About the team
Established leader in understanding and managing rail risk
GB rail benefits from a risk and evidence-based approach to safety management and is building the foundations to extend this to health and wellbeing. RSSB’s Risk and Safety Intelligence team is central to this work.
We are established leaders in risk analysis and remain at the forefront of development. Our insights support health and safety improvement at home and beyond.
We generate and share insights from data. We support good practice in risk assessment, hazard analysis, and taking safe decisions.
We provide a range of products and services that help rail companies better understand risk and provide an evidence-base for their decision making.
Our products and services can be grouped into the three broad areas:
health and safety insights
safety risk analysis
safety risk management
We have helped our members tackle a range of challenges by:
supporting the operational response to extreme rainfall
profiling risk on specific lines of route and evaluating the impact of safety improvements
analysing the costs and benefits of train door retro-fitment to mitigate trap-and-drag risk
modelling Covid-19 transmission on-board trains to support decision making in an uncertain and rapidly evolving risk landscape during the pandemic
developing new industry-agreed rules for what to do in the event of train radio failure.
Read our latest updates in risk and safety intelligence.
