Watchlist
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Policy makers, regulatory agencies, and transport sector participants need to take faster action to deal with these long standing and serious transport safety concerns. The Watchlist draws attention of regulators, operators, Government and people involved in transport-related concerns of high social, economic or environmental risk and systemic transport safety risks.
The current Watchlist (2024) was published on 21 March 2024. The next publication will be early 2026.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has inquired into accidents where people working in the rail corridor have died, been seriously injured, or have had their lives put at risk.
Transport Accident Investigation Commission inquiries have highlighted safety improvements that could have been, or should be, made for road vehicles at level crossings.
Strategies to promote safety in New Zealand’s recreational boating sector focus on encouraging self-reliance and skipper responsibility through safety awareness and education.
The detrimental effects of drugs and alcohol on cognitive abilities are well documented. International research suggests the likelihood and severity of accidents increase if people responsible for performing safety-critical tasks use drugs or alcohol.
Across the aviation, rail, and maritime transport modes, tracking and locating technologies offer ways to improve people’s chances of avoiding or surviving an accident or incident and ensuring they can be found.
Mast bumping is contact between an inner part of a main rotor blade or a rotor hub and the main rotor drive shaft.
Peer organisations of TAIC have their own version of the Safety Watch List containing articles that seek to enhance transport safety within their own territorial boundaries.