Paragraph 2 InterpretationF1

In this Schedule—

• “accident” means an unwanted or unintended sudden event or a specific chain of such events which have harmful consequences; accidents are divided into the following categories: collisions, derailments, level-crossing accidents, accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion, fires and others;

• “fatalities and weighted serious injuries” (“FWSIs”) means a measurement of the consequences of significant accidents combining fatalities and serious injuries, where 1 serious injury is considered statistically equivalent to 0.1 fatalities;

• “level crossing users” means all persons using a level crossing to cross a railway line by any means of transportation or by foot;

• “national reference value” (“NRV”) means a reference measure indicating the maximum tolerable level for a railway risk category;

• “others” means all persons who are not passengers, staff or employees including the staff of contractors, level crossing users, or unauthorised persons on railway premises;

• “passenger-km” means the unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by rail over a distance of one kilometre;

• “passenger train-km” means the unit of measure representing the movement of a passenger train over one kilometre;

• “risk category” means one of the railway risk categories specified by Article 7(4)(a) and (b) of the Directive;

• “risk to society as a whole” means the collective risk to all categories of persons listed in Article 7(4)(a) of the Directive;

• “safety enhancement plan” means a plan to implement the organisational structure, responsibilities, procedures, activities, capabilities and resources required to reduce the risk for one or more risk categories;

• “staff” or “employees including the staff of contractors” means any persons whose employment is in connection with a railway and is at work at the moment of the accident; it includes the crew of the train and persons handling rolling stock and infrastructure installations;

• “track-km” means the length measured in kilometres of the railway network where each track of a multiple track railway line is to be counted;

• “train-km” means the unit of measure representing the movement of a train over one kilometre; the distance used is the distance actually run, if available, otherwise the standard network distance between the origin and destination must be used;

• “unauthorised persons on railway premises” means any persons present on railway premises where such presence is forbidden, with the exception of level crossing users.