Safety Performance Reports

In this section you can access the latest RSSB monthly summary of safety performance, half-year, annual and special topic reports:


Overview of safety performance for 2009

The overview of safety performance provides the rail industry with a concise synopsis of the key safety indicators and trends for 2009. It summarises the more comprehensive analysis in the Annual Safety Performance Report (ASPR).

Overview of safety performance for 2009


Annual Safety Performance Report 2008

RSSB's Annual Safety Performance Report (ASPR) examines the range of risk experienced by passengers, the railway workforce and members of the public, before considering areas that affect us all: train accidents, personal security, level crossings and stations. We have also included chapters on progress against the Strategic Safety Plan trajectories, benchmarking railway performance, Learning from operational experience and European Common Safety Indicators and Targets.

Note that chapter and section links have been included (in blue) in the main ASPR to aid navigation.

ASPR 2008 Full report
ASPR 2008 Key facts and figures booklet
ASPR 2008 Charts and data
ASPR 2008 Presentation slides

All Annual Safety Performance Reports.

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  Monthly Summary of Safety Performance

This provides information on fatalities, reportable train accidents and accident precursors for the month in question.Graphic representations of trends are also included.

Monthly Summary of Safety Performance January 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance February 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance March 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance April 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance May 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance June 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance July 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance August 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance September 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance October 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance November 2009
Monthly Summary of Safety Performance December 2009


All Monthly Summary of Safety Performance Reports.

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  Quarterly and Half year Safety Performance Reports

RSSB's Half-Year Safety Performance Report is an update of the main ASPR, which may be found elsewhere on this site. It provides data on the same key areas for the first six months of 2009.

April to September 2009

All Quarterly and Half year Safety Performance Reports.

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  Topic Reports
  Report on improvements in the safety of passengers and staff involved in train accidents

Over the last ten years, the rail industry has seen extensive changes, including institutional reorganisation, significant growth and further investment. Sustained improvements in safety performance and risk have resulted from many of these changes, together with the efforts of railway managers and staff to continuously improve. Some improvements derive from the learning that is taken from operational experience and accidents.

This report summarises the overall reduction in risk to passengers and staff from train accidents (80% in the ten years up to October 2009), the associated improvements in engineering and safety, and the industry positions which support this state.

Report on improvements in the safety of passengers and staff involved in train accidents

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  Shunter Safety Special Topic Report

Shunting is one of the highest risk occupations on the railway. This special topic report that looks at the risks faced by shunters and discusses the underlying causes that contribute to the current risk level.

Overview Report - February 2008
Full Report - February 2008


All Special Topic Reports.

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  Station Safety Performance Report

One of RSSB'S suite of topic-specific reports, this documents reviews the risk and safety situation at this widely-used interface. All aspects of station safety are included,using data up to 30 June 2006.

Overview - September 2006
Full Report - September 2006


All Station Safety Performance Reports.

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  Railway Crime Report

An offence committed on railway property is a railway problem. This report presents the levels of risk to passengers, the workforce and members of the public from crime.It also outlines the underlying causes that contribute to the current risk level,using data up to 31 March 2006.

Overview - July 2006
Full Report - July 2006

All Railway Crime Reports.

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  Road-rail interface safety performance report

This report investigates the full extent of the risk that arises where roads meet railways. Over the last three years, we have focused on level crossings alone; here, we also present data on incursion incidents involving bridges, boundary fences and access points. This report provides a picture of the risk and safety situation at the interface, using data up to 30 September 2007.


Overview - January 2008
Full Report - January 2008

All Road-rail interface safety performance Reports.

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  Workforce Safety Report

This reveals that 35% of the total mainline railway risk is attributable to railway staff- a group which may be divided into three subgroups:trackworkers, train crew and other workforce. Each is considered in turn in this document, which covers all aspects of workforce safety,using information up to 31 July 2006.

Overview - November 2006
Full Report - November 2006

All Workforce Safety Reports.

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  SPAD/TPWS Reports

Quarter 3 SPAD & TPWS Report 2009 (Overview)
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Q3 (July-September)2009.

Quarter 3 SPAD & TPWS Report 2009
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Q3 (July-September)2009.

Quarter 2 SPAD & TPWS Report 2009 (Overview)
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Quarter 2 (April to June) 2009

Quarter 2 SPAD & TPWS Report 2009
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Quarter 2 (April to June) 2009

Quarter 1 SPAD & TPWS Report 2009 (Overview)
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Quarter 1 (January to March) 2009

Quarter 1 SPAD & TPWS Report 2009
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Quarter 1 (January to March) 2009

Year-End SPAD & TPWS Report 2008
This is a safety performance report providing information on category A signals passed at danger (SPAD) and Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) activity for the year 2008.

Quarter 3 SPAD & TPWS Report 2008
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Quarter 3 (July to September) 2008

Quarter 3 SPAD & TPWS Report 2008 (overview)
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for Quarter 3 (July to September) 2008

Half-Year SPAD & TPWS Report 2008
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for January to June 2008.

Half-Year SPAD & TPWS Report 2008 (overview)
This report summarises category A signal passed at danger (SPAD) performance and train protection and warning system (TPWS) activity for January to June 2008.

Latest monthly SPAD/TPWS report
for November 2009 

This report provides a summary of category A signals passed at danger (SPAD) and Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) activity.

All SPAD/TPWS Reports.

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