Unannounced audit on a chartered bus Four years before the Karuizawa accident 7:31 on January 11, MLIT
Four years after the bus accident in Karuizawa-cho, Nagano Prefecture, where 15 students and other students died four days ago, on the night of October 10, a number of chartered buses departed from Shinjuku, Tokyo, where street audits were conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism .
Four years ago, a bus accident in Karuizawa-machi on January 15 killed 15 people, including university students, and the bus company that caused the accident found 33 violations during an audit by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that it was four years after the accident on the 15th of this month, and after 9 p.m. on the 10th, near the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office in Shinjuku, where many chartered buses depart, there was no shortage of chartered buses. An audit was conducted.
Nine inspectors boarded the bus before departure and listened to the driver about the fatigue situation, and confirmed that there was a replacement driver and that they had the necessary documents indicating the operation route. Was.
On the night of the 10th, 11 buses were audited, and there were no violations of the law.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has strengthened its audits following the accident, and has conducted more than 300 street audits so far, and has stopped bus operations immediately if a serious violation was found.
Kazuyuki Takayama, director of the Tokyo Transportation Bureau, said, "We will continue to conduct unannounced audits on the street so as not to cause a catastrophic accident again."