Safety Management Information System (SMIS)

The Safety Management Information System (SMIS) is a national IT system used by all Railway Group members to record all safety related events that occur on Network Rail controlled infrastructure. Legislation mandates its use so that all data is accessible to Railway Group Members in order that they can use the information to analyse risk, predict trends and focus activities on major areas of safety concern.

RSSB, on behalf of the industry has sponsored a major upgrade of the Safety Management Information System (SMIS) during 2003, culminating in its implementation on Monday 1 December 2003. Whilst titled Improved SMIS (ISMIS) for project purposes, the system name remains as SMIS.

SMIS has now been fully converted into a web-based application. This is one of the first ‘shared’ IT systems used by all Railway Group members that is now available as a secure system on the internet. Over 60 separate organisations can now access SMIS via the web.

Since its implementation in December 2003, Railway Group members are now benefiting from a number of major enhancements to the system, including:

• The ability for the industry to react more quickly to future development requests, without the need to undertake costly and time-consuming projects
• Ease of access - users now only need the internet to access SMIS
• The implementation of a new user-friendly reporting tool
• New user-friendly processes for creating and editing safety events

Now RSSB, on behalf of the Industry, is initiating a major programme over the next two years to upgrade and enhance the industry’s Safety Management Information System (SMIS). This programme will be known as SMIS Vision.

Download Issue 1 of the SMIS Vision Newsletter

RSSB provide a full training programme for new and existing SMIS users. Please contact Jeff Brewer, SMIS Business Manager at jeff.brewer@rssb.co.uk for further information.