Abstract
Safe system strategies govern the approaches to road safety in many
countries. This is the case for both road and rail safety in Australia. In this paper
we take a complex segment of the road and rail system, rail level crossings, to
demonstrate why the current approaches to safety in this area need to change.
We argue that approaches that are more consistent with real systems thinking
are required to generate the new interventions needed to reduce road trauma in
this setting. In recognizing the need for new approaches the Victorian road and
rail sponsors have partnered with Australian and UK Universities in an exciting
four year initiative designed to change the paradigm in RLX safety. In this paper
we outline the rationale for this change and describe the four phase analytical
approach being used. It is hoped that this approach will help to actualise safe
system strategies in ways that are more consistent with systems thinking and
that significantly improve safety.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics - Applications and Services |
| Subtitle of host publication | 10th International Conference, EPCE 2013 Held as Part of HCI International 2013 Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013 Proceedings, Part II |
| Editors | Don Harris |
| Place of Publication | Heidelberg Germany |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 29-35 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783642393549 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783642393532 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (EPCE) 2013 - Las Vegas, United States of America Duration: 21 Jul 2013 → 26 Jul 2013 Conference number: 10th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-39360-0 (Proceedings Part I) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-39354-9 (Proceedings Part II) |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 8020 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (EPCE) 2013 |
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| Abbreviated title | EPCE 2013 |
| Country/Territory | United States of America |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Period | 21/07/13 → 26/07/13 |
| Other | LNCS, volume 8019 and LNCS, volume 8020 PART I - LNCS, volume 8019 Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Understanding Human Cognition 10th International Conference, EPCE 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part I PART II - LNCS, volume 8020 Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Applications and Services 10th International Conference, EPCE 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part II |
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