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 2023  《issued on Dec., 2023》

ANNUAL REPORT 2023
  • Front cover [PDF 484KB]
  • Celebrating 15 Years of the Transportation Safety Board [PDF 118KB]
  • Contents [PDF 124KB]
  • Major activities in the past year (P1-14) [PDF 1407KB]
  • Chapter 1 Summary of major investigation activities in 2022 (P15-21) [PDF 324KB]
    1. Major accidents and serious incidents occurred in 2022 for which investigations commenced
    2. Major accidents and serious incidents for which investigation reports were published in 2022
    3. Major accidents and serious incidents for which progress reports were published in 2022
  • Chapter 2 Summary of recommendations and opinions issued in 2022 (P22-48) [PDF 725KB]
    1. Recommendations
    2. Opinions
    3. Safety Recommendations
    4. Implementation status of measures taken in response to the recommendations, opinions, etc. issued in the past
  • Chapter 3 Aircraft accident and serious incident investigations (P49-78) [PDF 1,112KB]
    1. Aircraft accidents and serious incidents to be investigated
    2. Procedure of aircraft accident/serious incident investigation
    3. Statistics of investigations of aircraft accidents and serious incidents
    4. Statistics of investigated aircraft accidents and serious incidents in 2022
    5. Summaries of aircraft accidents and serious incidents which occurred in 2022
    6. Publication of investigation reports
    7. Provision of factual information in 2022 (aircraft accidents and serious incidents)
  • Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Railway accident and serious incident investigations (P79-107) [PDF 1,393KB]
    1. Railway accidents and serious incidents to be investigated
    2. Procedure of railway accident/serious incident investigation
    3. Statistics of investigations of railway accidents and serious incidents
    4. Statistics of investigated railway accidents and serious incidents in 2022
    5. Summaries of railway accidents and serious incidents which occurred in 2022
    6. Publication of investigation reports
    7. Provision of factual information in 2022 (railway accidents and serious incidents)
  • Chapter 5 Marine accident and incident investigations (P108-130) [PDF 1,324KB]
    1. Marine accidents and incidents to be investigated
    2. Procedure of marine accident/incident investigation
    3. Organizations, subcommittees, etc., in charge of investigations by category of accidents and incidents
    4. Jurisdictional Map of Marine Accidents and incidents
    5. Statistics of investigations of marine accidents and incidents
    6. Statistics of investigated marine accidents and incidents
    7. Summaries of Marine serious accidents and incidents which occurred in 2022
    8. Publication of investigation reports
    9. Provision of factual information in 2022 (marine accidents and incidents)
  • Chapter 6 Efforts toward accident prevention (P131-145) [PDF 2,044KB]
    1. Information dissemination for accident prevention
    2. Issuance of the JTSB Digest
    3. Issuance of the Analysis Digest Local Office Edition
    4. Issuance of the JTSB Annual Report
    5. Preparation of safety leaflet
    6. Use of the "J-MARISIS" to easily understand the "difficult parts of the sea"
    7. Issuance of the JTSB Annual Report
    8. Preparation of safety leaflet
    9. Dissemination of information to prevent accidents involving pleasure boats and fishing boats
    10. Website in which information on the prevention of pleasure boat accidents is summarized ~For safe navigation of pleasure boats~
    11. J -MARISIS- Now even easier to use
    12. Engine Trouble Search System ~ Easy Search with Click ~
    13. Small ship - Engine Trouble Search System ~Easy search for small ship engine trouble~
    14. Website summarizing information on the prevention of level crossing accidents ~To prevent level crossing accidents from occurring~
    15. Outreach lectures (dispatch of lecturers to seminars, etc.)
    16. Activities of the Accident Victim Information Liaison Office
  • Chapter 7 International efforts for accident prevention (P139-145) [PDF 279KB]
    1. Objectives and significance of international cooperation
    2. International conferences under the COVID-19 pandemic
    3. Efforts of international organizations and JTSB's contributions
    4. Cooperation and information exchange with foreign accident investigation authorities and investigators
    5. Technical cooperation
    6. Participation in overseas training
  • Appendices [PDF 1,722KB]
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