German Federal Motor Transport Authority

E433940

federal agency government agency transport authority

The German Federal Motor Transport Authority is Germany’s national agency responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing oversight, road traffic statistics, and automotive regulatory compliance.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt	10
German road traffic authorities	2
Federal Motor Transport Authority of Germany	1
German Federal Motor Transport Authority canonical	1
German vehicle registration authorities	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4342781 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: German Federal Motor Transport Authority
Context triple: [ER, assignedBy, German Federal Motor Transport Authority]

A. Federal Ministry of Transportation
The Federal Ministry of Transportation is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing national policies and programs for the country’s transportation systems, including road, rail, maritime, and other transit infrastructure.
B. Federal Office of Transport
The Federal Office of Transport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for regulating and supervising the country’s railways and other public transport systems.
C. Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
Autobahn GmbH des Bundes is a federally owned German company responsible for planning, building, maintaining, and managing the country's national motorway network.
D. Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
E. General Directorate of Traffic
The General Directorate of Traffic is the national authority within Egypt’s police structure responsible for regulating road traffic, enforcing driving laws, and overseeing vehicle and driver licensing across the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: German Federal Motor Transport Authority
Target entity description: The German Federal Motor Transport Authority is Germany’s national agency responsible for vehicle registration, driver licensing oversight, road traffic statistics, and automotive regulatory compliance.

A. Federal Ministry of Transportation
The Federal Ministry of Transportation is a Nigerian government ministry responsible for formulating and implementing national policies and programs for the country’s transportation systems, including road, rail, maritime, and other transit infrastructure.
B. Federal Office of Transport
The Federal Office of Transport is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for regulating and supervising the country’s railways and other public transport systems.
C. Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
Autobahn GmbH des Bundes is a federally owned German company responsible for planning, building, maintaining, and managing the country's national motorway network.
D. Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is a German federal government department responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure development, and digital connectivity.
E. General Directorate of Traffic
The General Directorate of Traffic is the national authority within Egypt’s police structure responsible for regulating road traffic, enforcing driving laws, and overseeing vehicle and driver licensing across the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency ⓘ government agency ⓘ transport authority ⓘ
abbreviation	KBA ⓘ
appliesRegulation	European Union type-approval framework ⓘ German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations ⓘ linked to: German road traffic regulations
compiles	statistics on road traffic ⓘ statistics on vehicle registrations ⓘ statistics on vehicle stock ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dataCollectionArea	road safety statistics ⓘ traffic accidents ⓘ vehicle emissions data ⓘ
employs	civil servants ⓘ public sector employees ⓘ
foundedBy	Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.kba.de ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Germany ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Flensburg ⓘ
jurisdiction	Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ linked to: Germany
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Schleswig-Holstein ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
maintains	central driver register ⓘ central vehicle register ⓘ
nativeName	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt ⓘ linked to: German Federal Motor Transport Authority
oversees	compliance with EU vehicle regulations ⓘ technical inspection organizations ⓘ
publicAgencyType	higher federal authority ⓘ
regulates	motor vehicles ⓘ vehicle manufacturers operating in Germany ⓘ
reportsTo	Federal Minister for Digital and Transport ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing
responsibleFor	automotive regulatory compliance ⓘ driver licensing oversight ⓘ emissions compliance monitoring ⓘ monitoring of vehicle manufacturers ⓘ recall monitoring ⓘ road traffic statistics ⓘ type approval of vehicle parts ⓘ type approval of vehicles ⓘ vehicle registration ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	national ⓘ
sector	road traffic ⓘ transport ⓘ
shortName	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt ⓘ linked to: German Federal Motor Transport Authority
subordinateTo	Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport ⓘ linked to: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

How these facts were elicited