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accident involving the transport of dangerous goods
any accident or incident that is subject to reporting in accordance with RID / ADR section 1.8.5
accident to persons involving rolling stock in motion
accidents to one or more persons who are either hit by a railway vehicle or by an object attached to, or that has become detached from, the vehicle, this includes persons who fall from railway vehicles as well as persons who fall or are hit by loose objects when travelling on board vehicles
accident
an unwanted or unintended sudden event or a specific chain of such events which have harmful consequences; accidents are divided into the following categories: collisions; derailments; level crossing accidents; accidents to persons involving rolling stock in motion; fires and others
active level crossing
a level crossing where the crossing users are protected from or warned of the approaching train by devices activated when it is unsafe for the user to traverse the crossing. — Protection by the use of physical devices includes: — half or full barriers, — gates. — Warning by the use of fixed equipment at level crossings: — visible devices: lights, — audible devices: bells, horns, klaxons, etc. Active level crossings are classified as: (a) Manual: a level crossing where user-side protection or warning is manually activated by a railway employee. (b) Automatic with user-side warning: a level crossing where user-side warning is activated by the approaching train. (c) Automatic with user-side protection: a level crossing where user-side protection is activated by the approaching train. This shall include a level crossing with both user-side protection and warning. (d) Rail-side protected: a level crossing where a signal or other train protection system permits a train to proceed once the level crossing is fully user-side protected and is free from incursion.
area of operation
a network or networks within one or more Member States where a railway undertaking intends to operate
attempted suicide
an act to deliberately injure oneself resulting in serious injury
broken axle on rolling stock in service
a break affecting the axle and creating a risk of accident (derailment or collision)
broken rail
any rail which is separated in two or more pieces, or any rail from which a piece of metal becomes detached, causing a gap of more than 50 mm in length and more than 10 mm in depth on the running surface
broken wheel on rolling stock in service
a break affecting the wheel and creating a risk of accident (derailment or collision)
carrier
an enterprise which carries out a transport operation pursuant to a contract of carriage
causes
actions, omissions, events or conditions, or a combination thereof, which led to an accident or incident
collision of train with obstacle within the clearance gauge
a collision between a part of a train and objects fixed or temporarily present on or near the track (except at level crossings if lost by a crossing vehicle or user), including collision with overhead contact lines
collision of train with rail vehicle
a front to front, front to end or a side collision between a part of a train and a part of another train or rail vehicle, or with shunting rolling stock
CSM
the methods describing the assessment of safety levels and achievement of safety targets and compliance with other safety requirement
common safety methods
CST
the minimum safety levels that are to be reached by the system as a whole, and where feasible, by different parts of the Union rail system (such as the conventional rail system, the high-speed rail system, long railway tunnels or lines solely used for freight transport
common safety targets
conformity assessment body
a body that has been notified or designated to be responsible for conformity assessment activities, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection; a conformity assessment body is classified as a ‘notified body’ following notification by a Member State; a conformity assessment body is classified as a ‘designated body’ following designation by a Member State
consignee
any natural or legal person who receives goods pursuant to a contract of carriage; if the transport operation takes place without a contract of carriage, any natural or legal person that takes charge of the goods on arrivals shall be deemed to be the consignee
consignor
an enterprise which consigns goods either on its own behalf or for a third party
contracting entity
a public or private entity which orders the design and/or construction or the renewal or upgrading of a subsystem
Cost of damage to environment
costs that are to be met by Railway Undertakings and Infrastructure Managers, appraised on the basis of their experience, in order to restore the damaged area to its state before the railway accident
Cost of delays as a consequence of accidents
the monetary value of delays incurred by users of rail transport (passengers and freight customers) as a consequence of accidents
Cost of material damage to rolling stock or infrastructure
the cost of providing new rolling stock or infrastructure, with the same functionalities and technical parameters as that damaged beyond repair, and the cost of restoring repairable rolling stock or infrastructure to its state before the accident, to be estimated by Railway Undertakings and Infrastructure Managers on the basis of their experience, including also costs related to the leasing of rolling stock, as a consequence of non-availability due to damaged vehicles.
dangerous goods
‘dangerous goods’ means those substances and articles the carriage of which is prohibited by RID, or authorised only under the conditions prescribed therein
death (killed person)
any person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of an accident, excluding any suicide
derailment of train
any case in which at least one wheel of a train leaves the rails
employee or contractor
any person whose employment is in connection with a railway and is at work at the time of the accident, including the staff of contractors, self-employed contractors, the crew of the train and persons handling rolling stock and infrastructure installations
ECM
an entity in charge of the maintenance of a vehicle, and registered as such in a vehicle register referred to in Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/797
entity in charge of maintenance
extensive disruptions to traffic
extensive disruptions to traffic’ means that train services on a main railway line are suspended for six hours or more
extent of operation
the extent characterised by the number of passengers and/or volume of goods and the estimated size of a railway undertaking in terms of number of employees working in the railway sector (i.e., as a micro, small, medium-sized or large enterprise)
filler
an enterprise that loads goods into a tank (including a tank-wagon, wagon with demountable tank, portable tank or tank-container), into a wagon, large container or small container for carriage in bulk, or into a battery-wagon or multiple-element gas container
fire in rolling stock
a fire or explosion that occurs in a railway vehicle (including its load) when it is running between the departure station and the destination, including when stopped at the departure station, the destination or intermediate stops, as well as during re-marshalling operations
incident
any occurrence, other than an accident or serious accident, affecting the safety of railway operations
infrastructure manager
an infrastructure manager as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
interoperability constituents
the interoperability constituents as defined in point (7) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/797
investigation
a process conducted for the purpose of accident and incident prevention which includes the gathering and analysis of information, the drawing of conclusions, including the determination of causes and, when appropriate, the making of safety recommendations
investigator-in-charge
a person responsible for the organisation, conduct and control of an investigation
keeper
the natural or legal person that, being the owner of a vehicle or having the right to use it, exploits the vehicle as a means of transport and is registered as such in a vehicle register referred to in Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/797
level crossing accident
any accident at level crossings involving at least one railway vehicle and one or more crossing vehicles, other crossing users such as pedestrians or other objects temporarily present on or near the track if lost by a crossing vehicle or user
level crossing user
any person using a level crossing to cross the railway line by any means of transport or by foot
level crossing
any level intersection between a road or passage and a railway, as recognised by the infrastructure manager and open to public or private users. Passages between platforms within stations are excluded, as well as passages over tracks for the sole use of employees
light rail
an urban and/or suburban rail transport system with a crashworthiness of C-III or C-IV (in accordance with EN 15227:2011) and a maximum strength of vehicle of 800 kN (longitudinal compressive force in coupling area); light rail systems may have their own right of way or share it with road traffic and usually do not exchange vehicles with long-distance passenger or freight traffic
line km
the length measured in kilometres of the railway network in Member States, whose scope is laid down in Article 2. For multiple-track railway lines, only the distance between origin and destination is to be counted.
loader
an enterprise which loads packaged goods, small containers or portable tanks into or onto a wagon or a container, or which loads a container, bulk-container, multiple-element gas container, tank-container or portable tank onto a wagon
manufacturer
the manufacturer as defined in point (36) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/797
national rules
all binding rules adopted in a Member State, irrespective of the body issuing them, which contain railway safety or technical requirements, other than those laid down by Union or international rules, and which are applicable within that Member State to railway undertakings, infrastructure managers or third parties
national safety authority
(a) the national body entrusted with the tasks regarding railway safety in accordance with this Directive; (b) any body entrusted by several Member States with the tasks referred to in point (a) in order to ensure a unified safety regime; (c) any body entrusted by a Member State and a third country with the tasks referred to in point (a) in order to ensure a unified safety regime, provided that the Union has concluded an agreement to this effect with the third country concerned or that that Member State has concluded such agreement in accordance with an empowerment granted by the Union to that effect;
On-board systems
systems assisting the driver to observe line-side signalling and in cab signalling and thus providing protection of danger points and enforcement of speed limits. On-board TPSs are described as follows: (a) Warning, providing automatic warning to driver. (b) Warning and automatic stop, providing automatic warning to driver and automatic stop when passing a signal at danger. (c) Warning and automatic stop and discrete supervision of speed, providing protection of danger points, where ‘discrete supervision of speed’ means supervision of speed at certain locations (speed traps) at the approach of a signal. (d) Warning and automatic stop and continuous supervision of speed, providing protection of danger points and continuous supervision of the speed limits of the line, where ‘continuous supervision of speed’ means continuous indication and enforcement of the maximal allowed target speed on all sections of the line. Type (d) is regarded as Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system.
other (accident)
any accident other than a collision of train with rail vehicle, collision of train with obstacle within the clearance gauge, derailment of train, level crossing accident, an accident to person involving rolling stock in motion or a fire in rolling stock
other person at a platform
any person at a railway platform who is not defined as ‘passenger’, ‘employee or contractor’, ‘level crossing user’, ‘other person not at a platform’ or ‘trespasser’
other person not at a platform
any person not at a railway platform who is not defined as ‘passenger’, ‘employee or contractor’, ‘level crossing user’, ‘other person at a platform’ or ‘trespasser’
passage
any route, other than a road, provided for the passage of people, animals, vehicles or machinery
passenger-km
the unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one kilometre. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.
passenger
any person, excluding a member of the train crew, who makes a trip by rail, including a passenger trying to embark onto or disembark from a moving train for accident statistics only
passive level crossing
a level crossing without any form of warning system or protection activated when it is unsafe for the user to traverse the crossing
railway undertaking
a railway undertaking as defined in point (1) of Article 3 of Directive 2012/34/EU, and any other public or private undertaking, the activity of which is to provide transport of goods and/or passengers by rail on the basis that the undertaking is to ensure traction, including undertakings which provide traction only
road
‘road’ means, for the purpose of railway accident statistics, any public or private road, street or highway, including adjacent footpaths and bicycle lanes.
safety management system
the organisation, arrangements and procedures established by an infrastructure manager or a railway undertaking to ensure the safe management of its operations
serious accident
any train collision or derailment of trains resulting in the death of at least one person or serious injuries to five or more persons or extensive damage to rolling stock, the infrastructure or the environment, and any other accident with the same consequences which has an obvious impact on railway safety regulation or the management of safety; ‘extensive damage’ means damage that can be immediately assessed by the investigating body to cost at least EUR 2 million in total
serious injury (seriously injured person)
any person injured who was hospitalised for more than 24 hours as a result of an accident, excluding any attempted suicide
Signal Passed at Danger when passing a danger point
any occasion when any part of a train proceeds beyond its authorised movement and travels beyond the danger point
Signal Passed at Danger without passing a danger point
any occasion when any part of a train proceeds beyond its authorised movement but does not travel beyond the danger point
significant accident
any accident involving at least one rail vehicle in motion, resulting in at least one killed or seriously injured person, or in significant damage to stock, track, other installations or environment, or extensive disruptions to traffic, excluding accidents in workshops, warehouses and depots
significant damage to stock, track, other installations or environment
damage that is equivalent to EUR 150 000 or more
suicide
an act to deliberately injure oneself resulting in death, as recorded and classified by the competent national authority
TSI
a specification adopted in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/797 by which each subsystem or part of a subsystem is covered in order to meet the essential requirements and ensure the interoperability of the Union rail system
technical specification for interoperability
track buckle or other track misalignment
any fault related to the continuum and the geometry of track, requiring track to be placed out of service or immediate restriction of permitted speed
track km
the length measured in kilometres of the railway network in Member States, whose scope is laid down in Article 2. Each track of a multiple-track railway line is to be counted
TPS
a system that helps to enforce obedience to signals and speed restrictions
Train Protection System
train-km
the unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre. The distance used is the distance actually run, if available, otherwise the standard network distance between the origin and destination shall be used. Only the distance on the national territory of the reporting country shall be taken into account.
train
one or more railway vehicles hauled by one or more locomotives or railcars, or one railcar travelling alone, running under a given number or specific designation from an initial fixed point to a terminal fixed point, including a light engine, i.e. a locomotive travelling on its own
trespasser
any person present on railway premises where such presence is forbidden, with the exception of a level crossing user
type of operation
the type characterised by passenger transport, including or excluding high-speed services, freight transport, including or excluding dangerous goods services, and shunting services only
Unauthorised movement
Unauthorised movement as referred to in points 4.4 and 4.5 above means to pass: — a trackside colour light signal or semaphore at danger, or an order to STOP where a Train Protection system (TPS) is not operational, — the end of a safety related movement authority provided in a TPS, — a point communicated by verbal or written authorisation laid down in regulations, — stop boards (buffer stops are not included) or hand signals. Any case in which a vehicle without any traction unit attached or a train that is unattended runs away past a signal at danger is not included. Any case in which, for any reason, the signal is not turned to danger in time to allow the driver to stop the train before the signal is not included. National safety authorities may report separately on the four indices of unauthorised movement listed in the indents in this point and shall report at least an aggregate indicator containing data on all four items indices.
unfiller
an enterprise that removes goods from a tank (including a tank-wagon, wagon with demountable tank, portable tank or tank-container), a wagon, a large container or small container for carriage in bulk, or from a battery-wagon or multiple-element gas container
Union rail system
the Union rail system as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2016/797
unloader
an enterprise which removes a container, bulk-container, multiple-element gas container, tankcontainer or portable tank from a wagon, or any enterprise which unloads packaged goods, small containers or portable tanks out of or from a wagon or a container, or any enterprise which discharges goods from a tank (tankwagon, demountable tank, portable tank or tank-container), or from a battery-wagon or multiple-element gas container, or from a wagon, large container or small container for carriage in bulk or a bulk-container
vehicle
a railway vehicle suitable for circulation on wheels on railway lines, with or without traction; a vehicle is composed of one or more structural and functional subsystems;
Work passenger
a passenger travelling in connection with their professional activities excluding commuting
wrong side signalling failure
any technical failure of a signalling system (either to infrastructure or to rolling stock), resulting in signalling information less restrictive than that demanded