CSA: Know the BASICs

Four Components of CSA

The four components of CSA are:

  • Data collection
  • Safety measurement
  • Safety evaluation
  • Intervention

Select Play to watch a video on the left for an introduction to these components.  If you do not see a Play button, place your mouse over, or touch, the video area.

Four Components of CSA

The CSA program relies on four components: data collection, safety measurement, safety evaluation, and intervention.

Select Play to watch a video that will introduce you to these four components. We'll go over each in more detail later in this lesson.

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The CSA program relies on four components. The first is data collection, which is gathering information about your compliance on the road. The second is safety measurement, which involves analyzing that data using a process of ‘valuing’ your violations and comparing the results to other drivers and carriers to determine scores. The third is safety evaluation, which is the comparison of scores to predetermined thresholds. And the fourth is intervention, which is taking action where drivers and carriers are not performing up to safety standards.