Japan Transport Safety Board

JTSB Annual Report

In this Annual Report, we provide introductions in relation to the JTSB’s activities in general. We hope that the Annual Report will provide people with a better understanding of the JTSB and also contribute to improving the safety of international transport.

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JTSB Annual Report 2015  《issued on Dec., 2015》

ANNUAL REPORT 2015
  • Front cover [PDF 84KB]
  • JTSB Mission / JTSB Principles [PDF 80KB]
  • A Message from the Chairman [PDF 114KB]
  • Contents [PDF 90KB]
  • Chapter 1 Summary of major investigation activities in 2014(P1-2) [PDF 106KB]
    1. Statistics of accident investigation activities
  • Chapter 2 Aircraft accident and serious incident investigations (P3-43) [PDF 2387KB]
    1. Aircraft accidents and serious incidents to be investigated
    2. Procedure of aircraft accident/incident investigation
    3. Statistics of investigations of aircraft accidents and serious incidents
    4. Statistics of aircraft accident and serious incident investigations launched in 2014
    5. Summaries of aircraft accidents and serious incidents which occurred in 2014
    6. Statistics of published aircraft accident and serious incident investigation reports
    7. Summaries of recommendations and opinions
    8. Actions taken in response to recommendations in 2014
    9. Provision of factual Information in 2014
    10. Summaries of major aircraft accident and serious incident investigation reports (case studies)
  • Chapter 3 Railway accident and serious incident investigation(P44-94) [PDF 2163KB]
    1. Railway accidents and serious incidents to be investigated
    2. Procedure of railway accident/incident investigation
    3. Statistics for the investigations of railway accidents and serious incidents
    4. Statistics for investigations launched in 2014
    5. Summaries of railway accidents and serious incidents that occurred in 2014
    6. Publication of investigation reports
    7. Summary of recommendations and opinions
    8. Actions taken in response to recommendations in 2014
    9. Provision of factual Information in 2014
    10. Summaries of major railway accident and serious incident investigation reports
  • Chapter 4 Marine accident and incident investigations(P95-146) [PDF 2736KB]
    1. Marine accidents and incidents to be investigated
    2. Procedure of marine accident/incident investigation
    3. Jurisdiction of the Offices over marine accidents and incidents
    4. Role of the Offices and Committees according to category of accident and incident
    5. Statistics of investigations of marine accidents and incidents (As of end of February 2015)
    6. Statistics of investigations launched in 2014 (As of end of February 2015)
    7. Summaries of serious marine accidents and incidents which occurred in 2014
    8. Publication of investigation reports
    9. Summaries of recommendations and opinions
    10. Actions taken in response to recommendations in 2014
    11. Provision of factual Information in 2014
    12. Summaries of major marine accident investigation reports
  • Chapter 5 Efforts toward accident prevention(P147-158) [PDF 1668KB]
    1. Publications
    2. Issuance of the JTSB Digest
    3. Issuance of Analysis Digests Local Office Edition
    4. Issuance of JTSB Annual Report
    5. Global version of the J-MARISIS - Sharing accident information globally
    6. Outreach lectures (dispatch of lectures to seminars, etc.)
    7. Activities of the Accident Victim Information Liaison Office
  • Chapter 6 International efforts for accident prevention(P159-166) [PDF 494KB]
    1. Objectives and significance of international cooperation
    2. Efforts of international organization and JTSB’s contributions
    3. Cooperation and information exchange with foreign accident investigation authorities and investigators
    4. Participation in overseas training
  • Appendixes [PDF 334KB]
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