Human Error in Rail and Road Transportation Systems

Human Error in Rail and Road Transportation Systems 

Rail and road transportation systems are an important mode of transport throughout the world. Each day, they transport millions of passengers and millions of dollars worth of goods from one point to another. For example, in the United States, the railway system alone comprises approximately 3,000 track terminals and stations that serve over 600 small regional roads and 15 large freight railroads U.S. revenue from commercial motor vehicle operations is around 400 billion per year [1,2]. 

The effectiveness, safety, and reliability of railway and motor vehicles operations depend on factors such as traffic rules, equipment reliability and safety, general and safety management, and human factors. Each year, a large number of railway and motor-vehicle accidents result in many fatalities and a high economic cost due to human factors-related problems around the world [3-5]. Human error in rail and road transportation systems has become an increasingly important issue. 

This chapter presents various important aspects of human error in rail and road transportation systems. 

Some railway system human error-related facts, figures, and examples are presented as follows  

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Chapter 10 is devoted to human error in rail and road transportation systems and covers topics such as railway system human error-related facts, fig-lues, and examples railway operation-related typical human error occurrence areas railway personnel error-prone tasks and error-contributing factors in railway operations road transportation systems human error-related facts and figures driver error classifications and common driver errors operational influences on the performance of commercial drivers and bus accidents and bus accident-related driver errors in selected developing coimtries. 

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