2012

Contact

Australasian Railway Association

and trackSAFE on behalf of the Australian rail industry

Contact: Naomi Frauenfelder nfrauenfelder@tracksafefoundation.com.au

Tel +61 2 6270 4506/
or +61 409 249 919

Contact Press/Communication person(s): Emma Woods,

ewoods@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

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
QUOTE BRYN NYE ILCAD PRESS CONF FRENCH
PRESS RELEASE TRACKSAFE ARA FOR ILCAD