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About CSA: What Is It?
Why Is CSA Needed?
What are Eval Results?
How Does CSA Work?
Measurement
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Safety Management Cycles
What are SMS Changes?
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FMCSA is developing a Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) methodology, subject to ongoing rulemaking, to replace the current system.
 

Safety Evaluation

Safety evaluation is the process of determining how to address carriers with poor safety performance. The Safety Measurement System (SMS) allows the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to more effectively evaluate safety performance using new measures for

  1. Identifying which carriers require what type of intervention using a policy-driven process called intervention selection, and
  2. Determining which carriers should be deemed "Unfit" to operate, using a regulatory process called Safety Fitness Determination (SFD).

    (An Unfit Suspension prohibits a carrier from operating, based on the conclusion of an SFD. The details of Unfit Suspension are described in the SFD Rulemaking.)

FMCSA developed an SFD methodology that replaced the former system, which was solely dependent on the onsite compliance review results. The SFD expands the use of on-road performance as calculated in the SMS and includes results of all investigations. It also allows FMCSA to determine safety fitness on a larger segment of the industry.