Railway safety performance in the European Union

Table 3: Average time span between accident notification and the submission of the final investigation report
to the Agency (in days) (2008–2010)
Average number of days between occurrence and … 2008 2009 2010
… notification 82 51 37
… final investigation report 571 428 325
Accidents and incidents have been reported to the Agency since 2006. Each year the Agency has received notifications of
at least 150 occurrences investigated by NIBs. Around 15 % of the final investigation reports reached the Agency by the
end of the year in which the accident occurred. An overwhelming majority of final reports are submitted to the Agency
in the year following the occurrence of the accident. For example, for occurrences in 2009, 24 were closed and the report
submitted to the Agency by the end of 2009. During 2010, the final investigation report was received for 117 out of the
170 occurrences in 2009 (red bars in Figure 15). By the end of 2010, 28 out of 197 investigations opened during the year
were closed, i.e. 14 % of investigations; this is similar to previous years.
200
Figure 15: Overview of reporting of accidents and incidents by NIBs to the Agency
180
160
140
42
28
23
78
53
49
44
31
53
120
100
106
122
169
80
60
128
143
148
137
136
140
146
153
168
117
40
56
103
20
0
Status end of 2007 2008 2009 2010
Occurrences during 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Status of investigation by year of occurrence:
22
24
15
28
2007 2008 2009 2010
2008 2009 2010
2009 2010 2010
• 2006 Open • 2007 Open • 2008 Open • 2009 Open •
• 2006 Completed • 2007 Completed • 2008 Completed • 2009 Completed •
2010 Open
2010 Completed
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