Mandate

PURPOSE AND LIMITATION:

The Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) is tasked with investigating accidents and serious incidents in the transport sector, involving aviation, rail traffic, road traffic and marine transport. Furthermore, the NSIA investigates accidents and serious incidents in the defence sector and accidents involving amusement devices and ropeways, as well as accidents and incidents relating to space activities.

The purpose of the investigations is to elucidate matters deemed to be important to the prevention of accidents in the transport and defence sectors, accidents involving amusement devices and ropeways and accidents relating to space activities.  It is not the NSIA’s task to apportion blame or liability under criminal or civil law.

The NSIA decides the scale of the investigations to be conducted, and this includes making an assessment of the investigation’s expected safety benefits in relation to necessary resources.