Spotlight on Safety

In this video, Joshua Fisher, Chief Digital Officer, interviews Rosemary Tinker, Senior Human Factors Specialist, and Ali Patton, Risk and Safety Intelligence Analyst, about fatigue and how it can be managed. They discuss why fatigue is an important issue and how a fatigue risk management system can help.

Read the report: Fatigue

In this video, RSSB’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Phillips, interviews RSSB experts Apoorv Shrivastava and Nidhi Ajmera about train overspeeding. They discuss the negative impacts overspeeding can have, its factors that can cause it, and the many things that can already be done to reduce the risk of overspeeding. They also point to and tools and activities in development. 

In this video, RSSB’s Chief Operating Officer, Johnny Schute, interviews RSSB experts Niamh McMahon and Charlotte Sweet about health issues for rail. They discuss how important health is for rail, and how improving health can help the costs and resilience of rail services. They also cover how data is essential to enable targeted action on health.

Read the report: Health and wellbeing: reaching parity with safety

In this video, RSSB’s CEO, Mark Phillips, interviews RSSB experts Alexander Patton and Apoorv Shrivastava about environmental issues for rail. They discuss how to respond to extreme weather events, and how the Sustainable Rail Blueprint can help rail keep its reputation as the greenest form of transport.

Read the report: Dealing with extreme weather

In this video, RSSB’s CEO, Mark Phillips, interviews RSSB experts Alexander Patton and Charlotte Sweet about the importance of collaboration in rail and how this could help reduce SPADs. They also discuss work-related violence and look ahead to the launch of the new Rail Industry Health and Safety Strategy in January 2024.

Read the report: Enhanced collaboration - the key to improving safety

In this video, RSSB’s CEO, Mark Phillips, interviews Apoorv Shrivastava and Jemma Widdows about the implications of changing passenger demand for service types and protecting passengers and staff from extreme weather. They also discuss how rail can adapt to climate change and how Futures Lab can help.

Read the report: Providing a safe and smart service amid changing passenger travel and needs

In this video, RSSB’s CEO, Mark Phillips, interviews Jemma Widdows and Hannah Chan about the importance of corporate memory especially at times of transition. They also discuss insights from the Covid-19 pandemic and how Futures Lab can help.

Read the report: Spotlight on Safety - Corporate Memory

Read the report: Operational Feedback Update Greece 2023 

In this Spotlight on Safety, RSSB’s CEO, Mark Phillips interviews Hannah Chan and Claire Shooter about the causes of SPADs identified in the deep dive analysis comparing 2020/21 with 2021/22. They also discuss how good leadership and management is essential in periods of change or uncertainty and how RSSB can help.

Read the report: Leading Railway Safety in a Period of Uncertainty and Change