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Alstom Signaling Inc.

Robot types: Train control & signalling. Risk band: Low   RobotRisk index 5.3/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 11 of 12 among Rail suppliers companies with incidents (232 tracked).

Analyst brief

Alstom Signaling's record contains one entry: the June 2009 Fort Totten crash, a fatality event rated severity 5, traced in the record to a failed GRS/Alstom Signaling track circuit module. This is a single catastrophic event with no separate regulatory citation entry in the data. Alstom Signaling Inc.'s index of 5.4 ranks 11 of 12 companies in Rail suppliers with incident history. No pattern or trajectory is established beyond this single dated event.

Risk index

5.3/100RobotRisk index
14.9/100Median index across the 12 Rail suppliers companies with incident history (232 tracked, 220 with none)
11 of 12Rank in Rail suppliers (of 12 with incident history)
LowRisk band

Products and robot types

Industries: Rail suppliers · Sectors: Rail Transportation

Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.

Robot typeShare of company riskRank within type
Train control & signalling100%8 of 9

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
fatality1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S522 Jun 2009 fatality Washington, DC, USAFort Totten crash traced to failed GRS/Alstom Signaling track circuit module · 1 failed track circuit module / systemwide ATC design NTSB
S5 22 Jun 2009 · fatality · Fort Totten crash traced to failed GRS/Alstom Signaling track circuit module
Washington, DC, USA1 supporting source rowhigh confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S522 Jun 2009Fort Totten crash traced to failed GRS/Alstom Signaling track circuit moduleNTSB

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