Safety
RSSB Annual Safety Performance report statistics for April 2012 to March 2013
• 41 accidental fatalities (excludes suicides and level crossing fatalities)
• 270 in last five years (2008-13) being struck by trains has accounted for 77 per cent of all trespasser fatalities over the last ten years. Electrocution has accounted for a further 15 per cent
• the peak ages for trespass fatalities are the later teens and earlier twenties with almost four in 10 in this age group
• although males make up just less than 50 per cent of the total population, they have accounted for 87 per cent of trespass fatalities over the past ten years
• of the fatalities which occurred at stations in the last ten years, 44 per cent were taking a shortcut, 17 per cent were trying to retrieve an item from the track (purse/wallet/phone)
• the most common time for the 16 to 30 age group fatalities is between 2300 and 0100
• over the past ten years, the greatest number of trespasser fatalities has occurred on a Saturday. This is particularly true of the 16 to 30 age group
• 210 fatalities of 16 to 30 year olds in past 10 years. 19 per cent occurred during September and October. (slight peak) Main peak December for all age groups
• 983 injuries caused by trespass in past 10 years. In more than half of cases it has not been possible to determine reason for trespass. Of those where it is known, 43 per cent were taking a short cut; 19 per cent were thrill seeking; 17 per cent said they were evading a third party; 9 per cent retrieving an item.
Dr Bruno Fazenda, from the Acoustics
Research Centre, University of Salford said: ‘It is very easy to become disoriented as sound from the tracks or nearby can be reflected off fences and buildings and cause an illusion that the train is approaching from the wrong direction. This can be intensified if you’ve been exposed to loud music in a bar or nightclub as your hearing system will adapt in an attempt to protect you. Sounds become muffled and this is often accompanied by ringing in the ears, which can last hours after exposure. Whether your senses are dulled or not, by the time your brain puts all the clues together, it’s likely that the train will be too
close for you to move away safely.’ • A video of the Track Tests experiment, along with a ‘behind the scenes’ version can be viewed at:
www.youtube.com/networkrail. Pit your wits with a Track Test game at
www.youtube.com/user/ networkrail/TrackTest. This requires headphones and is only available from a PC so as not to cause any distraction from a mobile device.
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