Safety Performance Reports

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).

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Latest monthly SPAD/TPWS report
for November 2009 

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