Metro railway safety: An analysis of accident precursors

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1535-1548

  Kyriakidis, Miltos ^a   Hirsch, Robin ^a   Majumdar, Arnab ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident precursors; Metro railways; Risk prevention; Safety maturity; Safety maturity index

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRECURSORS; ELECTRIC RAILWAYS; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MATURITY INDICES; MATURITY MODEL; METRO RAILWAYS; MIXED TRAFFIC; PASSENGER TRAIN; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAILWAY SAFETY; RESIDUAL RISK; RISK PREVENTION; SAFETY MONITORING; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SAFETY REPORTS; SURFACE TRACKS; TECHNICAL FAILURES;

ELECTRIC RAILROADS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RISKS; SUBWAYS; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY; SURVEYS;

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84860866716     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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