Non‑occupational injuries

Every year, Russian Railways takes steps to prevent injuries to members of the public (non-employees) on its railway facilities. Our work on preventing non-occupational injuries focuses on the following areas:

• organisational action: organising lectures and talks on the rules for being in train traffic areas; sending letters to educational institutions and executive authorities; conducting joint raids together with local police and railway security teams on places of unauthorised congregation; organising themed events (quizzes, creative contests, intellectual games) in collaboration with municipal authorities; and arranging tours of railway facilities and sites;
• awareness solutions: informing the public of the dangers of being in train traffic areas through posters, signs, videos, brochures, and announcements at railway stations and on trains; broadcasting themed animated series such as Monsiki, Fixies, and Razvlecheba (Edutainment) on the MULT and STS Kids TV channels; airing The Adventures of Semaforych the Detective podcast on Detskoe Radio (Children’s Radio); publishing stories, articles, and posts in the media (multimedia portals, print and electronic media, social networks, radio, and television);
• technical solutions: construction, fit-out and maintenance of pedestrian crossings, footbridges and underpasses, pedestrian platforms, eliminating places of unauthorised congregation, putting up guardrails around train traffic and so on;
• legal solutions: legislative proposals, participation in the development of new regulations;
• search for and application of new approaches: use of innovative communication channels (displaying information banners, warning signs, and videos), installing LED strips at pedestrian crossings, and using gobo projectors, spherical mirrors, non-slip rubber tiles, and anti-trespass panels, etc.

The Company’s organisational and technical efforts, along with the Prevention of Injuries among the Public at Railway Infrastructure Facilities investment project, have helped reduce the level of non-occupational injuries. From 2020 to 2024, the number of injuries on railway tracks declined by 14% (from 1,952 in 2020 to 1,678 in 2024), with fatalities down 12% (from 1,341 in 2020 to 1,180 in 2024).

Technical measures in 2024:

• 15 railway track–level pedestrian crossings equipped with light and sound alarms, and 0.6 km of fences to prevent unauthorised access to train traffic areas commissioned;
• 1,090 pedestrian crossings, 111 footbridges and underpasses, 139 passenger platforms, and 43.6 km of railway fences repaired;
• 246 train approach announcers, 77 public address systems, and 40,462 signs and posters installed;
• lighting on 5,374 pedestrian crossings and platforms improved.

RUB 396 m

allocated for the Prevention of Injuries among the Public at Railway Infrastructure Facilities investment project in 2024

A 14%

reduction in injuries on the rail network achieved in 2020–2024