Complexity on the rails: A systems-based approach to understanding safety management in rail transport

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety Vol. 188; pp. 352 - 365
• Main Authors: Read, G.J.M., Naweed, A., Salmon, P.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barking Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2019; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Accident analysis; Adaptive control; Catastrophe theory; Catastrophic events; Complexity; Domains; Feedback; Forensic engineering; Locomotives; Rail transport; Rail transportation; Railroads; Reliability engineering; Risk management; Safety; Safety critical; Safety management; STAMP; System theory; Systems theory; Transportation safety; Rail transport; STAMP; Risk management; Safety management

•STAMP control structure model developed for rail transport system.•Participatory process with industry subject matter experts to refine model.•Feedback mechanisms need improvement to understand effectiveness of controls.•Lack of formal controls exists at higher levels of the system.•Feedback mechan...