CSA and Why It Is Important
Your CSA score decides how the FMCSA ranks you for audits. Here is what feeds it, how long violations stick, and how to keep it clean.
CSA stands for Compliance, Safety, Accountability. It is the FMCSA's system for scoring how safe your operation looks before they decide who to audit. Here is what your score covers, what feeds it, and how to keep it clean.
What Is a CSA Score?
Your CSA score is how the FMCSA sizes you up before they ever knock on your door. It pulls from roadside inspections, crashes, and violations over the last two years, then sorts carriers by risk.
A high score moves you up the list for audits and interventions. A clean one keeps you off the radar.
What Affects Your CSA Score?
Every inspection your trucks go through feeds the score. A bad brake adjustment, a logbook that does not match, an expired medical card.
Small things, but they add up. And they stay on the record for 24 months.
How Do You Keep Your CSA Score Clean?
The fix is not complicated. Keep your maintenance current, keep your logs clean, and deal with violations fast.
Dotra keeps all of it in one place, so when the score moves, you know why, and you know what to fix first.