Key risk areas
In the coming three decades, significant changes will transform the operation and maintenance of Britain’s railways. These changes will introduce new risks but also create opportunities to address long-standing health and safety challenges.
We can enhance health and safety by better understanding risks, promoting clear industry leadership, and fostering a strong safety culture. These improvements can often be achieved at minimal cost.
The strategy sets out five key risks which are further broken down into 10 areas.
Each area is underpinned by understanding the risk profile from the Safety Risk Model and data trends presented in the Annual Health and Safety Report. The health and wellbeing data has been generated using the Health and Wellbeing Index. For each of the five risk areas the strategy provides:
an overview of the risk profile
a high-level goal
the strategic aim(s)
the industry actions needed to manage key elements of the risk profile.
The RSSB Board oversees delivery of the strategy, taking advice and reports from the Rail Health and Safety Strategy Executive Advisory Group (REAG).
REAG relies on two groups for assurance—the System Safety Risk Group (SSRG) and the Rail Wellbeing Alliance (RWA). SSRG and RWA monitor reports from various specialist risk groups and provide strategic direction.
For more information on the specialist risk groups, their activities, the quarterly safety performance reports and how to get involved can be found on our website.
Safety groups
Health and Wellbeing groups
The strategy sets out five key risks which are further broken down into 10 areas. These areas are detailed in the following sections, with accompanying road maps that define how these will be addressed.
Health and wellbeing
Operations
Occupational health and safety
Asset management
Public behaviour
