UK rail safety improves
Posted: 12 Jul 2008, 08:03
UK RAIL SAFETY IMPROVES
Friday, 11 July 2008
Safety on Britain's railways has improved over the past year, according to the Office of Rail Regulation's railway safety statistical report for the calendar year 2007. The total number of train incidents - including trespass, vandalism, and passenger accidents - during the year fell by 5%. There were five fatalities on the network and two rail employees lost their lives, compared with four in 2006. Figures suggest that the rail network is becoming a safer place for staff to work with assaults on employees by members of the public falling by 25% and reaching their lowest level in five years. In terms of safety for passengers on board trains, 191 broken rails were reported on Network Rail-controlled infrastructure, representing a major improvement from 1999 when 939 were recorded, and the total number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) fell from 349 in 2006 to 325 in 2007. However, there has been a slight increase in the number of “severe†SPADS from 18 in 2006 to 21 in 2007.
Source: Transport Briefing
Railways Africa
Friday, 11 July 2008
Safety on Britain's railways has improved over the past year, according to the Office of Rail Regulation's railway safety statistical report for the calendar year 2007. The total number of train incidents - including trespass, vandalism, and passenger accidents - during the year fell by 5%. There were five fatalities on the network and two rail employees lost their lives, compared with four in 2006. Figures suggest that the rail network is becoming a safer place for staff to work with assaults on employees by members of the public falling by 25% and reaching their lowest level in five years. In terms of safety for passengers on board trains, 191 broken rails were reported on Network Rail-controlled infrastructure, representing a major improvement from 1999 when 939 were recorded, and the total number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) fell from 349 in 2006 to 325 in 2007. However, there has been a slight increase in the number of “severe†SPADS from 18 in 2006 to 21 in 2007.
Source: Transport Briefing
Railways Africa