The European Railway Agency’s (ERA) published overview of 2013 Common Safety Performance data revealed that Lithuania has made progress in railway safety. According to the figures on railway accidents recorded over a one-year period, Lithuania rose from 12th to 8th place and is now ranked among the ten European countries in the railway safety performance.
According to the latest data investigated at EU-28 level last year, the lowest number of rail transport accidents was registered in Ireland (3 accidents), the biggest number of accidents was registered in Poland -328, whereas 24 accidents were registered in Lithuania. A total of 28 European countries i.e. the European Union Member States, except Cyprus and Malta with no railway transport, Norway and Switzerland, were voluntary participating in the European Railway Agency studies and were compared according to the index of accidents occurred in the railway sector.
For the first time since 2006 the number of significant accidents recorded over a one-year period was below 2,000. However, the number of collisions and derailments rose year-to-year for the second time with 101 and 108 accidents reported respectively.
Safety indicators data show that the railway safety in Lithuania is steadily improving. Since 2010, the number of significant accidents has decreased by 45 percent (from 44 accidents in 2010 to 24 accidents in 2013). In addition, the figures of railway fatality risk have decreased from 31 persons in 2010 to 17 persons in 2013. The number of seriously injured people fell by almost 47 percent (from 15 to 8).
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