Road Driving for a Safer Railway - Overspeeding

Overspeeding isn’t just an issue when driving trains. It happens on the roads as well. With nearly 10,000 road vehicles in its fleet Network Rail took steps to put numbers to it, and the findings were alarming. Hear what’s being done to tackle the problem and the outcomes so far.

00.48   About Simon Morgan
04.04   A definition for and consequences of road overspeeding.
05.15   The proportion of incidents that have overspeeding as a cause.
05. 56   What other causal factors contribute to overspeeding beyond individual choice.
06.05   Underlying culture of risk perception and the amount of overspeeding.
07.17   The potential fuel cost savings from cutting overspeeding
07.39   Tackling fatigue as a causal factor.
08.22   Removing pressure to ‘get the job done’.
09.49   The condition of vehicles
10.10   Summary and close

You may be interested in:
Network Rail Safety Central, Driving Safety page: https://safety.networkrail.co.uk/safety/driving-safety/
Network Rail’s Ten Lifesaving Rules: https://safety.networkrail.co.uk/safety/safety-vision-and-lifesaving-rules/lifesaving-rules/
Network Rail’s Lifesaving Rules Driving video (1:11) (contains strong language): https://safety.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/LSR-Driving-Subtitles-MP4-2.mp4