Table 1 Recommendations of the state-of-the-art review

Additional data collection

• Establishment of European database for detailed incident data from national sources

X

• Development of European wide guidelines for collection of detailed incident data

X

• Systematic collection of data on frequency of trespassing

X

• Raising awareness in the railway companies on the importance of collecting data on railway suicides and trespassing accidents to be used as a basis for their decision making

X

Additional analysis

• Making the assessment of effectiveness a regular element in all plans concerning the implementation of preventative measures

X

• Developing common methods for the determination of factors contributing to individual trespassing accidents

X

• Considering in-depth case studies of limited number of suicides and/or trespassing accidents, to gain knowledge of specific features of incidents that are not included in the routine collection of detailed incident data

X

• Analysing behaviour in accidental and suicide events from larger samples of pre-existing documents or other sources of data to have better understanding of behaviours that indicate risk of subsequent incidents

X

Better access to information

• Enabling and facilitating access to relevant databases, for researchers but also for the general public

X

• Making the results of studies on railway suicides and trespassing accidents available to the interested parties more widely, especially to those working in the railway sector

X

• Promotion of publication of results from studies and experiments in scientific publications, even if the results are not as positive as expected

X

Encouraged cooperation between organisations

• Cooperation between organisations involved in investigations of railway suicides and trespassing accidents to enable exchange of documented information on the incident

X