AUSTRALIA: The Rail Industry Safety & Standards Board has begun using a level crossing incident cost modelling tool which will provide consistency and accuracy in reporting the cost of incidents at the country’s 23500 level crossings
Built around a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, the tool developed by LECG calculates human, property and other costs. Where specific figures are not available, default costs can be used.
INTERNATIONAL: Rail and road operators in more than 45 countries, together with international associations including UIC, CER and EIM, are stepping up their campaign to improve safety at level crossings, with June 22 designated as International Level Crossing Awareness Day. Many road users and pedestrians are killed or injured at ...
ITALY: Meneghino metro trains which Firema and AnsaldoBreda are supplying to Milano are fitted with the first installation of Reicom’s Cyclope technology, which enables drivers to see CCTV images of platforms on an in-cab screen while they are still up to 300 m from the next station. In Milano ...
EUROPE: Level crossing accidents account for 2% of road deaths but a third of all rail fatalities, according to the organisers of the pan-European Level Crossing Awareness Day on June 25. At least 600 people fall victim of accidents at European level crossings every year, and according to UIC calculations ...
