GETTING IT RIGHT: ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND REGULATION

There were five papers presented at this PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) conference. These were: (1) the government's review of transport safety arrangements (P Kirk); (2) the European experience: the Dutch Transport Safety Board (P van Voltenhoven); (3) Principles and practices (A Taig); (4) Why investigations matter : the victim's perspective (P Dix); (5) railway regulation and accident investigation (V Coleman). There are also four case studies: (A) The railways (R Muttram); (B) Aviation (R Profit and J Passmore); (C) Marine (E Brookes and M Storey); and (D) Road safety (three papers): (i) RoSPA : Work on 'key occupational health and safety issues; (R Bibbings); (ii) Traffic accident investigation - the practitioner's viewpoint (P Forman); and (iii) getting it right : accident investigation and regulation across the modes (S Green).

• Corporate Authors:

  PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY (PACTS)

  ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL
  LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LONDON  United Kingdom  SE1 7EH
• Publication Date: 1999-7

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Highways; Prevention; Railroad tracks; Safety; Transportation modes
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 8525: Conference; 2755: Highway; 1062: Railway track; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961347
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 13 2003 12:00AM