TRESPAD Conference

Trespass Awareness Day and Suicide Prevention

Trespass and suicides events on or near railway tracks affect the whole of the rail industry, with an adverse impact on safety, performance, reputation, costs and efficiency. The issue affects all parts of the business and society as a whole and is therefore something that we must tackle together.

Trespass Awareness Day (TRESPAD) is UIC’s second global initiative to raise awareness of the risks at and around railway tracks and property to prevent accidents, incidents and casualties.

Trespass and Suicide Prevention Conference to launch this third “TRESPAD” campaign aims to share with rail industry partners the key activities that current programmes are undertaking. Through this conference we will aim to identify what already exists, what else is needed, what individual organisations can do to help prevent trespass and suicides and how we can work much closer together on these issues.

The first edition was held in Denver, USA (June 9, 2022), organised by the International Union of Railways (UIC) with support from AAR, FRA, and OLI. The second took place in Warsaw, Poland (June 14, 2023), hosted by Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. (PKP) and the PKP Group Foundation. The third was in Buenos Aires, Argentina (June 5, 2024), followed by the 16th ILCAD on June 6, 2024. The fourth edition was in York, Great Britain (June 4, 2025), followed by the 17th ILCAD on June 5, 2025.

ILCAD and TRESPAD campaigns will be launched at two international conferences to exchange ideas and best practices on level crossing safety, trespass and suicide prevention.

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Call for papers

To be announced early 2026.

Registration to our 3-day-event

Access to our registration will be announced in early 2026.

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