Skip to main content  23 USC § 409 - Discovery and admission as
evidence of certain reports and surveys   Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or
data compiled or collected for the purpose of identifying,
evaluating, or planning the safety enhancement of potential
accident sites, hazardous roadway conditions, or railway-highway
crossings, pursuant to sections 130, 144, and 148 of this title
or for the purpose of developing any highway safety construction
improvement project which may be implemented utilizing Federal-
aid highway funds shall not be subject to discovery or admitted
into evidence in a Federal or State court proceeding or
considered for other purposes in any action for damages arising
from any occurrence at a location mentioned or addressed in such
reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data.   (Added Pub. L.
100–17, title I, § 132(a),Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 170; amended
Pub. L. 102–240, title I, § 1035(a),Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat.
1978; Pub. L. 104–59, ti