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ATTACHMENT 4A April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Safety and Security Division Quarterly Report For the Period April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 (Q4 of FY 2018) April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Contents FY 2018 Annual Safety and Security Summary .......................................... 3 Safety and Security Performance Metrics ................................................... 5 Preventable Accidents ................................................................................ 6 Non-Preventable Accidents ........................................................................ 7 Rail Accidents ............................................................................................. 8 BREEZE Accidents by Category ............................................................... 10 San Diego Subdivision Overview .............................................................. 12 Escondido Subdivision Overview .............................................................. 15 Part 1 Crimes ............................................................................................ 18 Law Enforcement Activities April – June 2018 .......................................... 19 Assaults .................................................................................................... 20 Fare Validation .......................................................................................... 21 Page 2 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 FY2018 Annual Safety and Security Summary For FY2018, NCTD had no preventable accidents on COASTER or SPRINTER, and experienced an increase in preventable accidents for BREEZE, LIFT and FLEX. This resulted in an increase in preventable accidents per million miles (PMM) from 8.47 in FY2017 to 10.06 in FY2018. In FY2018, there was a decrease in the number of train incidents and an increase in fatal trespasser strikes. The number of incidents decreased from 26 to 21 between FY2017 to FY2018, and the number of fatal strikes increased from 14 to15. For near-miss and trespassing reports on the San Diego Subdivision, NCTD experienced an increase from FY2017 to FY2018 for near-misses from 42 to 71. Trespasser reports also increased from 688 in FY2017 to 725 in FY2018. For near-miss and trespassing reports on the Escondido Subdivision, NCTD experienced an increase from FY2017 to FY2018 for near-misses from 72 to 170. NCTD observed a decrease of trespasser reports from 280 in FY2017 to 270 in FY2018. There were 14 safety rule violations in FY2018 compared to 13 events in FY2017. Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) violations decreased from 7 violations in FY2017 to 1 violation in FY2018. For regulatory inspections, NCTD received 32 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) inspections, 36 California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) inspections, 3 California Highway Patrol (CHP) inspections, and 1 Oceanside Fire Department inspection. These inspections resulted in 24 FRA defects, 46 CPUC defects and 4 CHP defects. Two violations were recommended from the FRA. For annual security trending, NCTD experienced an increase in Part 1 crimes from 34 in FY2017 to 45 in FY2018. NCTD believes that the increase is due to the increased presence of law enforcement at Oceanside Transit Center (OTC) and Escondido Transit Center (ETC) due to the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) that NCTD has with the Oceanside Police Department (OPD) and Escondido Police Department (EPD), respectively. Additionally, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department added two additional deputies to support NCTD operations bringing the total number to 9 (7 deputies, 1 sergeant, and 1 administrative assistant). The Operations Control Center (OCC) at the SPRINTER Operations Facility (SOF) at Escondido completed a remodel in the summer 2018. This remodel provided the following enhancements: • Rail and Bus dispatchers are now side by side for improved communications across modes • Improved space utilization added 2 workstations for future Positive Train Control (PTC) and Customer Service positions • Addition of 5 large screen monitors for improved team collaboration between OCC staff members during disruptions and incidents Page 3 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 • Addition of CCTV monitors for BREEZE Dispatcher • Revamp of electrical and data connections for improved efficiency Photographs below show additional details for the OCC remodel. Figure 1 – OCC prior to remodel Figure 2 – OCC after remodel Page 4 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Safety and Security Performance Metrics For the reporting period, preventable accidents were up for LIFT/FLEX and down for BREEZE, while non-preventable accidents are up for BREEZE and COASTER and down for LIFT/FLEX. SPRINTER remained at zero for three consecutive quarters. Rail accidents saw an increasing trend for COASTER and Amtrak, and zero for SPRINTER, BNSF and Metrolink. Rail near miss incidents were up for COASTER, down for SPRINTER, and a decreasing trend for Amtrak. There were 24 near-miss incidents in the San Diego Subdivision, an increase from the previous quarter. Twenty-three (23) of the near-misses were due to trespassers and 1 was due to a bicycle. There were 4 reports on the Del Mar Bluffs, 4 at Leucadia Blvd., 2 at Surfrider Way, and all other reports were single events at various locations. In the Escondido Subdivision, there was a decreasing trend in near-miss events with 20 trespasser, 16 vehicle, and 5 bicycle near-miss events. Eight locations had more than one near-miss event, Rancheros Dr. (10) and two (2) each at Hale Ave., Reidy Creek Bike Path, Main St., College Blvd., Crouch St., Commerce Drive and Wisconsin Ave. There was a decreasing trend in Part 1 crimes for the quarter, from 13 to 5 events on NCTD property. There was a total of 13 assaults for the quarter, with 2 of them being vehicle operator assaults and 11 being passenger versus passenger. ACCIDENTS (ACROSS ALL MODES) - QUARTERLY TREND PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS NON-PREVENTABLE BREEZE Trending Down Trending Up LIFT/FLEX Trending Up Trending Down SPRINTER Positive (Zero) Positive (Zero) COASTER Positive (Zero) Trending Up RAIL ACCIDENTS/NEAR MISSES - QUARTERLY TREND RAIL ACCIDENTS RAIL NEAR MISSES COASTER Trending Up (0-3) Trending Up (13-24) SPRINTER Positive (Zero) Trending Down (49-41) BNSF Positive (Zero) Positive (Zero) METROLINK Positive (Zero) Positive (Zero) AMTRAK Trending Up (4-7) Trending Down SECURITY - QUARTERLY TREND Q4FY2018 Part 1 Crimes Trending Down (13-5) Assaults - Operator Trending Down (4-2) Assaults - Other No Change (11-11) Page 5 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Preventable Accidents A preventable accident is one in which the bus driver or train operator could have done something to prevent or avoid the accident regardless of fault, even if the investigation places fault on the other driver. NCTD Preventable Accidents 0 SPRINTER 0 0 0 COASTER 0 0 2 BREEZE 3 4 5 LIFT/FLEX 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LIFT/FLEX BREEZE COASTER SPRINTER April 5 2 0 0 May 1 3 0 0 June 1 4 0 0 April May June Page 6 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Non-Preventable Accidents A non-preventable accident is one that could have not been avoided no matter what actions were taken. These numbers reflect a monthly comparison of non-preventable accidents on all NCTD transit modes for the previous quarter of the fiscal year. NCTD Non-Preventable Accidents 0 SPRINTER 0 0 0 COASTER 1 2 14 BREEZE 17 10 1 LIFT/FLEX 2 0 0 5 10 15 LIFT/FLEX BREEZE COASTER SPRINTER April 1 14 0 0 May 2 17 1 0 June 0 10 2 0 April May June Page 7 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Rail Accidents Rail accidents that include collisions, derailments, injury, or death. The incidents listed in the chart below reflect the previous quarter of the fiscal year. ➢ On April 8, 2018 at 09:55, Amtrak reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 244.1, Coast Blvd. in Del Mar. ➢ On April 24, 2018 at 19:46, Amtrak reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 225.94, Surfrider Way in Oceanside. ➢ On May 5, 2018 at 15:22, Amtrak reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 249.8 in San Diego. ➢ On May 10, 2018 at 00:21, Amtrak reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 238.0 in Encinitas. ➢ On May 15, 2018 at 00:47, Amtrak reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 237.97, E. Street in Encinitas. ➢ On May 23, 2018 at 18:52, COASTER reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 225.94, Surfrider Way in Oceanside. ➢ On June 1, 2018 at 00:59, Amtrak reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 265.3 in San Diego. ➢ On June 4, 2018 at 19:15, COASTER reported a fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 241.5 in Solana Beach. ➢ On June 20, 2018 at 07:39, COASTER reported a non-fatal Trespasser strike at Mile Post 265.55, Washington St. in San Diego. ➢ On June 23, 2018 at 01:20, Amtrak reported a non-fatal injury at Mile Post 253.7 in San Diego. Page 8 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 Rail Accidents 0 Pacific Sun 0 0 0 BNSF 0 0 0 Metrolink 0 0 2 Amtrak 3 2 0 SPRINTER 0 0 0 COASTER 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 COASTER SPRINTER Amtrak Metrolink BNSF Pacific Sun April 0 0 2 0 0 0 May 1 0 3 0 0 0 June 2 0 2 0 0 0 April May June Page 9 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 BREEZE Accidents by Category 0 Bus vs. Bus 0 1 3 Bus vs Object 3 5 1 Bus vs. Vehicle 1 0 12 Vehicle vs. Bus 16 8 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Vehicle vs. Bus Bus vs. Vehicle Bus vs Object Bus vs. Bus April 12 1 3 0 May 16 1 3 0 June 8 0 5 1 April May June Page 10 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 LIFT/FLEX Accidents By Category 5 Bus vs. Object 2 0 0 Bus vs. Vehicle 0 1 0 Bus vs. Bus 0 0 1 Vehicle vs. Bus 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vehicle vs. Bus Bus vs. Bus Bus vs. Vehicle Bus vs. Object April 1 0 0 5 May 1 0 0 2 June 0 0 1 0 April May June Page 11 of 21 April 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018 San Diego Subdivision Overview A “near-miss” is any incident on the railroad right-of-way that causes the train operator/engineer to take an action, outside of the normal operation of a train, to avoid or mitigate a collision with a trespasser or vehicle.