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The subway context is a risky environment. Hundreds of individual incidents occur every year in this environment, entailing a safety issue for subway companies and safety organisations. This review deals with individual incidents at the platform–train–tracks interface (PT2I) with a particular focus on accidents and precursor analysis and on preventive measures. 42 articles ranging from 1984 to 2018 were selected and analysed to understand this issue. Our results suggest that the existing literature provides a relatively comprehensive picture of the individual factors involved in accidents, but that there is a lack of knowledge on the impact of the socio-cultural environment, the equipment and surroundings, and the organizational factors. Concerning preventive measures, although 20 measures covering all levels and types of prevention are presented, only 7 have been evaluated. Research areas of particular interest are real-user behaviours, systemic approaches to behavioural determinants, and evaluation of preventive measures.
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The term accident will be used exclusively to describe events that led to unintentional injury or death. The term suicide is used when injuries or deaths are due to intentional events (excluding crimes); suicide attempts are included. The term incident will be used to cover all types of events (accidents, suicides, crimes).
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This study has been conducted as part of the project “Sécurité à l’IQTV” which was coordinated by the STRMTG (convention n° 18/001). The authors would like to thank all collaborators for their support during the development of this work.
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Poirier, C., Adelé, S. & Burkhardt, JM. Individual accidents at the interface between platform, train and tracks (PT2I) in the subway: a literature review. Cogn Tech Work 23, 203–224 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-020-00624-1
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