Recent revisions to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA 2010) performance model on the surface seem kinder to larger fleets, while harsher on smaller ones. After another round of assessments with the revision, research shows that smaller fleets are at greater risk for an intervention. The largest fleets, once at 72 percent risk, now have a 42 percent chance of an intervention. But that’s not unfair say some analysts. The reason is that fleet size and miles travelled are now factored into the assessment. Under the changes, fleets are most at risk for distracted driving. Under the former system, Unsafe Driving was the number one risk factor for fleets with 16 or more vehicles.

One in five carriers is still at risk of an intervention even under the new CSA 2010 procedures, according to a report issued this week by auditing service Rair. The company did another in-depth analysis of more than 60,000 fleets to gauge how the risk factors for carriers were impacted by the revisions the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently made to CSA 2010.

Using essentially the same methodology as the federal government, RAIR uncovered some significant changes, according to JJ Singh, CEO, but one thing remained the same: 20% of carriers overall are still at risk of an intervention.

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