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This assessment must be carried out annually by ORR in accordance with The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006. It uses Common Safety Indicators data to assess the level of safety risk associated with six risk categories:</p> <ul> <li>Passengers</li> <li>Employees</li> <li>Level crossing users</li> <li>Others</li> <li>Trespassers</li> <li>Whole society (collective risk to all categories of persons above)</li> </ul> <p>The report also compares the number of fatalities and weighted serious injuries (FWSI) in Great Britain against other European countries for each of the six risk categories.</p> <p><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">For information on any revisions, please see </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">our</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)"> </span></span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="/footer/revisions-log/" target="_blank" class="Hyperlink SCXW50113803 BCX8"><span class="TextRun Highlight Underlined SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Revisions log</span></span></a><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">.</span></span></p> <p><span class="TextRun Highlight SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW50113803 BCX8" data-ccp-parastyle="Normal (Web)">Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).</span></span></p> <p>If you have any questions or feedback on these statistics, please contact聽<a href="mailto:rail.stats@orr.gov.uk">rail.stats@orr.gov.uk</a></p> <div class="headline-content"> <div class="statistical-release"> <h2>Latest statistical release</h2> <div class="card"> <a href="/media/p3ch0s4g/common-safety-indicators-2022.pdf" target="_blank"> <img class="card-img-top" src="/media/p3ch0s4g/common-safety-indicators-2022.pdf?preview=true" alt="Common Safety Indicators, 2022" width="210mm" height="297mm" /> </a> <div class="card-body"> <h5 class="card-title"> <a href="/media/p3ch0s4g/common-safety-indicators-2022.pdf" target="_blank"> Common Safety Indicators, 2022 </a> </h5> <p class="card-text"> Date published: 15 Feb 2024 <br /> Date next published: 23 Jan 2025 </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="key-results"> <h2>Key results</h2> <ul> <li>In 2022 there was acceptable safety performance for Great Britain in each of the six railway risk categories.</li> <li>Great Britain has the lowest number of fatalities and weighted serious injuries for whole society (all risk categories combined).</li> <li>Great Britain also ranks favourably compared with other European countries in terms of employee safety, level crossing user safety and trespasser safety.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="all-content"> <div class="statistical-releases"> <h3>Previous statistical releases</h3> <ul> <li> <h5>2021</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/media/2184/common-safety-indicators-2021.pdf" target="_blank"> Common Safety Indicators, 2021 </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <h5>2020</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/media/2060/common-safety-indicators-2020.pdf" target="_blank"> Common Safety Indicators, 2020 </a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="reports"> <h3>Data tables</h3> <ul> <li> <h5>Annual</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/statistics/health-and-safety/common-safety-indicators/table-5300-common-safety-indicators/"> Table 5300 - Common Safety Indicators </a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="d-print-none"> <div class="categories-container"> <div class="categories"> <div class="category"> <h5>About this site</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/about-this-site/privacy-notice-and-cookies"> Privacy notice and cookies </a> </li> <li> <a href="/about-this-site/accessibility-terms-and-conditions"> Accessibility terms and conditions </a> </li> <li> <a href="/about-this-site/sitemap"> Sitemap </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="category"> <h5>About ORR</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/about-orr/freedom-of-information"> Freedom of information </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="category"> <h5>Other data</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/other-data/orr-archived-data"> ORR archived data </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="category"> <h5>Contact</h5> <ul> <li> <a href="/contact/complaints-and-general-enquiries"> Complaints and general enquiries </a> </li> <li> <a href="/contact/media-enquiries"> Media enquiries </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>

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