Railway risks, safety values and safety costs

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Evans, Andrew W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics; Finance risk; Hazards; Probability analysis safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM SYSTEMS; COSTS; DERAILMENTS; PROTECTION; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

FATAL ACCIDENTS; RAILWAY RISKS; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY COSTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; COST; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 13844275192     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.2005.158.1.3     Document Type: Article

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