Suicide prevention in railway systems: Application of a barrier approach

Rådbo, Helena; Svedung, Inge; Andersson, Ragnar

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2006.12.003

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“…A large part of the literature recommends fencing at suicide hotspots: priority should be given to locations where open-line suicides occur more frequently (Routley et al, 2004), densely populated areas (Rådbo et al, 2012a), suicide bridges (Lindqvist et al, 2004) and areas close to psychiatric hospitals (van Houwelingen, 2011). To be effective fences at suicide hotspots should be 'fairly high and wide-ranging' (Rådbo et al, 2008) or 'high over long distances' (Bhui et al, 2013). One may note that these recommendations are still vague to be operational.…”

Section: Fencing and Other Physical Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This specific approach of using fences is mainly discussed in the context of suicide prevention. For example, Rådbo et al (2008) argued that less rigorous fences may as well influence people's behaviour by indicating the boundary of an area with restricted admission, while van Houwelingen (2011) suggested putting transparent intermittent fences on the platforms, which do not obstruct boarding and getting off the train, and which mark a nostanding area on the platform until a train has stopped. Symbolic fencing is less costly than traditional fencing and indicates that measures with a clear physical effect (e.g.…”

Section: Fencing and Other Physical Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Spatial separation and structural design can be used to prevent suicides by maximising the distance between fast tracks with nonstopping trains and densely populated areas (Rådbo et al, 2008) or platforms with waiting commuters (Brown et al, 2012;van Houwelingen, 2011). This measure may create practical difficulties for the capacity of railway networks (Holdaway et al, 2012) and has not been evaluated yet.…”

Section: Environmental Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Impeding access with impenetrable vegetation, ditches or slopes (Lindberg, 2012) or elevated tracks or tunnels (Rådbo et al, 2008) is thought to be effective against suicide although no study has evaluated its effect on suicide cases. Silla and Luoma (2011) evaluated the effectiveness of landscaping on trespass behaviour in one study (see Table 6 for details): they removed of the existing path across the railway line, steepening the sides of the railway line, planting trees and bushes to form a natural fence, planting grass and decorating the sides with a few large stones.…”

Section: Environmental Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A systematic review of the literature on safety measures to prevent railway suicides and trespassing accidents

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Burkhardt²,

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A systematic review of the literature on safety measures to prevent railway suicides and trespassing accidents

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Burkhardt²,

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“…This model differentiates between suicidal intent and non-suicidal antecedents to the decision of entering into the track area [6,7]. The steps afterwards are common to suicide and trespassing, although the attitudes and behaviours of trespassers in these steps are likely to differ depending on their intent.…”

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Railway Accident Prevention and Infrastructure Protection

El-Koursi¹,

Bruyelle²

2016

JCEA

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Railway accident prevention and protection are a key part of a wider picture of transport safety. The rail sector thus needs to improve its knowledge of trespassing and suicide, including at level crossing, in order to work out suitable responses by analyzing measures already taken in various countries. Governments, the rail industry and road organizations have been implementing a variety of countermeasures for many years to improve railway safety. These actions are substantial and have resulted in a continuing decrease in the number and the severity of accidents. This paper presents existing suitable techniques that are used in the preventative measures targeted to reduce railway suicides, trespassing and level crossing user accidents. It describes them in terms of their capability to effectively reduce accidents, their cost-effectiveness and their integration within the railway transport system as a whole.

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Risk analysis methods of water supply systems: comprehensive review from source to tap

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Around 30–40 years ago, principles and methods were developed to conceptualise, assess and manage risk. These principles and methods are still, to a large extent, the foundation of the field. Over the past decade, many tools have been developed for risk analysis of water systems. Many advances have been made, both in the theoretical platform and in practical models and procedures. Various risk analysis approaches have been used to identify potential hazards, calculate the probability of accidents and assess the severity of consequences. The objective of this paper is to review these developments, focusing on the fundamental ideas and thinking behind them, considering their application at strategic, programmatic and operational levels of decision-making, in order to improve the understanding of stakeholders (researchers, regulators, etc.). To achieve this objective, scientific papers on risk analysis associated with water treatment systems were identified and reviewed, with particular focus on risk assessment methods (qualitative, semi-qualitative or quantitative, deterministic or probabilistic, etc.), tools (ETA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, QMRA, HRA, Markov, etc.), applicability of these tools and results of case studies. A total of 141 references were selected on the basis of title sorting from databases as ScienceDirect, PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science or SpringerLink, and a total of 68 articles were selected for full-text analysis. Main conclusions of this review and analysis efforts are as follows: (1) the scientific foundation of risk assessment and risk management is still an open issue; (2) principles, theories and base methods applicable to water supply systems are in continuous development, existing tools are suitable, and a growing number of applications are available and of great interest; and (3) risk analysis methodologies are in their journey to gain the necessary broad technical, community and political acceptance in the water treatment sector, and some gaps and opportunities have been included in the discussion.

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Suicide prevention in railway systems: Application of a barrier approach

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

A systematic review of the literature on safety measures to prevent railway suicides and trespassing accidents

A systematic review of the literature on safety measures to prevent railway suicides and trespassing accidents

Railway Accident Prevention and Infrastructure Protection

Risk analysis methods of water supply systems: comprehensive review from source to tap

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