National Freight Safety Group

Scope

To achieve these objectives, the group will:

• understand the national risk profile for freight and develop strategies to improve areas of concern. 
• communicate issues to the route groups, multi-route groups and topic groups for action.
• obtain verification that issues have been addressed and are being managed.
• provide an advisory function for the System Safety Review Group (SSRG) and industry members.
• review the effectiveness of freight industry performance in managing risks.
• promote and facilitate the management of risk by the most appropriate means.
• ensure the cooperative structure encompasses the whole of the freight railway system’s risk profile.
• identify good practice and share it with the relevant groups and stakeholders.
• promote improvements in cooperation amongst safety management system duty holders.
• review and challenge the effectiveness of the existing freight meetings to promote safety cooperation.
• introduce an assurance process into the active groups and the process of safety cooperation.
• sponsor and own research and development projects.
• understand legislation and regulation and the impacts on the industry of proposed changes to them from within the UK and Europe.
• horizon scan: systematically examine potential threats and opportunities to detect early signs of potentially important developments and changes to the industry risk profile. 

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