Analysis of Human Factor Accidents in Railway Operation and Countermeasures

Based on the data of train operation accidents from 2001 to 2005 provided by a railway administration.The human errors were categorized into five types,i.e.omission,agent,disorder sequence and timing.By data processing statistically and data analysis,it was found that the main types of human error are the agent error and omission error.With correlation analysis made between human errors and their main causes,it was also found that the education,training and information communication especially the organizational management are the important factors of agent error,while the omission errors have relates to the operations and design factors especially the running procedures.The analysis of root causes of the human factor accident showed that the agent errors are mainly poor quality of basic operations,violation of regulations and reckless acts,while the omission errors are mainly because of carelessness and inefficient monitoring.To improve the current situation,some measures are suggested to take from three aspects: designing the man-machine system optimization,strengthening the control management and developing the human factor database.