scope:

This Network Rail standard applies to the reporting of Bridge Strikes to:

Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate;

Railway Accident Investigation Branch;

Department for Transport Bridge Strike Prevention Group;

Network Rail management.

This Network Rail standard applies to temporary and permanent Network Rail owned or managed, Shared or Outside Party Bridges as follows:

all Underline Bridges spanning roads or under which vehicular traffic may reasonably be expected to pass;

all Underline Bridges spanning navigable waterways, except those navigable only by small pleasure craft;

all Overline Bridges carrying roads or which may reasonably be expected to carry vehicular traffic.

This Network Rail standard does not apply to:

Bridge Strikes by small pleasure craft and other small vessels, which are unlikely to cause damage to Bridges;

Bridge Strikes by rail vehicles or their loads, or by rail-mounted plant (which are to be recorded as a possession irregularity);

vehicle incursions onto Network Rail infrastructure, except where such incursions are the consequence of collisions of vehicles with parapets of a Bridges.

Purpose

The purpose of this Network Rail standard is to define the processes and the responsibilities for reporting information on Bridge Strikes.