Statistical Terms Glossary

A sea journey involving the movement of cargo, between a place of loading or embarkation and a port of unloading or disembarkation.

Part of the road intended for the movement of road motor vehicles; the parts of the road which form a shoulder for the lower or upper layers of the road surface are not part of the roadway, nor are those parts of the road intended for the circulation of road vehicles which are not self-propelled or for the parking of vehicles even if, in case of danger, they may occasionally be used for the passage of motor vehicles.

Maximum authorised weight of goods, expressed in tonnes, which a vessel may carry.

Maximum tonnage of products that the oil pipeline may move during the given period.

The number of seats and berths and the number of authorized standing places available in a passenger vehicle when performing the service for which it is intended.

The carrying capacity of wagon is the maximum authorized weight it can carry.

A person killed or injured as a result of an accident, excluding attempted suicide.

Ship consisting of two hulls connected with a deck

Goods in transport may be classified according to type.

The categories of goods carried by rail are those defined by the NST/R nomenclature (Standard Goods Nomenclature for Transport Statistics/revised - EUROSTAT) or CSTE nomenclature (Commodity Classification for Transport Statistics in Europe - UN/ECE).

The categories of goods carried by sea are those defined by the NST/R (Standard Goods Nomenclature for Transport Statistics/revised - EUROSTAT) or CSTE (UN-ECE Commodity Classification for Transport Statistics in Europe) nomenclatures.

The categories of navigable inland waterways are defined with reference to international classification systems such as those drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe or by the European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

-        Passengers;
-        Crew members;
-        Other persons who are neither passengers nor crew members.

-        Rail passengers: persons who make a trip by railway, excluding members of the train crew and including passengers trying to embark/disembark onto/from a moving train;
-        Employees: persons whose employment is in connection with a railway and are at work on duty at the time of the accident; this includes the crew of the train and persons handling rolling stock and infrastructure installations; staff of contractors and self-employed contractors are also included;
-        Level-crossing users: persons using a level-crossing to cross the railway line by any mean of transportation or by foot;
-        Trespassers: unauthorized persons present on railway premises, with the exception of level-crossing users.

Rail passenger: Any person, excluding members of the train crew, who makes a trip by rail. For accident statistics, passengers trying to embark/disembark onto/from a moving train are included :Employees (staff of contractors and self-employed contractors are included)-: Any person whose employment is in connection with a railway and is at work on duty at the time of the accident. It includes the crew of the train and persons handling rolling stock and infrastructure installations Level crossing users-: Persons using a level crossing to cross the railway line by any mean of transportation or by foot Unauthorized persons on railway premises-: Any persons present in railway premises where such presence is forbidden, with the exception of level crossing users.

Classification of the road network according to:
a) administration responsible for its construction, maintenance and/or operation;
b) according to design standards or,
c) according to the users allowed to have access on the road.

Actions, omissions, events, existing or pre-existing conditions or a combination thereof, which led to a marine casualty or incident.

Actions, omissions, events, existing or pre-existing conditions or a combination thereof, which led to an IWT casualty or incident.

-        Conventional check-in: facility where airline staff handle ticket processing, luggage labelling, including fast bag drops, and issuance of boarding cards directly;
-        Self-service check-in: kiosks providing self-service check-in, automatic ticket processing, boarding cards issuance and, in some cases, luggage label printing.

A conventional check-in facility where airline staff handle ticket processing, luggage labelling, including fast bag drops, and issue of boarding cards directly. Self service check-in kiosks; A kiosk providing check-in facilities and offering automatic ticket processing, boarding cards and, in some cases, luggage label printing.

Two cities between which travel is authorized by a passenger ticket or part of a ticket or between which freight and mail shipments are made in accordance with a shipment document or a part of it (air waybill or mail delivery bill).

An enterprise which sets standards of design and construction of vessels and the maintenance of those standards throughout the life of the vessel by survey to secure, for the benefit of the community, high technical standards of design, manufacture, construction, maintenance, operation, and performance, for the purpose of enhancing the safety of life and property at sea.

Passenger railway vehicle other than a railcar or a railcar trailer.

The use of one operator’s flight numbers for services/flights provided by other operators.

Front to front or front to end impacts between two trains or a (side) impact between one train and part of another train not clear of the loading gauge, or a train impacting with: (a)Shunting movements; (b) Fixed objects such as buff er stops or; (c)Objects temporarily present at or near the track (except at level crossings), such as rocks, landslides, trees, lost parts of railway vehicles, road vehicles and machines or equipment for track maintenance.

It is a car collision with another anything with another and through it a traffic accident is generated

Intermodal transport of goods where the major part of the journey is by rail, inland waterway or sea and any initial and/or final leg carried out by road is as short as possible.

An air transport flight performed for the public transport of passengers and/or freight and mail, for remuneration and for hire.

An air transport flight or series of flights for the public transport of passengers and/or freight and mail, for remuneration or for hire.

Any movement of goods and/or passengers on a commercial aircraft movement.