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Significant accident

Any accident involving at least one rail vehicle in motion, resulting in at least one killed or seriously injured person, or in significant damage to stock, track, other installations or environment, or extensive disruptions to traffic, excluding accidents in workshops, warehouses and depots.
Last updated document

Regulation (EU) 2020/1530 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2020

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Directive
Context
Safety / SSC-SA
Origin document

Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (recast)

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