A new and enhanced accident and incident reporting system has been welcomed by light rail leaders and is now ready to help boost tramway safety across the country. Senior executives from all UK networks heard at a pre-launch event in Birmingham that the Tram Accident and Incident Reporting System (TAIR) had reached an important milestone.
Carl Williams, the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) Chief Executive, said: “From the outset, our primary focus has been to ensure TAIR helps individual networks, and the wider sector, to meet the Office of Rail and Road’s requirements for a centralised platform that gathers data for incident reporting and analysis. While tramways have an enviable safety record, the Sandilands accident in 2016 is a constant reminder of the importance of risk identification, as highlighted in the resulting Rail Accident Investigation Branch report. The enhancements to the system will make it much easier for all UK networks to use TAIR, which has a vital role to play in driving the development of effective risk models that will help prevent a similar tragedy.”
The project to introduced TAIR has seen significant investment by the LRSSB and has involved consultants and software developers have worked closely with operators on enhancements designed to streamline and standardise the data input process and provide national and local outputs and analytics.