Guides
FMCSA data, in renewal language.
Short, factual explainers on CSA scores, safety ratings, and the monthly work of watching them — written for the agency side of the desk, with links to the official sources.
CSA scores, explained
The seven BASICs, how SMS percentiles and intervention thresholds work, and which numbers the FAST Act hides from public view.
What a conditional safety rating means
Where FMCSA safety ratings come from, why most carriers have none at all, and how a Conditional gets fixed — or doesn’t.
How to monitor a carrier’s CSA score
The free monthly loop — SAFER, SMS, and insurance filings — which changes are worth reacting to, and when to automate it.
Reading about it is the manual version.
CSA Sentry watches every carrier on your book against each monthly FMCSA release and emails you when one moves. From $49/mo — no card to start.