To control signs of vital accident for accident prevention, analysis of incident which is a pre-stage of accident, is currently in focus in various fields. In the railway field as well, it is one of the subjects at the airline-railway accident inquire board which was newly opened this autumn.
From the standpoint of effective and efficient safety management of railway transport, this paper describes the definition of incidents, method of incident analysis, current situation of this issue in various fields, and possibility of incident analysis and problems etc. in railways.

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