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RAIL SAFETY IN NEW ZEALAND CHRIS FOLEY – MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

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Weekly:• 900 freight trains

• 52 inter-city passenger trains

• 2,200 suburban passenger services in Wellington

• 1200 suburban passenger services in Auckland

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NRS currently about 3,800km of mainline track

Freight on NRS about 15 million tonnes pa

Metro Wellington about 11 million passengers pa

Metro Auckland about 9 million passenger pa and growing fast

Wellington Cable Car about 1 million passengers pa

Christchurch tramway (T&H) about 250,00 passengers pa (pre earthquake)

Taieri Gorge Railway (T&H) about 70,000 passengers pa

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LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK (1)

Pre 1993 railways in NZ were vertically integrated and self regulated

In 1993 rail safety legislation was incorporated into the Transport Services Licensing (TSL) Act as NZ Rail was about to be privatised

This was based on a quality systems co-regulatory approach

Rail service vehicle operators were licensed by LTSA

Compliance with TSL Act was deemed compliance with HSE Act Ties in with Railway Safety and Corridor Management Act 1992

By 2000 industry fatalities prompted Ministerial Inquiry

Railways Bill addressing recommendations entered Parliament July 2003

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LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK (2)

In July 2005 enacted as Railways Act 2005

Addressed Inquiry recommendations including alignment with HSE Act Requires rail participants to take all practicable steps to ensure safety

Licenses access providers & rail operators to allow non-vertically integrated operations

Continued quality systems co-regulatory approach

Expects continuous safety improvement

Requires notification of accidents & incidents

Requires approval of safety case and variations

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LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK (3)

Provides for special assessment, prohibit, temporary conditions, licence suspension, permanent conditions, licence revocation

Offences can be dealt with by courts

Allows the Minister to make rules (hasn’t been used yet)

Land transport Management Act gives the NZTA power to investigate

Railways Regulations 2008 is brief (5 pages), mainly covers fees and exclusion of forestry and mining, but also includes two 380mm gauge railways

Legislation has worked well for the last 5 or so years

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Special Safety Assessment

Requirement for Improvements

Safety Improvement Plan

Vary safety case

Prohibit or immobilise where prompt action necessary

Temporary conditions

Licence Suspension

Licence Revocation

Permanent conditions

Ordinary Safety Assessment

SAFETY RISK

INTERVENTIONS BY AGENCY

HIERARCHY OF AGENCY’S POWERS

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OUTCOMES (1) LEVEL CROSSING SAFETY

1400 public level crossings259 - half arm barriers, flashing lights and bells430 - lights and bellsOthers - passive protection – stop or give way signs

1000 private level crossingsCrashes and casualties for level crossing collisions with motor vehicles (Crash Analysis System)

Total Crashes fatal Deaths Serious injuries Minor injuries 2000 14 3 4 7 8 2001 16 4 4 0 18 2002 14 6 6 4 7 2003 16 3 3 10 7 2004 21 7 8 7 11 2005 21 4 4 8 14 2006 7 2 2 6 1 2007 15 3 5 6 13 2008 10 1 1 5 8 2009 12 3 4 8 6 2010 8 0 0 4 7

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Trespass is major source of trauma

Costs are both human and economic

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OUTCOMES (2) – TRESPASSER Historical time series of reported casualties by calendar year for person on track- collisions

Year Deaths Serious injuries Minor injuries 2000 17 2 1 2001 11 2 3 2002 10 5 2 2003 14 5 3 2004 5 0 1 2005 9 0 1 2006 14 7 1 2007 3 6 1 2008 7 3 1 2009 7 2 1 2010 9 1 -

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    Year

    2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010

Motor vehicle level crossing casualties

Deaths 6 4 8 4 7 5 2 6 3 40

Injuries 17 39 14 10 16 18 6 14 8 89

Pedestrian level crossing casualties

Deaths 1 1 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 01

Injuries 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 00

Pedal cyclist level crossing casualties

Deaths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00

Injuries 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 01

Person on track casualties

Deaths 17 11 10 14 5 9 14 3 7 79

Injuries 3 5 7 8 1 1 8 7 4 31

Other casualties - Members of the public

Deaths 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10

Injuries 20 13 18 24 22 14 22 1 4 13

24

Other casualties - Rail employees

Deaths 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 00

Injuries 11 13 13 31 14 19 17 11 12 1013

All rail incident deaths and injuries

Deaths 29 16 22 21 16 17 18 11 13 1210

Injuries 52 70 53 75 54 52 53 33 30 3448