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Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Services Alan Osborne Director, Public Transport Safety Chris McKeown General Manager Safety Systems Rail safety regulation Operators required to comply with the Victorian Rail Safety Act


  1. Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Services Alan Osborne Director, Public Transport Safety Chris McKeown General Manager Safety Systems

  2. Rail safety regulation › Operators required to comply with the Victorian Rail Safety Act 2006 › Essentially requires the safety accreditation of rail operators and monitoring ongoing performance › Key priority is the prevention of catastrophic train accidents

  3. Rail accidents – Australian focus › A 10 year chronology of significant accidents….

  4. Glenbrook, NSW – December 1999 Source: Emergency Management NSW – downloaded on 2/09/09 from: http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/646.html

  5. Holmesglen, Vic. – July 2000 Source: Department of Transport

  6. Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau Footscray, Vic. – June 2001

  7. Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau Epping, Vic. – June 2002

  8. Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau Epping – Additional view

  9. Waterfall, NSW – January 2003 Source: The Age

  10. Broadmeadows, Vic. - February 2003 Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau

  11. Trawalla, Vic. - April 2006 Source: Railpage.com.au

  12. Kerang, Vic. - June 2007 Source: Daily Telegraph

  13. Reduction in system type events over the last 3 years › Rail Safety Act 2006 (Vic) represented an incremental improvement in rail system safety › Kerang accident has been the most serious accident since the Act came into operation - a road accident which seriously impacted on the rail system

  14. We must remain vigilant › Management of issues which could lead to serious events eg: › broken rails (derailment risk) › track buckling (derailment risk) › tri-colour signals (collision risk) › train braking (collision risk)

  15. Broken rail performance over 3 years Track & civil infrastructure irregularity - broken rail Heavy rail Victoria 2007 - 2009 25 2007 2008 2009 20 18 18 2007 Trend 16 2008 Trend 15 2009 Trend 10 9 Trend: M oving 10 average 3mth 7 Source: PTSV 5 Occurrence Database. Data as 5 3 reported to PTSV from Accredited Operator. 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

  16. Buckled track performance over 3 years Track & civil infrastructure irregularity - buckled track Heavy rail Victoria 2007 - 2009 35 2007 29 2008 30 2009 2007 Trend 25 2008 Trend 2009 Trend 20 Trend: M oving 15 average 3mth Source: PTSV 10 Occurrence Database. Data as 5 reported to PTSV 3 5 from Accredited 1 1 0 0 0 Operator. 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

  17. Derailment performance over 3 years Derailments - running line Heavy rail Victoria 2007 - 2009 6 2007 2008 5 2009 2007 Trend 4 2008 Trend 2009 Trend 3 3 Trend: M oving 2 2 average 3mth 2 Source: PTSV Occurrence Database. Data 1 as reported to PTSV from 0 0 0 0 0 Accredited 0 Operator. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

  18. SPAD performance over 3 years Human error SPADs include driver misjudged, Signals passed at danger - human error completely missed while running and starting against signal. Excludes other. Heavy rail Victoria 2007 - 2009 10 9 2007 9 2008 2009 8 7 7 2007 Trend 7 2008 Trend 6 2009 Trend 6 5 Trend: M oving 4 3 3 average 3mth Source: PTSV 3 2 Occurrence 2 Database. Data as 1 reported to PTSV 1 from Accredited Operator. 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

  19. Management of rail safety › Maintaining good engineering inspection regimes to monitor event precursors › Putting safety ahead of operational performance › Using speed restrictions to manage safety with identified problems › Recent international accidents provide examples of where this has not occurred….

  20. Chatsworth, LA – September 2008 Source: Los Angeles Times ‘Federal inquiry into Chatworth finds rail oversight woefully inadequate’

  21. Washington – June 2009 Source: The Telegraph

  22. Dublin - August 2009 Source: Irish Independent ‘Calls for major investigation into rail safety’

  23. Importance of safety culture › We have a good operational safety culture in the rail network in Victoria › This means safety performance must come ahead of operational performance › It is very important that this continues

  24. Summary › PTSV is proactively monitoring the safety performance of Victoria’s railways › We have seen a reduction of system type accidents in Victoria over the last 3 years › We must though continue to be vigilant › This has required the rail network to slow down or stop on occasions

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