Safety

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF1 (53 kb)

The rail industry uses a number of different measures to analyse safety.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF2 (77 kb)

Rail equivalent fatalities are roughly evenly split between workers, passengers and the public. However, the mix of injury type varies between these groups.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF3 (80 kb)

The number of train accidents and fatalities has reduced significantly over the last 30 years. The UK has a similar number of fatalities per billion passenger kilometres as other EU railways.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF4 (66 kb)

The number of significant train accidents caused by technical defects is falling.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF7 (75 kb)

Trespassers being struck or crushed by trains represents the highest residual risk of fatality on the railway. The public being struck at level crossings is also a significant residual risk (but accounts for less than 1% of road-user risk).

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF9 (76 kb)

Rail has lower fatality rates than car travel and compares well against other modes.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - SAF12 (74 kb)

The risk of accidents caused by signals passed at danger (SPADs) has fallen by over 85% since 2002. The roll-out of train protection and warning systems (TPWS) has had a significant benefit.

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24 July 2007