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Information Bulletin
Communicating with our members and stakeholders
this issue...
Annual safety trends published
Annual safety trends
published.........................................01
Rail industry safety performance improved in 2014/15, against
a backdrop of increased passenger numbers and record levels of
investment.
RSSB to play role in
encouraging tourists
beyond London..............................02
Rail industry safety performance
improved in 2014/15, against a backdrop
of increased passenger numbers and
record levels of investment. For a record
eighth year in a row, there have been no
passenger or workforce fatalities in train
accidents on the British railway, the longest
sustained period on record. In 2014/15
the number of passenger journeys rose
by 4% to 1.66 billion; the last fatality
in a train accident occurred in February
2007 when a passenger train derailed in
Cumbria.
where harm was recorded and where risk
needs to be managed.
The ASPR was supported by the findings
from the Learning from Operational
Experience Annual Report (LOEAR) which
enables the industry to understand the
listening and learning opportunities. The
data is taken from investigations and
intelligence from railways and other
industries in Britain and overseas.
This year, the structure of the reports
has been improved so that each section
The Annual Safety
Performance Report (ASPR),
which was published in July,
forms part of the robust
evidence base that the
industry uses to develop
and drive targeted safety
improvements. .
Transforming the rail industry’s
systems for safety reporting
with SMIS+......................................03
RSSB Future Railway
programme sponsor
Rail 2015..........................................03
RD&I Quarterly
Summary available.......................04
Innovation funding could
deliver over £70m benefits........04
To download Railway Group Standards
and other shared industry standards,
as well as find the latest updates, go to
http://www.rssb.co.uk/standards-andthe-rail-industry
For details of forthcoming dates for
RSSB consultations on standards and
associated documents,
please see:
http://www.rssb.co.uk/library/
standards-and-the-rail-industry/
forthcoming-standards-consultations.
pdf
or search at www.rssb.co.uk
Although rail remains one
of the safest forms of
transport, no one in the rail
industry is complacent; the
report highlights the areas
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is relevant to a specific industry group, allowing them to manage
the risks that concern them. These groups exist to allow industry
to collaborate on shared safety concerns, and form consensus on
collective industry decisions – using the approach outlined in ‘Taking
Safe Decisions’.
o Twenty-two people were fatally injured while trespassing on
the railway, the same number as in 2013/14
Key statistics in the report include:
• Taking into account the growth in passenger journeys, there was
a 6% increase in the number of passenger and public assaults.
This is the first increase in rate since 2008/09. Assaults in station
and train locations both increased.
• Thirty nine people were fatally injured in accidents connected to
the railway during the report year:
• At 293, the number of suicides or suspected suicides increased
by 15 on the previous year.
o Three passengers and one member of the public died in
accidents at stations
The findings were briefed to the national and trade media. This
gave helpful, balanced coverage, and care was taken to encourage
responsible reporting of suicide issues, making reference to crossindustry work with Samaritans, as well as Samaritans’ media
guidelines and their statement on the figures.
o Ten members of the public died in accidents at level
crossings; two were drivers whose vehicles were involved in
collisions with trains
o Two members of the workforce were fatally injured in road
traffic accidents and one worker died in an accident in a
train depot
Normalised workforce fatalities
Normalised passenger fatalities
Industry was briefed via a webinar with RSSB's Director of System
Safety, George Bearfield, which is still available to watch on the
RSSB website. All the reports (the ASPR, LOEAR and a Key Facts and
Figures document) can be downloaded.
EU - 25 average (23.7)
Train accidents with passenger or workforce fatalities
120
4
Fatal train accidents
80
67.6
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40
25.6
20
1
14.3
12
France
Austria
11.5
9.8
2.9
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Poland
Czech
Republic
2
Italy
0.7
0
87
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28
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Germany Sweden Netherlands United
Kingdom
19
Fatality risk per traveller as a multiple of rail (km)
100
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Average number over preceding 10 years
5
110.5
Go to the RSSB Website for more information including regular safety performance reports summarising some of the key data
and trends on a monthly, half-yearly and annual basis.
RSSB to play role in encouraging
tourists beyond London
RSSB has been asked to run a £1million ‘Rail for Tourism’ innovation
competition as part of a 5 point government plan to improve
tourism across the UK.
The competition was announced in March by Prime Minister David
Cameron at a breakfast reception in Cornwall and was attended
by RSSB CEO Chris Fenton. It will be run by the Future Railway
programme.
Chris Fenton, Chief Executive, comments: “We’re delighted to be
working alongside the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on
the new plan to encourage tourists to visit the rest of the country
outside of London. This competition will allow organisations from
many other industries to propose new ideas and solutions to
improve the experience of tourists when using the railway in Britain.”
Although the scope of the competition is yet to be finalised, it is
expected to be launched within the current financial year. Winners
of the competition will receive funding to develop their ideas and
carry out trials.
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Transforming the rail industry’s systems
for safety reporting with SMIS+
SMIS+ is a substantial programme of work which will affect anyone
who has a role or interest in their organisation’s safety management
system, including reporting safety incidents, close calls, and tracking
investigations.
RSSB is aiming to modernise safety reporting services to the rail
industry, starting with an integration of the Safety Management
Information System (SMIS) and the Close Call system into one
safety management enterprise system. High level requirements for
a new system have now been signed off and suppliers have been
invited to submit their proposals.
SMIS is the rail industry’s national database for recording safetyrelated events that occur on the rail network in Britain. The Close
Call system was launched in June 2011 to enable the rail industry to
record and manage conditions and behaviours that, under different
circumstances, could have led to injury or harm. This information is
used to mitigate risk and understand broader safety issues.
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By moving into one Safety Management Enterprise system, industry
will have access to additional functions reducing or eliminating the
need for organisations to purchase their own systems.
It will also bring about a step change in the way companies can
collect and manage safety data and investigations, where analysts
can access all the relevant data via mobile devices.
The underlying purpose – to support the industry in how it manages
its safety data and uses information to make informed decisions –
remains the same.
The new system could be implemented in late 2016; however, the
schedule could change if the rail industry needs to take more time to
take decisions and provide approval, or if the successful supplier isn’t
able to deliver against the draft implementation plan.
You can find regular updates about SMIS+ on the RSSB website; you
may also hear about SMIS+ through the business change lead in
your organisation.
For further information please contact the SMIS+ Programme team via email at SMIS+@rssb.co.uk
RSSB Future Railway programme
sponsor Rail 2015
This year’s Rail 2015 event, organised by Rail Alliance, will showcase
the RSSB Collaboration, Ingenuity and Skills hub. The hub is
designed to showcase collaboration in the industry and focus on
the importance of improving research and innovation capabilities
through combining the skills of academia, SMEs and the wider
industry. It will allow RSSB to demonstrate how innovation and
research programmes are contributing to the improved performance
of the railway and stimulating increased innovation in the supply
chain.
The Future Railway programme, run by RSSB, will be the main
sponsor of the hub, attending alongside the Rail Research UK
Association and a number of invited academics and innovators who
have been involved in funded projects over the past two years.
The long term goals of the Future Railway programme, a partnership
between Network Rail and RSSB, are directed by the Rail Technical
Strategy. Its aim is to see innovation embedded as part of everyday
business within the rail industry. The RSSB Collaboration, Ingenuity
and Skills hub will show how the goals and aims of the Future
Railway programme are being met.
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RD&I Quarterly Summary available
The RD&I quarterly summary, which illustrates RSSB’s work in
research, development and innovation, is now available on the
RSSB website. Highlights from the last three months include
projects on the Rail Technical Strategy and the forthcoming Health
and Safety Strategy; and a focus on customer experience, rolling
stock, infrastructure and enabling innovation capabilities. These
programmes encourage suppliers, operators and academia to
collaborate, sharing data and knowledge and finding solutions to
whole system challenges. This will enable the industry to continue
to improve and strive towards the railway of the future.
Research,
Development
and Innovation
quarterly summary
Q1 2015/16
Innovation funding could deliver over
£70m benefits
The three winning projects from RSSB’s Train Operator Competition
2015 (TOC’15) could result in over £70m of benefits to passengers
and the industry.
The winners are developing schemes to deliver real benefits with a
strong focus on their customers: Arriva UK Trains intends to develop
and trial a “buy now pay later” ticketing scheme; Govia Thameslink
Railway is looking at solutions to crowding; and First Group intends
to improve disruption management and empower passenger during
delays.
Launched in March 2015 by Transport Minister Claire Perry, the £6m
collaborative innovation fund is for projects which support the Rail
Technical Strategy (RTS) and contribute to the 4C industry targets
(improving Customer experience and Capacity whilst reducing Cost
and Carbon).
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