Contact
Australasian Railway Association
and trackSAFE on behalf of the Australian rail industry
Contact: Naomi Frauenfelder nfrauenfelder at tracksafefoundation.com.au
Tel +61 2 6270 4506/
or +61 409 249 919
Contact Press/Communication person(s): Emma Woods,
ewoods at ara.net.au
Tel +61 2 6270 4512/
or +61 438 209 588
www.ara.net.au
www.tracksafefoundation.com.au
pre-recorded speech of Bryan Nye, ARA and Tracksafe Australia, for ILCAD 2012
Total length of lines (km): 44,262km of track
http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/video/
Total number of LX in 2007:
Total number of LX in 2008:
Total number of LX in 2009: 23500
Total number of LX in 2010: 23500
Total number of LX in 2011: 23 500
Accidents in 2007: -
Accidents in 2008: -
Accidents in 2009: average of 100 incidents/year
Accidents in 2010: average of 100 incidents/year
Accidents in 2011: average of 78 incidents/year
Fatalities in 2007: -
Fatalities in 2008: -
Fatalities in 2009: average of 37/year
Fatalities in 2010: average of 37/year
Fatalities in 2011: average of 30/year
Awareness measures
Most of our level crossing safety programs are aimed at improving education and awareness. In March this year the Australian rail industry launched a new initiative: the trackSAFE Foundation. A first year activity of the Foundation is the development of an education package to be pushed for inclusion into the national curriculum. The aim is that by the time that students graduate from high school they have been exposed to level crossing safety education a number of times.
We also run Rail Safety Week each year to heighten awareness around level crossing safety and trespass in the public. The week will run 13-19 August this year and take a more hardline approach. We will also aim to include the police in the Week once again.
Partners
– RISSB (Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board)
– Australasian Railway Association
– Australian Rail Track Corporation
– [TrackSAFE www.ara.net.au/site/tracksafe.php]
– Queensland Rail
- queenslandrail.com.au
- facebook.com/queenslandrail
- twitter.com/queenslandrail
Queenland’s rail video made for ILCAD 2012
These were taken when we launched the ILCAD campaign in June 2012.
There’s some further information here:
Publications
QUOTE BRYN NYE ILCAD PRESS CONF ENGLISH
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QUOTE BRYN NYE ILCAD PRESS CONF FRENCH
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PRESS RELEASE TRACKSAFE ARA FOR ILCAD
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