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Analysis of Railroad Accidents due to Track Defects in Foreign Countries  

Lim, Nam-Hyoung (충남대학교 토목.환경공학부)
Lee, Woo-Chul (충남대학교 토목공학과)
Choi, Jin-Yu (한국철도기술연구원)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation / v.8, no.1, 2008 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
The railway system is worldwide recognized as a safe mean of transportation. However, railroad accidents and incidents continue to occur. Due to the nature of the railway system that consist of many mechanical parties, it is apparently difficult to eliminate probability of accidents and incidents completely. Therefore, through the analysis of railroad accidents and incidents, it is very important to trace the various factors affecting the accidents and incidents. In this study, we performed the analysis of rail-road accidents due to track defects in foreign countries; United States of America, England, Canada, Australia. As a result of its investigation of the accidents, major risk factors are proposed in this study.
Keywords
Railroad Accidents; Risk Factors; Track Defects;
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