---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 1140"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "1140"
heading: "Information individuals 1 involved in accidents and families of such individuals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/1140"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Other Government Agencies"
  - "Chapter 11 — National Transportation Safety Board"
  - "Subchapter III — Authority"
---

# §1140. Information individuals 1 involved in accidents and families of such individuals


In the course of an investigation of an [accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1) described in [section 1131(a)(1)](/usc/49/1131.md?p=a-1), except an aircraft [accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1) described in [section 1136](/usc/49/1136.md) or a rail passenger [accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1) described in [section 1139](/usc/49/1139.md), the Board may, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that individuals involved in [accidents](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1) and the families of such individuals, and other individuals the Board deems appropriate—

- (1) are informed as to the roles, with respect to the [accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1) and the post-[accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1) activities, of the Board;
- (2) are briefed, before any public briefing, about the [accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1), its causes, and any other findings from the investigation; and
- (3) are individually informed of and allowed to attend any public hearings and meetings of the Board about the [accident](/usc/49/1101.md?p=a-1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be preceded by “for”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. C, § 1109(e)(1), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3435; amended Pub. L. 118–63, title XII, § 1215(e), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1430.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–63 substituted “individuals involved in accidents and families of such individuals” for “for families of individuals involved in accidents” in section catchline and “individuals involved in accidents and the families of such individuals” for “the families of individuals involved in the accident” in introductory provisions in text.