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Annual report 2021
accident, serious accident or incident safety investigation report". The safety investigation report is prepared in accordance with the European Commission Implementing Regulation 2020/572 on the reporting structure to be followed when compiling investigation reports on railway accidents or incidents.
1.2 Role and aim
The Safety Investigation Bureau is a link in the transport network and its role in increasing traffic safety is defined by performing safety investigations of individual cases. The purpose and task of each individual safety investigation of an accident or incident is to determine the circumstances and causes of the occurrences investigated. The safety investigation ascertains the connections between causes and traffic safety. Based on the circumstances, direct and other causes of the case under investigation, a sequence is constructed through logical connections to various circumstances affecting road safety and from there to the formulation of recommendations. Every recommendation is case-specific, and its implementation will help to reduce or even prevent cases with similar causes in the future. The role of safety investigations is realised through reports of safety investigations of maritime-, aviation- and railway accidents. The report completed at the end of the safety investigation presents recommendations for improving traffic safety in the relevant transport sector. Additionally, it is the task of the Safety Investigation Bureau to contribute to the formulation of legislation related to maritime, aviation and railway safety. The ESIB has the authority to make recommendations for additions or amendments to current legislation. Within its areas of activity ESIB participates in formulation and implementation of projects, policies, strategies, development and international projects and plans.
The Safety Investigation Bureau Statutes have defined the following obligations:
1) Complete all its tasks in a timely manner and to a high standard.
2) Ensure the confidentiality of the professional information pursuant to legislation.
3) Utilize any assets and resources that it has been allocated purposefully and rationally.
4) Forward to other structural units of the Ministry information that is necessary for them to perform their tasks.
The objective of the safety investigation has been provided by Section 1 of the Minister’s Directive “Safety Investigation Procedures”. The objective of the safety investigations of accidents and incidents is to determine the causes and make
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