Effect of railway safety education on the safety knowledge and behaviour intention of schoolchildren

Silla, Anne; Kallberg, Veli-Pekka

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.11.006

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“…7 One RESTRAIL pilot study conducted in Finland by VTT has shown that railway safety education in schools had a significant effect on 8-to 11-year-old children, with positive changes in the self-reported behaviour, estimation of danger and understanding of legality. 32 Similar results emerged from a second RESTRAIL study conducted by FFE in three public primary schools in Spain on 8to 10-year-old pupils. 22 This second study indicated that primary school teachers can also be an effective target for educational programmes: after completing the educational programme, teachers reported increased responsibility for introducing railway safety concepts within their teaching activities, higher confidence and better skills to teach railway safety education.…”

Section: Educational Measuressupporting

confidence: 71%

Behavioural and organisational interventions to prevent trespass and graffiti vandalism on railway property

Havârneanu

2017

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F:

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Trespassing behaviour is a problem for railway operations because it leads to train-pedestrian collisions and important delays. Trespassing incidents result from the violation of the rail track access rules by pedestrians. In many cases, this behaviour is driven by vandalism intentions. Various measures have been developed and implemented to reduce trespass and vandalism on railway premises, but to date there is no publication to show which of these measures are more effective. This paper aims to review the good practices and recommendations on the prevention of railway trespass and vandalism and to provide a summary of the most promising preventive measures that involve human factors namely collaborative measures, enforcement, staff training, public education and environmental measures, which are likely to influence people's behaviour. Physical measures (e.g. fencing) and purely technical ones (e.g. detection systems) are not within the scope of this paper, since there is consistent literature indicating the effectiveness of these interventions. The method included a systematic review of the literature on the topic, as well as a collection of prevention practices from the railway operating community. Both the procedures were conducted during the EU-funded projects RESTRAIL (REduction of Suicides and Trespasses on the RAILway property) and GRAFFOLUTION (Awareness and prevention solutions against graffiti vandalism in public areas and transport). Although the results reveal promising preventive measures, very few studies show evidence for their effectiveness. We discuss how measures can be combined to increase their efficiency for trespass and vandalism prevention in the background of a behavioural theoretical framework applied to the rail context.

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Section: Educational Measuressupporting

confidence: 71%

Behavioural and organisational interventions to prevent trespass and graffiti vandalism on railway property

Havârneanu

2017

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F:

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“…A report of 320 children (ages 8-11) demonstrated that a Railway Safety Program implemented in local schools resulted in significant improvements in schoolchildren's safety knowledge and behavior intention related to appropriate railway crossing and trespassing. 11 Because these children were younger than most patients in our cohort, it is unclear to what extent such an intervention could have prevented the injuries described here. It is certainly possible, however, that safety conscious behaviors learned as a child would be carried into adolescence and therefore have the potential for some protective benefit.…”

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confidence: 88%

Pediatric Train Injuries

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Objectives: Trains can cause severe injuries in pediatric patients requiring significant resource utilization. We sought to review train injuries in Pennsylvania to determine the burden of these injuries on the pediatric trauma system. Methods:We queried the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study Database to identify patients younger than 18 years injured by trains between 2007 and 2016. Demographics, hospital course, outcomes, and resource utilization were reviewed.Results: Thirty-five children from 17 Pennsylvania counties were included. Three counties accounted for 48.6% of injured children. The median age was 15.0 years, and most patients were White (60.0%) and male (77.1%). The median length of stay was 8.0 days and overall mortality 8.6%. Intensive care unit admission was required for 65.7%. The median Injury Severity and Functional Status at Discharge scores were 14.0 and 18.0, respectively. Major orthopedic injuries (fracture or amputation) were the most common (57.1%) followed by traumatic brain injury (45.7%), pneumothorax (14.3%), and solid organ injury (14.3%). Operative management was common with 65.7% undergoing surgery.Conclusions: Injuries caused by trains can be severe and are most commonly orthopedic or traumatic brain injuries. Targeted safety interventions may be possible given the common mechanisms and geographic clustering of these injuries.

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“…The education programme in schools for 8-11 year old children implemented in Finland had a positive effect on (a) the level of knowledge related to railway trespassing, (b) reported crossing behaviour, and (c) pupils' assessment of safety related to crossing railway lines. The detailed results of this RESTRAIL field study have recently been published (see [34]), suggesting that a 45-min lesson on safe behaviour could even have a positive effect on the future frequency of trespassing. Similarly, the Railway Safety Education Programme implemented in Spain achieved (a) an increase in teacher awareness about the need to cover railway safety at school and (b) greater confidence, skills and commitment to do so in the future.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As revealed in the RESTRAIL workflow, a high amount of data and evidence are still unavailable or difficult to obtain, thus requiring further relevant indicators from the field, improved collection procedures, and tools at a wider scale than it was expected to do in the RESTRAIL context. Furthermore, the study periods for pilot tests in RESTRAIL project were limited and did not allow collection of data on long term effects [34]. However, the RESTRAIL field tests provided considerable added value to the overall knowledge on the effectiveness of measures against railway suicide and trespass.…”

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confidence: 99%

Lessons learned from the collaborative European project RESTRAIL: REduction of suicides and trespasses on RAILway property

Havârneanu

Bonneau

Colliard

2016

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Background RESTRAIL was a three year EU FP7 research project which aimed to help reduce the occurrence of suicides and trespasses on railway property and the costly service disruption caused by these events. The project was coordinated by the International Union of Railways (UIC) and provided the rail industry and researchers worldwide with an analysis of the most cost-effective prevention and mitigation measures. The goal of this paper is to inform the railway and scientific community about the successful completion of the project and to present an overview of the main results and key innovations. Method The project covered five relevant issues which significantly contributed to improve the prevention of railway suicide and trespass, and to mitigate their consequences: (1) collection and analysis of data related to railway suicides and trespassing accidents and information about preventative strategies; (2) assessment of preventive measures to reduce railway suicide and trespass; (3) assessment of measures to mitigate the consequences; (4) pilot tests to evaluate some promising measures on the field; and (5) practical recommendations and guidelines. Results The main project outcomes included: an integrated data analysis on railway suicide and trespass, a list of 25 recommended measures, 11 field tests which provided new pieces of evidence for the effectiveness of different measures, and a free online toolbox for decision-makers. Discussion These achievements are discussed in relation to the ongoing need of practical and exploitable results from EU-funded research projects, since the scientific and applied outcomes of RESTRAIL are an example of good practice for the benefit of the entire railway community and society.

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Effect of railway safety education on the safety knowledge and behaviour intention of schoolchildren

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Behavioural and organisational interventions to prevent trespass and graffiti vandalism on railway property

Behavioural and organisational interventions to prevent trespass and graffiti vandalism on railway property

Pediatric Train Injuries

Lessons learned from the collaborative European project RESTRAIL: REduction of suicides and trespasses on RAILway property

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