Abstract
Background: Trespassing behaviour is a key problem for
railway safety because it leads to train-pedestrian
collisions with severe consequences both for the victims
and the railway companies. Trespassing accidents refer to
involuntary collisions between a train and a person whose
presence on the railway lines is unauthorised. Such
accidents result from the violation of the safety rules
by pedestrians. Various measures have been proposed to
reduce trespassing behaviour, but there are still no
systematic reviews of such interventions, nor any
integrated classification of these safety measures.
Objective: Therefore, this study aims to review the
literature on the prevention of trespass in order to
provide a summary of the papers which bring evidence for
the effectiveness of safety measures and provide a list
of recommended measures for the prevention of trespass
which require additional testing in future research
programs.
Method: The scientific English literature focused on the
topic of railway trespass was screened and only official
publications were selected for the systematic review:
original published articles (empirical or theoretical),
research reports and proceedings. The analysis focused on
the core characteristics of the publications and the
detailed information concerning the effectiveness of
measures.
Results: The results revealed clear categories of
recommended safety measures but very few empirical
studies which bring evidence for the effectiveness of
measures. Most publications bring indirect evidence based
on long term accident statistics (e.g., injury data) or
relatively general recommendations concerning the
implementation of measures against trespass.
Discussion: The discussion is focused on (a) the
combination of measures in order to reinforce the effect
on behaviour, (b) the efficiency of safety measures on
different types of trespassers, in different countries,
in different locations or railway environments, and (c)
the need for a behavioural theoretical framework applied
to rail context.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, ICAP 2014 - Paris, France Duration: 8 Jul 2014 → 13 Jul 2014 Conference number: 28 |
Conference
| Conference | 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, ICAP 2014 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | ICAP 2014 |
| Country | France |
| City | Paris |
| Period | 8/07/14 → 13/07/14 |
Keywords
- railway trespassing
- violation
- preventative measure
- review
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Havarneanu, G., Burkhardt, J-M., & Silla, A. (2014). Safety measures against railway trespass. Paper presented at 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, ICAP 2014, Paris, France.