ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING ACTIVITIES-1972

THE REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NHTSA WITH RESPECT TO ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1972. THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES OF THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DIVISION ARE DESCRIBED: (1) THE NHTSA MULTI-LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION (2) FIELD ACCIDENT STUDIES (A) TRI-LEVEL STUDIES (B) SPECIAL FIELD STUDIES (C) BI-LEVEL STUDIES (D) GENERAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION 7MDAI) STUDIES (E) ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SUPPORT FOR NHTSA FIELD TEST PROGRAMS (3) ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (4) MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TRAINING COURSES (5) INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES. INTER-AGENCY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION COORDINATION WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, THE BUREAU OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUTES GOVERNING NHTSA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION ACTIVITIES IS ALSO GIVEN. /AUTHOR MODIFIED ABSTRACT/

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  • Pagination: 111 p.

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  • Accession Number: 00224436
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Annual Rpt
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM