Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Transport Safety Investigations (Railway Occurrences) Regulations 2023

Regulation 6

Meaning of “rail incident” and associated terms

In these Regulations, “rail incident” means a railway occurrence associated with the operation of a rail vehicle on a railway that resulted in, or is a result of, one or more of the following occurrences, and is not a rail casualty:

(a)

the rail vehicle —

(i)

is involved in a collision or derailment;

(ii)

sustained serious damage;

(iii)

caused or sustained a fire or explosion; or

(iv)

caused serious damage to the rail infrastructure of that railway, which poses a threat to the safe passage of the rail vehicle or other rail vehicles, or to the safety of any individual, property or the environment;

(b)

a near collision;

(c)

there is an unplanned or uncontrolled movement of any rail vehicle;

(d)

a signal passed at danger;

(e)

a rail vehicle exceeded the limits of authorised movement in a proceed authority or moves without proceed authority on, or onto, the railway;

(f)

a door of the rail vehicle or a platform screen door opened or remained open (without having been commanded to open) while the rail vehicle was in motion;

(g)

an occurrence that had, or could have had, an immediate or direct threat to the safe operation of the railway.