ATRI looking for crash stories from owner-ops to aid report on CSA

The American Transportation Research Institute is looking for carrier and driver input for an upcoming report on crash accountability and FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.

Using crash data from 14 carriers, ATRI is analyzing the impact of removing five specific crash types from the Crash Indicator BASIC calculation in CSA’s Safety Measurement System. The crashes ATRI focused on include five types where the driver or carrier couldn’t have prevented the crash:

Being hit by another driver who was under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Another driver running a stop sign or light and hitting your truck
Being hit while legally parked
Collisions with an animal in the roadway
Collisions involving a pedestrian attempting to commit suicide by truck

Before releasing the analysis, ATRI is looking for examples of non-preventable crashes to demonstrate how common and challenging these crashes can be for truck drivers. Examples of non-preventable, DOT-reportable crashes can be sent to ATRI@trucking.org. ATRI asks that crash details and consequences be included in the example. All information will be anonymized, and ATRI will contact anyone whose story will be used in the report for review.

One of the industry’s biggest gripes with CSA is its fault-agnostic treatment of crashes. Carriers are punished in the system by crashes that are in no way the fault of the truck operator or the carrier, the industry says.

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