@article{ref1,
title="Suicides and other fatalities from train-person collisions on Swedish railroads: A descriptive epidemiologic analysis as a basis for systems-oriented prevention",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2005",
author="Radbo, Helena and Andersson, Ragnar and Svedung, Inge",
volume="36",
number="5",
pages="423-428",
abstract="PROBLEM: Suicide is a dominating, although hidden, safety problem on Swedish railroads. The aim of this paper is to describe the epidemiology of fatal train-person collisions as a basis for systems-oriented prevention. METHOD: Data on collision circumstances were collected from narrative reports at the Swedish National Rail Administration. RESULTS: The events were evenly distributed by months and weekdays, however, most suicides occur during the day while unintentional events usually occur at night. Most train-person collisions happened in densely populated areas, and 75% of the suicide victims were waiting on the track before the collision. Significance test between types of injury event (suicide, accident, or unknown intent) showed small or no differences. CONCLUSION: Traditional approaches to accident prevention by systems modification seem largely applicable to combat railroad suicide as well. IMPACT ON INDUSTRY: Our findings show promising preventive potentials.",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2005.08.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2005.08.003"
}