HEAVY RAIL TRANSIT SAFETY 1989 ANNUAL REPORT: SAFETY INFORMATION REPORTING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM (SIRAS)

The Heavy Rail Transit Safety 1989 Annual Report is a compendium and analysis of heavy rail transit (RRT) accident and casualty statistics reported by 13 heavy rail transit systems in the United States during 1989, under UMTA's Safety Information Reporting and Analysis System (SIRAS)--Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA), Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority (MARTA), Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Metro Dade County Transit Agency (MDTA), Mass Transit Administration of Maryland (MTA), New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH), Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). SIRAS is a voluntary safety reporting system developed by UMTA in cooperation with the American Public Transit Association (APTA) and the RRT systems operating in the U.S. Since its implementation in 1983, the operating RRT systems have been reporting transit safety data to UMTA on a monthly basis. New reporting threshold were established in 1986. Up to 4 transit data reports are submitted: Statistical Data Report, Train Accident Report, Casualty Report, and a Fire Report. All systems submit a monthly Statistical Data Report containing the total number of car miles and number of passengers in the reporting month.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Drain, M C
• Publication Date: 1990-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 36 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Crashes; Fatalities; Fires; Injuries; Rapid transit; Safety; Statistics
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00602532
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MA-06-0194-90-1, DOT-TSC-UMTA-90-1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM