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Table 2 The list of preventative families of measures against railway suicide and/or trespass following the RESTRAIL assessment procedure
Family of measures | Classification for suicide | Classification for trespass |
|---|---|---|
1. Targeted campaigns (including shock campaigns) | Recommended | Promising |
2. Fences and barriers at specific parts of stations | Recommended | Recommended |
3. Fences and barriers at locations outside stations where people take shortcuts | Recommended | Recommended |
4. Surveillance to deter based on patrols | Promising | Promising |
5. Mass media campaigns | Promising | Promising |
6. Risk assessment (e.g. of stations, special circumstances, risk groups etc.) | Promising | Promising |
7. Monitoring and learning from research and best practice | Promising | Promising |
8. Collaboration between organisations and agencies | Promising | Promising |
9. Surveillance and light to influence behaviour | Recommended | - |
10. Detection system combined with sound warnings | Recommended | - |
11. Increased visibility by lighting at railway crossings, tunnels and hotspots | Promising | - |
12. Increasing visibility through removal of vegetation | Promising | - |
13. Surveillance based on local intelligence (e.g. from police, health authorities) | Promising | - |
14. Media Guidelines | Promising | - |
15. Emergency information at stations (signs, posters, information on screens etc.) | Promising | - |
16. Societal collaboration to prevent railway suicide and trespassing accidents | Promising | - |
17. Emergency button at unstaffed stations | Promising | - |
18. Training of staff - Gatekeeper training | Promising | - |
19. Education and prevention in and outside of schools | - | Recommended |
20. Warning signs and posters to address trespassing | - | Recommended |
21. Prohibited access signs | - | Promising |
22. Training of staff - General Awareness Raising | - | Promising |