Car - train collide at Black Forest in Adelaide
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Car - train collide at Black Forest in Adelaide
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Running head: SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENTCar-train collide at Black Forest in AdelaideName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1 SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENTThesis statement: The analysis of thesafety breaches contributing to train crashes inAustralia and the policies and practices that government have taken up due to increased traincollisions. In, Australia there has been many cases of train crash, which is mainly occurringbecause of train collision on the same tract, due to technical faults trains are gettingdistracted, obstructions in the tract or due to landslides. Rail Industry safety and Standardboard in Australia is found developing its dense model of safety risk so that they can meet theneeds of this industry. However, train collisions mainly take place due to safety breaches bythe drivers. Here, safety breach is mainly the violation or break of the safety rules orregulations. Therefore, in this essay the discussion is done based on a particular train crash inAustralia that has taken place due to safety breaches and what policies and practices thegovernment came up with after this incident. The chosen rail crash is the Car and train collides which took place at Black Forest inAdelaide on 6 September 2017. This train crash took place at around 3.30pm on 6 September,Wednesday at the Emerson Railway crossing. The accident took place because a car got fixedunder the boom gates in a busy intersection. However, the accident took place when a womanwho was driving a Mercedes actually was stuck in a boom gate at the busy intersection. Shewas so scared watching the train heading towards her that she started panicking. Thus, shepersisted moving forward through the rail crossing when the train hit the car. Sources havestated that the train was heard sounding its horn several times before it strike its brakes andbanging into the car. This woman was taken to the hospital with serious injury to herabdominal area (Read, Salmon & Lenné, 2013). It is very clear that safety breaches are the real reason contributing to this train crash.Firstly, the safety violation occurred when the car driver did not pay any attention to the
2 SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENTflashing red light at the level crossing. If she would have paid the attention then definitelybefore getting stucked she would have known that train is approaching. The train driver hasbeen found giving horn several of the time but until then the situation was out of control(Naweed, 2013). This proves that the Mercedes driver was not paying full attention whiledriving and crossing the busy intersection. Lastly, the car driver should not have continued togo forward through the railway crossing rather she should have immediately drive the carback, off the track or she should have get out of the car other than panicking. However, herethe train driver strikes its brake but it is not possible for him to stop the train and so it bangedthe car. It has been reported that the boom gate was inspected just an hour before theaccident took place. This proves that no one must risk and try to push their luck in these busycrossings (Young et al., 2015). It is always important to be extra conscious when headingtowards the railway crossing and the drivers should have a habit of stopping; viewing andlistening to any kind of signals by the train and so full control of the drivers are very muchneeded (Schömig & Metz, 2013). Thus, the Australian government has been very conscious about the safety measuresrelated to railway accidents. The rail safety law was the first to be enacted in the SouthAustralia and each of its states and territories has moved a law defining that the Rail Safetynational law is the safety law of that particular state which is south Australian. It however,initiates the ONRSR as a body who is responsible for the safety regulation of railways in thatparticular state or the territory (King, 2016). However, after these accidents the governmenthas increased the penalties as well as the consciousness of the running railway crossing. Thegovernment is expending about $1 million dollar to establish boom gates at the busyjunctions of the level crossings. Australian government thinks that boom gates are the bestoption for any busy level crossing (Dobson, 2016).
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