Hazardous road design
Failure to assess and implement timely safety improvements on known hazardous road locations with a history of multiple incidents.
8 items
1 source
1 inquiry
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Hazardous road design has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
8 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (8)
LADB-29 — Explicitly define cab sight lines for signal positioning based on driver's eye
Recommendation: The standard on signal sighting should explicitly define the cab sight lines within which signals must be positioned by reference to the envelop governing the position of the driver’s eye which is specified for each particular rolling stock (para 11.17).
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LADB-28 — Define acceptable limits for temporary signal obscuration in sighting standards
Recommendation: The standard on signal sighting should define acceptable limits to the temporary obscuration of a signal, subject to the overriding right of a signal sighting committee to determine whether the nature and extent of the interruption in the individual case …
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LADB-27 — Clarify "overhead line equipment" in signal sighting standard to mean wires and droppers
Recommendation: The expression “overhead line equipment” in the Group Standard on signal sighting should be clarified by the statement that it refers only to wires and droppers (para 11.16).
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LADB-26 — Identify and retrospectively review locations affected by "very short duration" ambiguity
Recommendation: Areas where ambiguity in the meaning of “very short duration” may have caused, or may still cause, problems should be identified. There should be a retrospective review of all locations where this may be the case, so that appropriate action …
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LADB-25 — Clarify "very short duration" definition within the signal sighting standard
Recommendation: The reference to “very short duration” in the standard on signal sighting should be clarified (para 11.14).
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LADB-23 — Define additional time required for reading gantry-mounted and complex signals
Recommendation: The standard on signal sighting should deal explicitly with the additional time required for the reading of certain signals, including (but not necessarily limited to) those mounted on gantries (para 11.13).
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LADB-22 — Revise signal sighting standard to explicitly consider signal readability
Recommendation: The standard on signal sighting should require that explicit consideration is to be given to the readability of a signal. It should be made clear that the fact that a signal complies with a minimum requirement is not of itself …
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LADB-9 — Railtrack to conduct safety examination of Paddington station layout and operations.
Recommendation: Railtrack should conduct a safety examination of the layout over 0-2 miles from Paddington Station so as to satisfy the HMRI, if necessary by a risk assessment and additional measures, that it is safe for operation at current speeds and …
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