DATA REPORTING, ANALYSIS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION SYSTEMS (DRACAS) IN RELATION TO RAILWAY SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT

In order to achieve safe, effective and reliable signalling systems, it is essential that all design, safety and reliability issues are understood and handled effectively. A DRACAS system is designed to record all incidents, design problems or concerns, normally (but not always) in a database. The system ensures that everyone is made aware of issues that affect them, as well as what actions they need to take and when. The system also considers the implications for other related products or systems, and includes a 'closed loop' approval mechanism, to ensure that a nominated person takes responsibility for the closure of the incident. The DRACAS concept has its roots in the aerospace and defence industries and, like other techniques such as Reliability Centred Maintenance, is now beginning to show the benefits it can bring to the rail industry. Using a real DRACAS system and some historical rail infrastructure data, this paper describes the basic elements of a 'closed loop' DRACAS system, show how it is applied in practice and the benefits it can bring for rail systems. The paper also aims to show some techniques that are applied successfully in other industries, and which can bring benefits for rail. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123713.

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  ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

  46 CLUNY GARDENS
  EDINBURGH,   United Kingdom  EH10 6BN
• Authors:
  • GILES, K V
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RAILWAY ENGINEERING 2001, HELD LONDON, UK, 30 APRIL - 1 MAY 2001 - CDROM
  • Publisher: ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Databases; Incident detection; Information processing; Intelligent transportation systems; Maintenance; Railroad tracks; Safety; Technology; Traffic signals
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 8655: Data processing; 8614: Database; 1632: Incident detection; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 3847: Maintenance; 1062: Railway track; 1665: Safety; 3855: Technology; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00985524
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947644-45-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 4 2005 12:00AM