Overview
New post-accident regulations Who & When to Test Common Problems Group exercise – Scenarios Questions
Ancillary Vehicle
Vehicles used by armed security personnel.
Accidents involving supervisor or general manager vehicles, not used to transport passengers, do not meet this definition
Common Errors
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Audit
Did accident meet threshold? Correcting ATF/CCF forms? Testing w/in timeframe? Alcohol test 1st?
Did the accident
result in a fatality?
Did the accident result in a fatality?
Did the accident result in bodily injury requiring
immediate medical treatment away from the
accident scene?
Did the accident result in bodily injury requiring
immediate medical treatment away from the
accident scene?
No No
Did any vehicle involved in the accident incur disabling damage
requiring a tow from the scene?
Did any vehicle involved in the accident incur disabling damage
requiring a tow from the scene?
No
No FTATesting
CompleteDocumentation
No FTATesting
CompleteDocumentation
Can the operator’s performance be completely discountedas a contributing factor to the accident?
Can the operator’s performance be completely discountedas a contributing factor to the accident?
Yes
FTA Testing Required – Complete DocumentationFTA Testing Required – Complete Documentation
Yes
Yes
No
Could any other covered employee’s performance have contributed to the accident, using the best information available at the time of the decision?
Yes
Yes
No
FTA Post-Accident Testing Decision Tree
More information
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov
FTA Drug & Alcohol Project Office 617-494-6336