1: Investigations
Accomplish Objective Investigations of Transportation Accidents to Identify Issues and Actions that Improve Transportation
Safety
Other Information:
The Challenge: The cost of transportation accidents to society is unacceptable, and growth in transportation activity in the
United States will exacerbate the problem. Accompanying this growth are enormous increases in the system’s complexity, which
must be countered with techniques and methods of accident investigation that are equally sophisticated. A key challenge for
the NTSB is to identify those accidents in each transportation mode that represent the most important targets of investigative
opportunity and to determine the appropriate scope and scale of such investigations. This selection process must balance the
significance of the safety issues involved in these accidents against the limited investigative resources available to the
Board and the depth of the investigation required to develop the safety issues. Strategic Outcomes: 1. Effective and efficient
investigation of transportation accidents and incidents 2. Recommendations to remedy safety deficiencies 3. A transportation
industry that is better prepared to address safety issues Performance Measures We will use four metrics to track our progress
towards Strategic Goal # 1— Accomplish Objective Investigation of Transportation Accidents to Identify Issues and Actions
that Improve Transportation Safety. • Number of accident investigations initiated • Number of accident launches • Timeliness
of completion of investigations • Development of Safety Issues list
Objective(s):
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