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Safety Database Activity Report 2007 - Significant Accidents 2006 - Benchmarking and six-year Trends
In 2006 the Safety database collected accidents and critical events from the main railway companies in 20 European countries including Norway and Switzerland, plus EUROTUNNEL.
The total number of significant accidents reported in 2006 was 2372. 45 passenger and 34 staff fatalities were recorded, out of a total of 2430 victims (seriously injured + killed) for a total of around 4000 million km of train movements on the network.
The number of "serious accidents" (as defined by Directive 2004/49/EC) in the data collected is 210. For these accidents Member States shall ensure that an investigation is carried out by the investigating body and make the results of the investigations public (see Appendix: Accident definitions currently in force in Europe).
| Author | UIC |
| ISBN | |
| Pages | 28 |
Data sheet
- Language
- English
- Format
- Downloadable
- Edition
- Ed. no.1
- Edition date
- 01/11/2007
- Publication date
- 10/06/2025
- Page number
- 28
- Theme
- Safety Sécurité
- sku
- 5-07001E-PDF
- Reference
- 5-07001E
