1. Safety statistics - rail accident statistics
Yves MAHIEU
Anna BIAŁAS-MOTYL
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

2. Rail accident data - workflow
EUROSTAT
Statistical Offices, Ministries etc.
Regulation EC 91/2003
National Safety Authorities
ERA
Safety Directive 2004/49/EC
Cooperation recommended
Close cooperation on: -data exchange
-data comparisons
WG on Rail Transport Statistics
Common Safety Indicators WG (CSIs)
Incoherent data !
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

3. Harmonisation between two legal acts
If both revised legal acts come into force?
EUROSTAT
Revised Commission Regulation with the definitions approved by the written consultation
ERA
Revised Annex I of the Safety Directive with the definitions elaborated by the CSIs WG
Still discrepancies between the data and differences in the deadlines for data provisions
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

4. Driving forces in the White Paper and its mid-term review:
New approach on safety statistics - background
Driving forces in the White Paper and its mid-term review:
Congestion
Safety
Road fatalities cut by half by 2010
Fast growing transport of passengers by air > tragic accidents
Fast growing transport of freight by sea > ecological damage
Impact on the environment
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

5. Eurostat vs. agencies – different level of cooperation established
New approach on safety statistics – background cont.
In the recent years DG TREN has been very concerned and active in safety issues:
Creating various safety agencies:
Road – ERSO ‘observatory programme’ (CARE)
Rail – ERA
Maritime – EMSA
Aviation – EASA
… involved in statistical data collection
NB. IWW – voluntary collection by Eurostat
Eurostat vs. agencies – different level of cooperation established
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

6. TREN and safety agencies:
The way forward – basic principles
TREN and safety agencies:
Primary data collection
Transmission to Eurostat of agreed datasets
Eurostat:
Discontinuation of regulated data collection on rail safety
Production of harmonised (across modes), aggregated statistical data on transport safety (accidents, fatalities, injured, ecological damage, …)
Annual dissemination of harmonised data
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

7. MS: Eurostat: The way forward – methodology
Harmonisation (among countries – across modes)
Statistical quality (coherence, timelines, etc.)
The way forward – resources
MS:
Elimination of redundancy and discrepancy in parallel data collected
Reduction of the burden
Eurostat:
Elimination of attempts of harmonisation with ERA’s network
Legislative work to eliminate rail safety data from the Regulation
New process (production – dissemination) in a totally new framework
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

8. The way forward – calendar
Oct 2008 First coordination meeting of safety agencies
Nov 2008 Eurostat adopts a strategy
Meeting Eurostat – TREN
Meeting Eurostat – ERA
Dec 2008 CCST meeting – discussion with the MS
___ 2009 Preparation and signature of the institutional framework
2010 Monitoring of accident data quality; work
on discontinuation of Annex H data collection
2010 >>> New process (production and dissemination)
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

9. Conclusions – rail transport statistics
A framework for cooperation between ERA and Eurostat will be established. No legal basis for this cooperation is envisaged, but a Memorandum of Understanding.
The Commission will propose the European Parliament and the Council to discontinue the collection of Annex H data.
Rail accident data will be collected only by ERA, which will provide Eurostat with data in order to produce and disseminate aggregated indicators.
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail

10. Thank you for your attention
2-3 April 2009
Meeting of the Working Group on Rail Transport Statistics
Agenda point: 8 Doc Rail