Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part VI · Accidents, Inquiries and Investigations
148. Meaning of “accident”
Feedback & supportFor the purposes of sections 145, 146 and 147, “accident” means an accident attended by loss of human life or grievous hurt to any member of the public, railway passenger or person engaged in the working or driving of railway trains or by serious damage to goods carried on the railway or property or an accident of such a description as is usually attended by such loss, hurt or damage.
railway
“railway” means any kind of railway for the public carriage of passengers or goods or both, or any portion thereof, and includes— (a) all rails, beams, cables, sidings, or branches worked over for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway; (b) all rolling-stock used for the purposes of traffic; (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company; and (d) any guided system or guided system of a class prescribed to be a railway for purposes of this Act, but does not include— (A) the Penang Hill Railway; (B) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers within any amusement or recreational premises; and (C) such other railways as may be prescribed;