TY - JOUR
T1 - A systemic analysis of the Paddington railway accident
AU - Santos-Reyes, J.
AU - Beard, A. N.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The Paddington railway collision may be regarded as the most serious railway accident on Britain's railway system. The accident occurred on 5 October 1999. Thirty-one people were killed and many more were injured. An immediate and 'direct' cause of the collision was the fact that a train that belonged to Thames Trains had passed a signal at red and collided with a First Great Western High Speed Train at Ladbroke Grove Junction, near Paddington, London. Following this and several other accidents that have occurred since privatization of the railways (1994), there has been a large amount of public debate about safety management on the British railways. This article presents the results of a preliminary systemic analysis of the accident. The approach has been to compare the features of the Paddington railway accident with the characteristics of a railway systemic safety management system model, which has been constructed employing the concepts of systems. A number of discrepancies have come to light. Further analysis would be expected to reveal more. It is hoped that this systemic analysis will help to identify 'learning points', which are relevant for preventing accidents on the railways.
AB - The Paddington railway collision may be regarded as the most serious railway accident on Britain's railway system. The accident occurred on 5 October 1999. Thirty-one people were killed and many more were injured. An immediate and 'direct' cause of the collision was the fact that a train that belonged to Thames Trains had passed a signal at red and collided with a First Great Western High Speed Train at Ladbroke Grove Junction, near Paddington, London. Following this and several other accidents that have occurred since privatization of the railways (1994), there has been a large amount of public debate about safety management on the British railways. This article presents the results of a preliminary systemic analysis of the accident. The approach has been to compare the features of the Paddington railway accident with the characteristics of a railway systemic safety management system model, which has been constructed employing the concepts of systems. A number of discrepancies have come to light. Further analysis would be expected to reveal more. It is hoped that this systemic analysis will help to identify 'learning points', which are relevant for preventing accidents on the railways.
KW - Failure
KW - System
KW - Systemic
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U2 - 10.1243/09544097JRRT33
DO - 10.1243/09544097JRRT33
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:34247104496
SN - 0954-4097
VL - 220
SP - 121
EP - 151
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
IS - 2
ER -