year, with about 78,000 injuries and over 4,100 fatalities. In 2010, FMCSA replaced its tool for identifying the riskiest carriers-SafeStat-with the CSA program. CSA is intended to reduce the number of motor carrier crashes by better targeting the highest risk carriers using information from roadside inspections and crash investigations. CSA includes SMS, a data-driven approach for identifying motor carriers at risk of causing a crash. GAO was directed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 to monitor the implementation of CSA. This report examines the effectiveness of the CSA program in assessing safety risk for motor carriers. GAO spoke with FMCSA officials and stakeholders to understand SMS. Using FMCSA's data, GAO replicated FMCSA's method for calculating SMS scores and assessed the effect of changes-such as stronger data-sufficiency standards-on the scores. GAO also evaluated SMS's ability to predict crashes. "
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Office, U. S. Government Accountability
  • ISBN: 9781973956419
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 11.02 x 0.23
  • Number Of Pages: 112
  • Publication Year: 2017
Language: English