ANNUAL REPORT 2005/2006 - Railway Safety Regulator

• Number of train movements per day• Number of employees directly involved with train movements• Route kilometres, stations, operational depots, etc• Number of rolling stock2500Collisions and DerailmentsCATEGORY A: COLLISIONS & DERAILMENTSBased on the above, coupled with the insight of the RSR obtainedduring occurrence investigations, it can be categorically stated that bothSpoornet and Metrorail present the highest risk in railway safety. Thiscan be attributed to, amongst others, ineffective safety managementsystems, lack of investment, inadequate human factor management insafety critical positions as well as absence of research and developmentinto safety improvement20001500100050001828143668 752003/20042004/20054122005/20061994MetrorailSpoornetFigure 2: Collissions & DerailmentsCATEGORY J: SECURITY-RELATED OCCURENCES2000.300025002000150010002003/42004/52005/618001600140012001000800600400200010071409968176712401588MetrorailSpoornet2003/20042004/20052005/2006500Figure 3: Security-Related Occurences0A B C D E F G H I J K LFigure 1The report further conducts an assessment of the performance ofMetrorail and Spoornet with particular focus on the worst performingcategories, being A and J.The above graph (Figure 1) illustrates the total reported incidents percategory for the year under review. For purposes of this report, theassessment will be limited to categories A (collisions and derailments)and J (security related incidents), which are the dominant categories.Note should also be taken of the higher incidents and a growing trend incategories D (people struck by train) and E (people and train related).The graphs above (Figure 2 and Figure 3) illustrate this performance.In relation to Metrorail, there has been a significant increase in thenumber of reported incidents in 2005/6 compared to 2004/5. Due toshortcomings in the reporting system, no conclusive statement canbe made on the cause of the rising trend. However, this raises seriousconcerns on passenger rail safety.Similarly, Spoornet has reported alarmingly high incidents which rosesubstantially in 2005/6. While no conclusive statement can be madeon the cause of this trend, it similarly raises serious concerns onrailway safety affecting both passengers as well as freight, which mayalso adversely impact on the cost of doing business by Spoornet andthe freight consignors.Annual Report - 27