Railway Accident Prevention and Infrastructure Protection

El-Koursi, El-Miloudi; Bruyelle, Jean‐Luc

doi:10.17265/1934-7359/2016.01.010

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“…[6,7]. Some researchers have also defined illegal crossing at a level crossing as trespassing [8] and there has also been a brief reference to people trespassing on the bridge and their behaviour when they detect an oncoming train [9]. As a result, cases of trespassing can be divided into two groups: the illegal crossing of level crossings and trespassing on non-level crossings [10].…”

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A Systematic Review of Railway Trespassing: Problems and Prevention Measures

Grabušić,

Barić

2023

Sustainability

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Railway trespassing is a growing problem in both rail and road transport. A high percentage of rail accidents are a result of the former. Factors that contribute to trespassing accidents range from poor decision-making by the trespasser and general ignorance of rail traffic rules to poor infrastructure (e.g., a lack of fences along tracks to prevent trespassing). The objective of this study was to provide a systematic review of the known literature on the problem of trespassing on railway tracks. The methodology implemented for literature collection was in accordance with the PRISMA method. The literature was searched using keywords: railway trespassing, railway trespassing accidents, trespassing factors, trespassing prevention, railway trespassing detection, and railway trespassing education in the Web of Science Core Collection and an additional search was conducted through other literature databases. The starting point was the collection of n = 291 studies of which a total of 72 publications were included in the literature review ranging between 1953–2023. The literature review consisted of 73.6% journal papers, 18.1% conference papers, and 8.3% expert reports. The results were the formation of: (1) Factors that influence the occurrence of trespassing accidents: (a) locations of frequent railway trespassing, (b) the temporal frequency of railway trespassing, (c) trespasser profile and behaviour, (d) motivation for and general knowledge of railway trespassing, and (e) other factors and models for railway trespassing accidents; (2) Measures for trespassing prevention: (a) education measures, (b) signalization, technological and infrastructure measures for trespassing prevention, and (c) pilot studies of railway trespassing preventive measures. The main findings were summarised and discussed with considerations for future work.

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A Systematic Review of Railway Trespassing: Problems and Prevention Measures

Grabušić,

Barić

2023

Sustainability

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“…Regarding the railway accident from infrastructure failures, using high technologies and other monitoring techniques can prevent railway accidents [3][4]. Previous studies state that installing technologies can increase safety infrastructure, such as using sensors on the rail network to prevent hazardous events [5][6][7]. Also, some studies suggest providing effective maintenance to the network [8][9].…”

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Sustainable Cities and Resilience

2022

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

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Since the 20 th century, the rail network's growth has been significantly increased worldwide to support passenger demands. One key to success is the safe service from the rail network, which shows a lower number than other public transportations. Nevertheless, many rail authorities have significantly increased safety level and reduced risks for a passenger. The causes of railway accident happened from various factors; however, primary accidents relating to infrastructure failures caused excessive damage to train and people's lives. All failures, which occurred in multi-parts of rail's infrastructure (i.e., roadbed, track, rail bridge), could be the primary causes of train collision and derailment. The overall goal of this study is to analysing uncertainties of railway accidents and, evaluating risk and resilience of rail's infrastructure after occurring an accident. The outcomes are expected to providing safety policies on the railway network. The research precisely conducts long-term global accident data sets, which related to infrastructure failures. The data sets are analysed by using Bayes' and decision tree methods through Python programming. One practical advantage of the study illustrates that the outcomes can apply to the railway networks' safety, reliability, and maintenance policies. Also, the research leads to sustainability surge railway's safety performances from avoiding infrastructure failures problems. As a result, the study reveals that the risk level from infrastructure failures shows at 'high risk' level that scored 18 of 32. Therefore, the research provides a practical recommendation to railway authorities to increase the infrastructure's safety level.

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“…Transport safety as a modern phenomenon in transport (Pupavac, 2009) is also an important factor in the competitiveness of railway transport in the transport market. In order to provide continuous service and optimum reliability, the rail industry must assure its safety against accidents occurring on its property (El-Koursi and Bruyelle, 2016). Safety is the main issue of railway transportation.…”

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An Estimate of the Number of Accidents and Serious Accidents in Railway Traffic

Pupavac,

Marinac,

Knežević

2023

Period. Polytech. Transp. Eng.

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The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the number of extraordinary events and the total number of accidents and serious accidents in railway traffic. The purpose of the paper is to estimate the total number of accidents and serious accidents on the track network of Croatian Railway Infrastructure (HŽI) until 2027. The results of the research are based on secondary data that are the subject of processing using statistical methods of correlation and regression analysis. The main finding of this paper points to the existence of a strong and positive relationship between the number of extraordinary events and the total number of accidents and serious accidents in railway traffic. The estimated number of extraordinary events and total number of accidents and serious accidents until 2027 indicates a trend of their further reduction.

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Railway Accident Prevention and Infrastructure Protection

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

A Systematic Review of Railway Trespassing: Problems and Prevention Measures

A Systematic Review of Railway Trespassing: Problems and Prevention Measures

Sustainable Cities and Resilience

An Estimate of the Number of Accidents and Serious Accidents in Railway Traffic

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