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We now have a clear picture of what the top five job roles reporting to CIRAS were in 2025/26. Train crew made up the largest share. This follows the trend of the previous two years. The year 2025/26 also saw a considerable increase in train crew raising concerns with CIRAS. Operations management roles are among the top five. This includes managers responsible for the planning or running of day-to-day operations, such as heads of safety, technical leads or consultants.
We now have our top six reporting themes for the year. Rules and procedure remains the most reported on issue, and reports about unsafe practices and equipment have seen a year-on-year increase since 2022/23.
As in previous years, there continued to be an approximate 40%/30% split between the perceived root causes 'risk management' and 'infrastructure, vehicles, equipment and clothing' in 2025/26. Risk management is about companies either not identifying a safety hazard or rectifying a known safety hazard in time.
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