Detection of wheel flats

Recommendation status

Implemented

Investigation Branch

Rail R

Type of Accident

Accident

Issue date

12.11.1999

Recommendation ID

C2/1999R/S113

Recommendation

Utilization of wheel-flat detectors should be generalized, and more efficient wheel-flat auscultation should be practised at stations and possibly also elsewhere.

Investigation report

C2/1999R Freight train derailing at Jalasjärvi on February 19, 1999