Hidden Report recommendations

The Hidden Report also recommended the introduction of on-train data recorders the introduction of cab radios as a matter of priority research into the structural integrity of Mark 1 stock and the introduction of total quality management (TQM) and external safety audits. The introduction of cab radios had not been fully implemented five years after the report and neither had the Mark 1 rolling stock been either improved or withdrawn from service. 

The Clapham Inquiry Report is especially relevant for BR as the company was the main subject of this report. The recommendations emphasized the importance of not just setting targets but achieving them and auditing them (Hidden 1989, paras. 13.2,13.16,13.53) and the sheer volume of recommendations in the report led to the development of a methodology to prioritize using cost-benefit and risk assessment schemes ... 

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