Outline of JR East Group Safety Plan 2018—The Sixth Five-Year Safety Plan

Up to fiscal 2013, JR East Group has established a five-year safety plans a total of five times. Safety was placed as the most important management issue in those, and JR East Group steadily went forward with the implementation. As a result, the number of railway operation accidents has dropped from 376 at the start of the company in fiscal 1987 to 147 in fiscal 2012. Even so, more than 100 railway operation accidents still occur every year. In light of the severity of this situation, the company established a sixth five-year safety plan, “Group Safety Plan 2018—Safety through Individual Development and Teamwork”, while going forward steadily with measures implemented up to now. In that plan for fiscal 2014 to 2018, the company focus is on dealing with changes in the environment surrounding JR East operations, such as advances in computerization, generational change, division of duties between group and partner companies, and repeated occurrence of natural disasters. Furthermore, the company will also strive for “extreme safety levels” in the new plan. Soon after the plan was announced, a major accident occurred in February 2014 at the yard of Kawasaki Station on the Keihin-Tohoku Line where a road railer and deadhead train collided, resulting in the train derailing. In the period covered by the plan staring in April 2014, the company is working to raise the level of safety with the determination that the company never allow such an accident to occur again.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/development/tech/pdf_30/tec-30-05-08eng.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of the East Japan Railway Company.
• Authors:
  • Watari, Chiharu
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 5-8
• Serial:
  • JR East Technical Review
  • Volume: 30
  • Publisher: East Japan Railway Culture Foundation
  • ISSN: 1347-8907
  • Serial URL: https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/development/tech/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; Crashes; Derailments; Railroad crashes; Railroad safety; Safety management; Train operation
• Identifier Terms: Higashi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01562139
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2015 3:09PM