Our strategic risk chapters | Office of Rail and Road

To help prioritise ours and the industry’s strategic focus we issue chapters, which we update as part of a rolling process, focused on the key risks from across the sector and based on incident data, risk trend analysis and the findings from our inspections, investigations and audits.

Introduction
Version 3 - updated January 2017
Chapter 1 - health and safety management systems
Version 2 - published January 2017
Chapter 2 - industry staff competence and human failure
Version 4 - published May 2017
Chapter 3 - management of change
Version 4 - published April 2017
Chapter 4 - level crossings
Version 4 - published February 2020
Chapter 5 - interface system safety
Version 3 - published December 2017
Chapter 6a - track and lineside
Version 2 - updated February 2020
Chapter 6b - civil engineering assets
Version 1 - published April 2017
Chapter 7 - rolling stock asset management
Version 4 - updated October 2019
Chapter 8 - workforce safety programme
Version 4 - published May 2017
Chapter 9 - occupational health
Version 4 - updated 31 March 2020
Chapter 10 - Europe - withdrawn. Content currently being incorporated into other chapters
Version 1 - published September 2012
Chapter 11 – Management of train movements & signalling
Version 1 - published October 2017
Chapter 12 - Health and Safety by Design
Version 2 - published December 2017
Chapter 13 - Leadership and culture
Version 1 - published January 2017
Chapter 14 - Tramways
Version 1 - published April 2019