6 Jul 2026
The organisation responsible for tramway safety has delivered an estimated £33m in added value to the light rail sector, a new report has revealed.
At the same time, the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board has continued to grow and evolve in line with the needs of its stakeholders, including moving toward greater independence.
The move is just one of the milestones highlighted in the organisation’s latest annual report, its first since the launch of an ambitious three-year strategy in 2025.
Published last week, and now available to download here, the report also showcases a series of initiatives that have driven down the risk of accidents and other harmful incidents.
These include a national pedestrian campaign, further enhancements to the LRSSB’s Tramway Accident and Incident Reporting (TAIR) system, and the launch of a new online Skills Hub to help standardise training across the sector.
Alongside research into innovative new technologies and other collaborative projects with key stakeholders, this work has helped the wider sector reduce its overall collective risk by 27 per cent according to recent reviews of risk models which are also explored in the annual report.
“I would like to thank all our partners for their efforts over the past few years as we could not deliver such impressive results alone,” explained Carl Williams, LRSSB Chief Executive.
“Such progress in a relatively short space of time takes everyone invested in the sector to be fully behind our mission to prevent incidents and reduce harm,” he added.