10 Operational environment A bus is struck by another vehicle as it approaches a bus stop. The bus stop is designed or constructed so that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 11 The bus stop is so located that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 2 12 Modifications made to the bus stop make it difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 13 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop makes it difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 14 Road characteristics or infrastructure make it difficult for other vehicle drivers to identify that a bus is planning to stop at a bus stop. 3 2 15 Operational environment A bus is struck by another vehicle as it departs from a bus stop. The bus stop is designed or constructed so that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 16 The bus stop is so located that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 2 17 Modifications made to the bus stop make it difficult for road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 18 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop makes it difficult for road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 19 Road characteristics or infrastructure make it difficult for other vehicle drivers to identify that a bus is planning to depart from a bus stop. 3 2 20 Mechanical environment A person is injured by bus stop infrastructure. The design or construction of the bus stop is not safe. 2 1
someone to do so. maintenance. Add to bus stop register. 6 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. 7 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who determines bus stop location. Review on completion of bus stop construction. A9d to bus stop register. 8 Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register 9 Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. 10 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. 11 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who determines bus stop location Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. 12 Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. 13 Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages Review on completion of bus stop
1 Risk owners should manage any safety risks associated with bus stops under their control. This will be achieved by maintaining a register of all bus stops and applying a risk management process for all registered bus stops. Open All risk owners. Review annually or when new bus stops are added. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring the risks associated with all bus stops are appropriately managed. This involves the registration of all bus stops and a review of their safety on an ongoing basis. 2 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Open Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 3 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Open Person who determines bus stop location. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are located in accordance with appropriate standards. 4 Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 5 Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate
stop register. appropriate standards. 12 Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 13 Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. 14 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs and constructs roads. Review against appropriate design criteria. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 15 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 16 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who determines bus stop location. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are located in accordance with appropriate standards. 17 Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops Review on completion of bus stop modification. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in
or engages someone to do so. Add to bus stop register accordance with appropriate standards. 18 Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. 19 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs and constructs roads. Review against appropriate design criteria. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 20 Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs and constructs roads. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 21 Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 22 Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. 23 Driver training ensures that drivers are aware of appropriate signalling when entering and departing bus Ongoing Bus operator. Review training adequacy This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring drivers are
stops. annually or in response to incident. appropriately trained and incident data is monitored for potential failures. 24 Driver training ensures that drivers are aware of appropriate signalling when entering and departing bus stops. Ongoing Bus operator. Review training adequacy annually or in response to incident. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring drivers are appropriately trained and incident data is monitored for potential failures. 25 Buses are fitted with lights and signs that meet the requirements specified in clauses 115, 116 and 117 of Schedule 2 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009. Ongoing Bus operator. Reviewed in accordance with MMS. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by applying an industry/regulatory code and ensuring the engineering treatments introduced by the code are available at all appropriate times. The adequacy of the regulatory standard is supported by incident date which shows no people have been struck by other vehicles when boarding or disembarking from my buses. The maintenance regime ensures that buses are not used to provide a school bus service unless the complying lights and signs are serviceable and operating. Ongoing Bus operator. Reviewed in accordance with MMS. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring drivers are appropriately trained and incident data is monitored for potential failures. The following tables have been reproduced below to assist readers to contain them in one consolidated place when developing a risk register, a sample of which is contained on the next pages. Consequence ratings matrix
Sample risk register Item Risk source Event Risk causes C L R Risk treatment methods Current status Risk owner Completion or review date Comments/SFAIRP summary blank Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 9 Step 9 Step 10 1 Operational environment An adverse event occurs at a bus stop. Bus stop risk owners are not managing the risks to safety posed by bus stops. 4 3 H Risk owners should manage any safety risks associated with bus stops under their control. This will be achieved by maintaining a register of all bus stops and applying a risk management process for all registered bus stops. Open Risk manager. Review annually or when new bus stops are added. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring the risks associated with all bus stops are appropriately managed. This involves the registration of all bus stops and a review of their safety on an ongoing basis. 2 Operational environment A person is struck by a bus before boarding or after disembarking a bus at a bus stop. The bus stop is designed or constructed so that it is difficult for bus drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 1 M Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Open Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 3 The bus stop is so located that it is difficult for bus drivers to see people at the bus stop or in 4 2 H Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Open Person who determines bus stop location. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are located
its vicinity. stop register. in accordance with appropriate standards. 4 Modifications made to the bus stop make it difficult for bus drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 1 M Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 5 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop makes it difficult for bus drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 1 M Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. Item Risk source Event Risk causes C L R Risk treatment methods Current status Risk owner Completion or review date Comments/SFAIRP summary blank Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 9 Step 9 Step 10
6 Operational environment A person is struck by another vehicle before boarding or after disembarking a bus at a bus stop. The bus stop is designed or constructed so that it is difficult for other vehicle drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 1 M Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 7 The bus stop is so located that it is difficult for other vehicle drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 2 H Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria Ongoing Person who determines bus stop location. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are located in accordance with appropriate standards. 8 Modifications made to the bus stop make it difficult for other vehicle drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 1 M Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards.
9 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop makes it difficult for other vehicle drivers to see people at the bus stop or in its vicinity. 4 1 M Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. 10 Operational environment A bus is struck by another vehicle as it approaches a bus stop. The bus stop is designed or constructed so that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 L Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. Item Risk source Event Risk causes C L R Risk treatment methods Current status Risk owner Completion or review date Comments/SFAIRP summary Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 9 Step 9 Step 10 11 The bus stop is so located that it is difficult for other road 3 2 M Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate Ongoing Person who determines bus stop Review on completion of bus stop This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus
users to identify the presence of a bus stop. design/construction criteria. location. construction. Add to bus stop register. stops are located in accordance with appropriate standards. 12 Modifications made to the bus stop make it difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 M Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 13 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop makes it difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 M Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. 14 Road characteristics or infrastructure make it difficult for other 3 2 L Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate Ongoing Person who designs and constructs Review against appropriate This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus
vehicle drivers to identify that a bus is planning to stop at a bus stop. design/construction criteria. roads. design criteria. Add to bus stop register. stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 15 Operational environment A bus is struck by another vehicle as it departs from a bus stop. The bus stop is designed or constructed so that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 M Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs or constructs bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. Item Risk source Event Risk causes C L R Risk treatment methods Current status Risk owner Completion or review date Comments/SFAIRP summary Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 9 Step 9 Step 10 16 The bus stop is so located that it is difficult for other road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 2 M Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who determines bus stop location. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are located in accordance with appropriate
standards. 17 Modifications made to the bus stop make it difficult for road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 M Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 18 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop makes it difficult for road users to identify the presence of a bus stop. 3 1 L Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate standards. 19 Road characteristics or infrastructure make it difficult for other vehicle drivers to identify that a bus is planning to depart 3 2 M Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs and constructs roads. Review against appropriate design criteria. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate
from a bus stop. standards. 20 Mechanical environment A person is injured by bus stop infrastructure. The design or construction of the bus stop is not safe. 2 1 L Ensure bus stops comply with appropriate design/construction criteria. Ongoing Person who designs and constructs roads. Review on completion of bus stop construction. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are designed in accordance with appropriate standards. 21 Modifications made to the bus stop render it unsafe. 2 2 M Modifications to bus stops are made in accordance with applicable standards or criteria. Ongoing Person who modifies bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop modification. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are modified in accordance with appropriate standards. 22 Maintenance carried out on the bus stop renders it unsafe. 2 2 M Maintenance to bus stops is completed in accordance with applicable standards or acceptable practice. Ongoing Person who maintains bus stops or engages someone to do so. Review on completion of bus stop maintenance. Add to bus stop register. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring that bus stops are maintained in accordance with appropriate
standards. 23 Driver behaviour A bus is struck by another vehicle as it approaches a bus stop Drivers do not give sufficient warning of buses stopping at bus stops. 3 2 M Driver training ensures that drivers are aware of appropriate signalling when entering and departing bus stops. Ongoing Bus operator. Review training adequacy annually or in response to incident. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring drivers are appropriately trained and incident data is monitored for potential failures. 24 A bus is struck by another vehicle as it departs from a bus stop. Drivers do not give sufficient warning of buses departing from bus stops. 3 2 M Driver training ensures that drivers are aware of appropriate signalling when entering and departing bus stops. Ongoing Bus operator. Review training adequacy annually or in response to incident. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by ensuring drivers are appropriately trained and incident data is monitored for potential failures. 25 The maintenance regime ensures that buses are not used to provide a school bus service unless the Ongoing Bus operator. Reviewed in accordance with MMS. This risk has been reduced SFAIRP by applying an industry/regulatory code and ensuring the engineering