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National Transportation Safety Board
Government Agency
A United States government agency that investigates mass transportation accidents, also known by the initialism NTSB. Most famous for investigating airplane crashes, on the automotive side the NTSB investigates bus and commercial truck crashes.
History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's National Transportation Safety Board page on 29 October 2018, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, and railroad accidents. When requested, the NTSB will assist the military and foreign governments with accident investigation. The NTSB is also in charge of investigating cases of hazardous materials releases that occur during transportation. The agency is based in Washington, D.C. As of December 2014, it has four regional offices located in Anchorage, Alaska; Denver, Colorado; Ashburn, Virginia; and Seattle, Washington. The agency also operates a national training center at its Ashburn facility.
The origin of the NTSB was in the Air Commerce Act of 1926, which assigned the United States Department of Commerce responsibility for investigating domestic aviation accidents. The USA's first "independent" Air Safety Board was established in 1938: it lasted only fourteen months. In 1940, this authority was transferred to the Civil Aeronautics Board's newly formed Bureau of Aviation Safety.
In 1967, Congress created a separate cabinet-level Department of Transportation, which among other things established the Federal Aviation Administration as an agency under the DOT. At the same time, the NTSB was established as an independent agency which absorbed the Bureau of Aviation Safety's responsibilities. However, from 1967 to 1975, the NTSB reported to the DOT for administrative purposes, while conducting investigations into the Federal Aviation Administration, also a DOT agency.
To avoid any conflict, Congress passed the Independent Safety Board Act, and on April 1, 1975, the NTSB became a fully independent federal agency. As of 2015, the NTSB has investigated over 140,000 aviation incidents and several thousand surface transportation incidents.
Multimedia
Date | Media or Collection Name & Details | Files |
18 June 2003 | US NTSB Launches Seat Belt Campaign David Clements for Voice of America News | Article Page - 3:43 |
Documents
2000: Putting Children First
| Report Name & Organization | Documents |
19 March 1991 | Special Investigation Report: Emergency Fire Apparatus | PDF - 1,364KB - 30 pages |
September 1996 | Safety Study: The Performance and Use of Child Restraing Systems, Seatbelts, and Air Bags for Children in Passenger Vehicles | PDF - 2,875KB - 265 pages |
1997 | National Transportation Safety Board Public Forum on Air Bags and Child Passenger Safety (Report of Proceedings) | PDF - 4,210KB - 506 pages |
21 July 1998 | Safety Study: Safety at Passive Grade Crossings, Volume 1: Analysis | PDF - 1,698KB - 136 pages |
22 July 1998 | Safety Study: Safety at Passive Grade Crossings, Volume 2: Case Summaries | PDF - 287KB - 73 pages |
17 November 1998 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Transit Bus Safety Oversight | PDF - 142KB - 24 pages |
11 February 1999 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Selctive Motorcoach Issues | PDF - 703KB - 64 pages |
8 June 1999 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Pupil Transportation in Vehicles Not Meeting Federal School Bus Standards | PDF - 703KB - 78 pages |
21 September 1999 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Bus Crashworthiness Issues | PDF - 2,868KB - 152 pages |
17 May 2000 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Truck Parking Areas | PDF - 484KB |
27 June 2000 | Safety Report: Actions to Reduce Fatalities, Injuries, and Crashes Involving the Hard Core Drinking Driver | PDF - 1,043KB - 94 pages |
1 May 2001 | Special Investigation Report: Vehicle- and Infrastructure-Based Technology for the Prevention of Rear-End Collisions | PDF - 1,736KB - 59 pages |
28 March 2002 | Safety Report: Analysis of Intrastate Trucking Operations | PDF - 659KB - 78 pages |
15 October 2002 | Safety Report: Evaluation of the Rollover Propensity of 15-passenger Vans | PDF - 538KB - 50 pages |
28-29 October 2003 event date | National Transportation Safety Board Public Forum on Driver Education and Training: Report of Proceedings National Transportation Safety Board | PDF - 2.6MB - 296 pages |
28-29 October 2003 | National Transportation Safety Board Public Forum on Driver Education and Training (October 28-29, 2003) (Report of Proceedings) | PDF - 2,674KB - 296 pages |
9 November 2004 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Medical Oversight of Noncommercial Drivers | PDF - 1,280KB - 106 pages |
13 January 2009 | Special Investigation Report: Mobile Acetylene Trailer Accidents: Fire During Unloading in Dallas, Texas, July 25, 2007; Fire During Unloading in The Woodlands, Texas, August 7, 2007; and Overturn and Fire in East New Orleans, Louisiana, October 20, 2007 | PDF - 1,226KB - 38 pages |
30 July 2009 | Highway Accident Brief: Tanker truck overturn and fire, Interstate 895 south, near Elkridge, Maryland, January 13, 2004 | PDF - 1,010KB - 10 pages |
1 September 2009 | Highway Special Investigation Report: Pedal Misapplication in Heavy Vehicles | PDF - 1,517KB - 57 pages |
27 October 2009 | Highway Accident Report: Motorcoach Run-Off-The-Bridge and Rollover, Sherman, Texas, August 8, 2008 | PDF - 2,724KB - 82 pages |
SA-001 (May 2006) | NTSB Safety Alert: 15-Passenger Vans | PDF - 56KB - 2 pages |
SA-002 (November 2010) | NTSB Safety Alert: Child Passenger Safety | PDF - 104KB - 2 pages |
SA-003 (November 2010) | NTSB Safety Alert: Graduated Driver Licensing | PDF - 126KB - 2 pages |
SA-004 (November 2010) | NTSB Safety Alert: Hard Core Drinking Drivers | PDF - 119KB - 2 pages |
SA-005 (November 2010) | NTSB Safety Alert: Primary Seat Belt Laws | PDF - 56KB - 1 page |
SA-008 (July 2006) | NTSB Safety Alert: Young African American Drivers | PDF - 131KB - 2 pages |
SA-012 (November 2010) | NTSB Safety Alert: Motorcycle Deaths Remain High | PDF - 87KB - 2 pages |
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