Signals Passed at Danger

As the potential outcomes associated with individual SPADs can differ considerably, the change in the number of SPADs is not necessarily a good indicator of the change in the risk associated with SPADs. For this reason, RSSB developed the SPAD risk ranking tool (SRRT), which estimates the risk associated with SPADs. The SRRT is used to assess progress against the RGSP objective relating to SPAD risk.

Click here to access the latest SPAD report.

For more information on the industry’s work to reduce the number of SPADs, please visit http://www.rssb.co.uk/national_programmes/operational_safety.asp.

SPAD data collection forms; Form RT3119-A and Form RT3119-B - information and download

The two forms for SPAD investigation data collection have now replaced the old Form RT3252-A and Form RT3252-B versions (which have now been withdrawn along with their associated RGS GO/RT3252 Signals Passed At Danger). The new forms are now related to GO/RT3119 Accident & Incident Investigation RGS and consequently been renumbered to Form RT3119-A (for Infrastructure Managers) and Form RT3119-B (for Railway Undertakings). These forms became live for use on December 6th 2008. There is no material change to the overall content of the forms, however they have been converted to an ‘editable field only’ Microsoft Word format. This is different to the existing Adobe PDF format and should make it easier for everyone to complete and save them electronically.

Guidance on using the forms

The majority of the fields on both forms can accept free text in the sections shaded grey. Other fields will only accept specific entries. Where dates are requested, such as in question 1.2, they must be recorded in the format ‘DD/MM/YYYY’ (ie 06/12/2008). Times, such as in question 1.3, must be set out as in the format ‘HH:MM’ (ie 14:35). There are a number of default fields with the words ‘Yes’, ‘Yards’ or ‘Clear’. These are drop down menus which reveal alternative answers such as ‘No’, ‘Metres’ or ‘Danger’. There are a number of option answers to specific questions which are indicated by rows of squares. Clicking on the square reveals an X for an affirmative answer. If required, more than one tick can be used to answer a single question.