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Photo of a derailment of a VIA passenger train near Biggar, Saskatchewan (Canada), on
3 Sept. 1997, courtesy of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), Hull, PQ, Canada

SHORT INDEX

  1. Internet Resources
  2. Organizations
  3. Accident Descriptions
  4. Accident Statistics

INTERNET RESOURCES

AIR TRAVEL

bulletAviation Safety Network Authors: Harro Ranter (the Netherlands) and Fabian Lujan (Argentina)
"...up-to-date, complete and reliable authoritative information on airliner accidents and safety issues".

ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL

bulletFlight Safety Foundation Alexandria, VA, USA
bulletInternational Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) Sterling, VA, USA
bulletInternational Transportation Safety Association (ITSA)
"An Association of Independent Transportation Accident Investigation Boards"

ASIA

JAPAN

bullet 航空事故調査委員会 / Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission [In Japanese and some English]

TAIWAN

bulletAviation Safety Council (ASC) [In Chinese and English]

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

bulletAustralian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Canberra, ACT
bullet Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Canberra, ACT
bulletBureau of Air Safety Investigation Canberra, ACT
bulletCivil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Canberra, ACT
bulletMarine Incident Investigation Unit (MIIU) Canberra, ACT
bulletNational Marine Safety Committee (NMSC) Sydney, NSW

NEW ZEALAND

bulletLand Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) Wellington
bulletTransport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) Wellington
Investigates air, rail and sea accidents.

EUROPE

EUROPEAN UNION

bulletEuropean Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) / Agence européenne de la sécurité de l'aviation [In English and French]
bulletJoint Aviation Authorities (JAA) Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

AUSTRIA

bullet Flugunfalluntersuchungsstelle (Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation) Wien [In German]

DENMARK

bulletHavarikommisionen for Civil Luftfart / Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Vanløse [In Danish and English]

FINLAND

bullet Onnettomuustutkintakeskus (OTK) / Centralen för undersökning av olyckor / Accident Investigation Board Helsinki [In Finnish, Swedish and English]

FRANCE

bulletBureau Enquêtes Accidents (BEA) Le Bourget (near Paris) [French, English and Spanish]
Organization for the investigation of civil aviation accidents.

GERMANY

bulletBundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) /  German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Braunschweig [In German and English]

IRELAND

bulletAir Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) Dublin

NETHERLANDS

bulletRaad voor de Transportveiligheid / Dutch Transport Safety Board [In Dutch and English]

SWEDEN

bulletSHK Statens haverikommissionSwedish Board of Accident Investigation Stockholm [In Swedish and English]
Organization for the investigation of civil aviation accidents.

SWITZERLAND

bulletBüro für Flugunfalluntersuchungen (BFU) / Bureau d'enquêtes sur les accidents d'aviation (BEAA) (Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau)  Bern [In German and French]

UNITED KINGDOM

bulletUnited Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) Farnborough, Hampshire, England

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

bulletTransportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) / Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada (BST) Hull, PQ [In English and French]

UNITED STATES

bulletNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Washington, DC

ACCIDENT DESCRIPTIONS

BUSES

bulletBus Plunge!
An amateur home page devoted to case histories of bus plunges from around the world. Horrifying subject, entertainingly done by someone in New York City.

ACCIDENT STATISTICS

AIR SAFETY

bulletAirSafe Source: Todd Curtis
Information on air safety, including detailed statistics on aviation accidents by airline and aircraft type.

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

bulletInsurance Institute for Highway Safety - Auto death rates, 1990-1994 involving 1989-1993 vehicles Source: Insurance News Network, Farmington, CT, USA
"Death rates for occupants of 178 models of 1989-1993 model-year passenger vehicles involved in accidents [in the US] during calendar years 1990 through 1994."

 

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