All accidents and incidents involving personal injury and property damage must be reported within 72 hours on the official. Notification of Occurrences Form and Notes for Completing (Online Form)

Category A occurrences involving death, serious personal injury, derailments on running line, collisions on running line, fire and explosions affecting rolling stock or rail infrastructure must be reported to the Duty Officer as soon as practicable after the incident (generally within 2 hours)

• ph 08 8343 2146 (all hours)

For more information about reporting obligations see Summary of Requirements for Notification of Occurrences reference document.

Under the Rail Safety Act 1996 all rail organisations must submit monthly statistic reports on the Incident Normalising Factors (Online Form) as soon as practicable following the end of each calendar month and not later than the 21st day of the following month.

Reports Australian Transport Safety Bureau Reports

Statistics National Rail Safety Statistics as provided by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

Accreditation

The Safety Accreditation Scheme for railway owners and operators facilitates the safe operation of all private and public sector railways throughout South Australia (in accordance with the national Australian Standard AS4292 and the Rail Safety Act 1996).

Organisations wishing to own or operate rail services in South Australia must submit an Accreditation Application form.

National Rail Safety Accreditation Package

National Rail Safety Accreditation Guideline - Audit Checklist

• Fees
  Schedule of Fees
• Dangerous Substances
  South Australian Acts and Regulations in relation to the transportation of Dangerous Goods can be viewed on the South Australian Parliament Website, Dangerous Substances
• Organisations
  Accredited Railway Organizations who hold Accreditation in South Australia, February 2006.

Security

The Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) has put together a Transport Security Information Pack to provide information to the Rail Industry. This information pack contains a Security Self Assessment Handbook developed for, and for use by, the Rail Industry. The handbook provides a simple step-by step security risk evaluation process of rail operations and has been developed in conjunction with the Rail Safety Section of DTEI. The handbook is intended to provide an initial guide to identifying the various areas that need to be considered in the preparation and review of Security Management Plans.

Security Self-Assessment Handbook Version 1. (abridged copy)

Other links and references

Private Railway Sidings

The Rail Safety Act provides for the registration of private railway sidings. Owners of private sidings must apply for or renew registration using the Private Siding Registration Application/Renewal Form