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 TRAIN SAFETY

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 Train Accidents and Injury

Fortunately, train accidents do not happenvery often, but when they do, they can beetre!ely catastrophic, which is obvious inloo"in# at pictures of a train crash$

%ue to their wei#ht, !ass and force,anythin# in a train&s path is in #ravedan#er$

Any ti!e a train collides with a victi!, the

possibility of serious injury or death is veryhi#h$ %a!a#es su'ered by a trainaccident victi! can be devastatin#$

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Classifcation o rail accidents byeects

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• Railroads are le#ally re(uired to install a

)blac" bo) in !ost loco!otives$• *lac" boes are electronic recordin#

devices that record infor!ation that !aybe i!portant after an accident, includin#

the train speed, what direction it was#oin#, how the bra"es were used, andwhether a horn si#nal was used$

• Si!ilarly, all train si#nals are controlledauto!atically and !onitored in dispatchcenters$ This infor!ation can be recoveredby an accident victi! tryin# to prove trainen#ineer or railroad ne#li#ence$

Train Accidents and Injury(2)

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+aterfalltrainaccident

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ase -+aterfall rail accident

• %ate .- /anuary 011.

• 2 fatalities includin# train driver

•

ause – %river su'er heart attac"

 – Travellin# ecess --2"!3h asapproached the 41"!3h curve5dead!an&s bra"e failure6

 – Trainin# of train sta' 

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7lenboo" train accident

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ase 07lenboo" rail accident

• %ate 0 %ece!ber -888

• 2 fatalities, 9- injured

• 0 train collided

• ause – :ow visibility than avera#e

 – Si#nalin# syste! fail after power failure

 – - train stop at second failed si#nal, butthe 0 train proceed nor!ally$ Not obeythe operational procedure$

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A!a#asa"i train crash

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ase .A!a#asa"i rail accident

• %ate 09 April 0119

• -14 fatalities includin# driver

• 9;8 injured

• ause

 – Speedin# because of 81 second delay5-;1"!3h6$ Nor!al speed is 21"!3h on these#!ent of trac"$

 – - train stop at second failed si#nal, but the 0train proceed nor!ally$ Not obey theoperational procedure$