traffic safety

Applying the Ishikawa and the Bow-Tie techniques to identify root causes in a real-life passenger injury case while boarding a suburban train is examined, the effectiveness of existing control measures (barriers) is analyzed, and new ones are proposed in the article. The issue of enhancing passenger safety in suburban railway transport remains relevant despite the general downward trend in the number of railway incidents in Ukraine.

The object of the study is pedestrian railway crossings, which are specially designed pedestrian paths across railway tracks intended to ensure the safe passage of pedestrians over railway infrastructure, including areas outside of official level crossings. An analysis of statistical data found that in the first three quarters of 2024, the percentage of injuries and accidents caused by moving railway rolling stock involving unauthorized individuals increased by 12.7 % compared to 2023.

Ensuring the transport process requires proper interaction of all parts of the system "driver - car - road - environment" and its subsystems. In this case, the driver is often a "weak" component of the system, and his actions can reduce the level of road users` safety. It should be noted that the reliability of the driver can be considered as the probability of his trouble-free and error-free operation, as well as the proper level of his regulatory mechanisms functioning.