Abstract
More than 3000 people die each year in Europe due to the
collision with a train due to suicides or trespassing.
This paper describes and justifies a model of suicide and
trespassing processes on the tracks from a review of
papers on rail suicide and/or trespasses carried out in
the European project RESTRAIL (REduction of Suicides and
Trespasses on RAILway property). Inspired by Rådbo et al.
(2008; 2012a), the model identifies 9 steps and
antecedents in the chain of events leading to railway
suicides and trespassing accidents, and associates them
with corresponding classes of preventative measures. It
starts from the identified motives and ends with the
train-pedestrian collision. We discuss on the added
values of this model and on some important considerations
related to the selection and design of preventive
measures.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
| Event | Transport Research Arena 2014, TRA 2014 - Paris, France Duration: 14 Apr 2014 → 17 Apr 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | Transport Research Arena 2014, TRA 2014 |
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| Abbreviated title | TRA2014 |
| Country | France |
| City | Paris |
| Period | 14/04/14 → 17/04/14 |
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Keywords
- railroad safety and security
- train-pedestrian collision
- suicide and trespassing prevention
Cite this
Burkhardt, J-M., Rådbo, H., Silla, A., & Paran, F. (2014). A model of suicide and trespassing processes to support the analysis and decision related to preventing railway suicides and trespassing accidents at railways. In Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings