Effective Practices in Bus Transit Accident Investigations

Federal Transit Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.21949/15206902021PDFTech ReportTucci, JimDougherty, JimLavin, PatStaes, LisaK&J Safety and Security Consulting ServicesUniversity of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation ResearchUnited States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and InnovationUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit AdministrationUnited StatesSafety managementRisk assessmentSafety analysisIncident managementTransit safetyBest practicesCrash investigationTA Report No. 0024April 2019\u2013September 2020As part of FTA\u2019s effort to promote continuous safety improvement in the public transit industry, these Effective Practices in Bus Transit Accident Investigations were developed to provide bus transit agencies leading transit industry practices for performing investigations. The supporting Bus Transit Accident Investigations\u2014Background Research provides a comprehensive examination of each SMS element to broaden the reader\u2019s understanding of how each component complements the others. The recommended practices described in this document and emphasized through the background research are not intended to be prescriptive in nature. Each public transit agency is responsible for tailoring its event investigation processes to its unique operating environment, the complexity of the operation, and the transit modes provided. These locally-developed processes should correspond to a transit agency\u2019s existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) or emergency plan.127