Public Transport Safety Victoria, State Government of Victoria, Australia.

Safety alerts

This page has been developed to provide an archive of safety alerts issued by the Safety Director (from October 2007 onwards).


DateTitle

29 September 2009

Audio Frequency Track Circuits (PDF, 2 MB, 5 pp.)


17 September 2009

Risk of Rail Bridge Collapse (PDF, 43 KB, 1 p.)


20 July 2009

Risks associated with single point failures (PDF, 105 KB, 3 pp.) *Amended 22 July 2009


23 June 2009

UM71 Track Circuits (PDF, 137 KB, 3 pp.)


25 May 2009

Rolling Stock Underframe Equipment Mountings (PDF , 57 KB, 1 p.)


14 May 2009

Tamper - Plasser 09-16 - Loss of Service Brake (PDF , 113 KB, 4 pp.)


11 February 2009

Locomotive underframe bolster cracking (PDF, 56 KB, 1 p.)


9 October 2008

Driver distraction (PDF, 42 KB, 2 pp.)


6 October 2008

Security of rolling stock (PDF, 24 KB, 1 p.)


12 August 2008

Potential defects in spoked wheels and drawhooks (PDF, 39 KB, 1 p.)


24 July 2008

Tourist and heritage operators (PDF, 38 KB, 1 p.)


24 June 2008

Accident Investigation - Mindi, Queensland (PDF, 39 KB, 1 p.)


5 June 2008

Rail Defect Management (PDF, 323 KB, 1 p.)


2 June 2008

Claw Lock Castings (PDF, 61 KB, 1 p.)


2 May 2008

Securing of redundant air brake hoses on locomotives (PDF, 96 KB, 3 pp.)


29 April 2008

Murray Key Retainer Pin (PDF, 397KB, 1 p.)


19 December 2007

Wrong side failure of Tri Colour LED signal unit (Type RM4 TRFB) (PDF, 390 KB, 1 p.)


30 November 2007

Cracks in the muff couplings (PDF, 370 KB, 1 p.)


10 October 2007

Heavy vehicle clearance times at level crossings (PDF, 385 KB, 1 p.)


10 October 2007

Transport Accident Investigation Commission (NZ) investigation into the loss of air brakes & collision of a W-Class tram (PDF, 480 KB, 1 p.)






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