Statistical Terms Glossary

Any enterprise or transport operator responsible in particular for establishing and maintaining railway infrastructure, as well as for operating the control and safety systems.

A violation of the rights secured by a copyright.

A rather loosely defined expression which in general means, or ought to mean, a bias which is due to the nature of the situation and cannot, for example, be removed by increasing the sample size or choosing a different type of estimator.

Are those statutes and regulations affecting who is entitled to receive what from the estate of a deceased relative.

Formal education of individuals before their first entrance to the labour market, i.e. when they will normally be in full-time education. It thus targets individuals who are regarded as children, youth and young adults by the society to which they belong. It is typically provided by educational institutions in a continuous educational pathway.

The amount a buyer is requested to deposit with a broker before commencing trading.

A firm's first offering of stock to the public.

Refers to the number of people injured in road traffic accidents per million population.

The number of people injured in road traffic accidents per million population.

It is the injury that results in a handicap or a disability as a result of serious wounds and according to the nature of the accident whether collision overturning run over or other conditions

An accident involving at least one means of transport in motion, resulting in at least one killed or injured person. Accidents in workshops, warehouses and depots are excluded.

Inland fisheries are any activity conducted to extract fish and other aquatic organisms from inland waters, plus aquaculture.

Movement of goods and/or passengers to and from inland ports connected by water routes which may be made navigable by one or more lock structures.

Inland valleys are the upper reaches of river systems, in which alluvial sedimentation processes are completely or almost absent. Inland valleys comprise the whole valley cross-section, i.e. valley bottoms, which may be submerged for part of the year, their hydromorphic fringes, and the contiguous upland slopes and crests extending over the area that contributes runoff and seepage to the valley bottom.

A specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external event caused by, or in connection with, the operation of an IWT vessel which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent cause but with marked effect, resulting in any of the following:
- The death of, or serious injury to, a person;
- The loss of a person from the vessel;
- The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of the vessel;
- Material damage to the vessel;
- The stranding or disabling of the vessel, or its involvement in a collision;
- Material damage to the inland waterway infrastructure external to the vessel that could seriously endanger the safety of the vessel or another vessel or individuals;
- Severe damage to the environment, or the potential for severe damage to the environment, brought about by the damage of the IWT vessel.

National IWT performed by an IWT vessel registered in another country.

An event, or a sequence of events, occurring directly or in connection with the operation of an inland waterway vessel and resulting in any of the following:
- The death of, or serious injury to, a person;
- The loss of a person from the vessel;
- The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of the vessel;
- Material damage to the vessel;
- The stranding or disabling of the vessel, or its involvement in a collision;
- Material damage to the inland waterway infrastructure external to the vessel that could seriously endanger the safety of the vessel or another vessel or individuals;
- Severe damage to the environment, or the potential for severe damage to the environment, brought about by the damage of the IWT vessel.

Vessel fitted throughout with fixed or portable cell guides mainly for the carriage of containers by navigable inland waterways.

One or more non-powered IWT vessels which are towed or pushed by one or more powered IWT vessels.

Number of IWT vessels registered at a given date in a country and authorized to use inland waterways.

An occurrence or event being caused by, or in connection with, the operations of a IWT vessel by which the IWT vessel or any person is imperilled, or as a result of which serious damage to the IWT vessel or structure or the environment might occur.

The movement of an IWT vessel from a specified point of origin to a specified point of destination.

A passenger disembarking from an IWT vessel after having been conveyed by it.
Note: A transfer from one IWT vessel to another is regarded as disembarkation before re-embarkation.

A passenger who boards an IWT vessel to be conveyed by it.
Note: A transfer from one IWT vessel to another is regarded as embarkation after disembarkation.