Accident and Incident Reports

According to Article 16 § 4 of the ATMF UR “ The Contracting States shall keep records, publish investigation reports including their findings and recommendations, inform the authorities concerned and the Organisation of the causes of accidents, incidents and severe damage in international traffic that occurred on their territory. […]”.
The 14th session of the Committee of Technical Experts (CTE) (Bern, 14-15 June 2022) requested the Secretary General to make the information that is notified to him in this context accessible through OTIF’s website.

The table below lists this information:

Title Date Submitted by Link Language
JNS report on “Consequences of unintended brake applications with LL blocks”
 Mar. 2024 ERA Part 1: Final report (https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2024-03/JNS NP LL brake blocks_Final report_v2.0.pdf)

Part 2: Light Impact Assessment (https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2024-03/JNS NP LL brake blocks_Light Impact Assessment_final.pdf)

 EN
JNS report on “Extreme effects of thermal overload in special cases of freight operation”  Feb. 2022  ERA Part 1: Principles and organisation 
(https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/jns_urgent_procedure_part_1_final_v1.0.pdf)
Part 2: Action plan containing short-term risk control measures
(https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/jns_urgent_procedure_part_2_final_v1.0.pdf)Part 3: Detailed information on the work of the JNS task force
(https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/jns_urgent_procedure_part_3_final_v1.0.pdf)		 (EN
JNS report on “Great Belt bridge accident/incident” Apr. 2019
Apr. 2022		 ERA https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/jns_np_great_belt_accident_-_task_force_-_final_report_publication_en.pdf EN
JNS report on “Wagon Braking Systems” and “Broken Wheels”
 Dec. 2019 ERA https://www.era.europa.eu/system/files/2022-11/jns_np_wagon_braking_systems_report_en.pdf EN