A Comparative Study on Railway Accident Safety Statistics among Nations and Other Transportation Modes

Kwak, Sang-Log

doi:10.7782/jksr.2012.15.2.193

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“…Park et al [5] developed accident scenario models for the risk assessment of railway casualty accidents by identifying hazardous events and hazardous factors by gathering various accident reports and information. Kwak [6] conducted a comparative study on railway accident statistics and various transportation modes and demonstrated that the results of this research can be used for the determination of weak areas of railway safety and the level of safety to be achieved. Hua et al [7] used text mining and natural language process (NLP) techniques to analyse railway accident reports.…”

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Assessment of Railway Transport Safety in Bangladesh: A Before-After Study of COVID-19 Case

Huq¹,

Tasin²,

Jannat³

2021

International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering

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The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh is part of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, caused by extreme acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In March 2020, the virus was reported as having spread to Bangladesh and the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), announced the first 3 (three) identified cases on 8 March 2020. In order to protect the population and to prevent the outbreak of novel coronavirus-2, the government implemented non-therapeutic measures such as declared "lockdown" throughout the nation from March 26, 2020 to May 30, 2020 and prepared some necessary steps to spread awareness to keep this syndrome away from them as Bangladesh being the second most affected country in South Asia, after India. Due to transport restrictions put in place to mitigate the pandemic, commercial road transport, both passenger and goods, has been severely impacted by COVID-19 in Bangladesh. The COVID-19 also contributed to the accident patterns and casualties of railway related accidents. An attempt has been made in this study to demonstrate the before-after effect of COVID-19 pandemic to highlight the variation in the perspective of railway transportation accidents. A comprehensive descriptive analysis has been conducted to find the major factors contributed to the railway accidents. The study also includes hotspot analysis using ArcGIS. The study has been conducted utilizing two years (2019-2020) of daily newspaper-based data which is classified by two categories: 299 days (May 14, 2019 to March 7, 2020) before and 299 days (March 8, 2020 to December 31, 2020 after the first case of COVID-19 was reported on March 8 in Bangladesh. The results reveal that railway accidents are significantly declining due to this pandemic situation. Finally, based on the findings, probable countermeasures to the guidelines for the prevention of certain incidents have been discussed with recommendations.

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Assessment of Railway Transport Safety in Bangladesh: A Before-After Study of COVID-19 Case

Huq¹,

Tasin²,

Jannat³

2021

International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering

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“…Comparison of track utilization ratios with other countries[4,10,12] Table 3에 제시된 바와 같이 종사자 사망사고의 직접적인 원인중 87%는 운행중인 열차와 종사자의 접촉으로 발생하 였다. 열차와 작업중인 종사자가 접촉하는 원인으로는 해당 작업선로나 인근선로에 열차운행이 중단되지 않아 발생하며, 이의 가장 큰 근본원인은 사전에 협의된 작업시간보다 미리 선로에 작업자가 투입되어 발생하고 있다.…”

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An Accident Analysis for Reducing Railway Staff Fatalities

Kwak¹,

Park²,

Wang³

2013

Journal of the Korean society for railway

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As a result of investment in railway safety focusing on passenger safety, the train accident rate has been reduced by half domestically and we have reached a high level of safety compared to other countries and other transportation modes. However, accidents related to staff are still at a high ratio compared to other countries. There have been few studies on staff safety and no relevant systematic safety measures have been implemented. More than 90% of staff fatalities occurred from rolling stock in motion and electrification, which are representative railway accidents. In this study, causes of accidents, and current safety measures for staff are analyzed focusing on trains in motion. The results can be utilized for developing new safety measures

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“…, 서용준 등은 도시철도 건설 단계별 RAMS 분석을 위 한 절차에 대해 제안하고 있다 [2]. 또한 왕종배는 위험도 분 석절차, 위험도 등급, 각국의 사망자 가치 기준들을 기반으 로 철도시스템 안전프로그램 개발 방안을 제안하고 [3], 곽상 록은 국가간과 교통수단별 사망자수를 기준으로 국내 철도 안전의 수준을 평가 하고 있으며 [4], 이무호 등은 PSD(Platform Screen Door)의 RAMS 목표를 설정하고 위험요인 분석과 검 증시험 등의 단계별 RAMS 활동에 대하여 제안하며 [5], 한 석인 등은 운영시나리오와 RAMS 분석이 상호 영향을 미치 는 것을 보여주고 있다 [6]. 기존 연구들도 본 논문에서 논의하는 안전성 모델의 유형 인 시스템 위험도(사망자수), 위험요인, 안전성 등급과 관련 되어 있으나, 각 모델간의 장단점 비교와 특정 모델 적용에 Abstract Since reports on trip delays or incidents often appear as accident articles on the press, the social criticisms and concerns on the safety of the urban railway are increasing.…”

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Study on the Category of Safety Models for the Urban Railway

Seo¹,

Kook²,

Lee³

2012

Journal of the Korean society for railway

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Since reports on trip delays or incidents often appear as accident articles on the press, the social criticisms and concerns on the safety of the urban railway are increasing. Therefore, a railway authority sometimes adopts an abstract safety goal like "let's build the urban railway to a masterpiece level" or "let's obtain an aeronautic safety level" to make citizens relieved and to alert involved persons. However with a vague goal, it is almost impossible to make an implementation plan systematic which helps the authority academically verify and validate if the goal is achieved or not. In this paper, the features of the railway safety are described and the safety models for securing the safety of the urban railway are surveyed and categorized. Based on the comparisons among the features and limitations of the models, we identify a more practical model which can be applied to the urban railway more effectively.

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A Comparative Study on Railway Accident Safety Statistics among Nations and Other Transportation Modes

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Assessment of Railway Transport Safety in Bangladesh: A Before-After Study of COVID-19 Case

Assessment of Railway Transport Safety in Bangladesh: A Before-After Study of COVID-19 Case

An Accident Analysis for Reducing Railway Staff Fatalities

Study on the Category of Safety Models for the Urban Railway

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