Post-Incident Support is the care offered and given to railway or police staff following serious incidents such as sudden deaths, suicides or attempted suicides, fatal or non-fatal accidents, homicide or attempted homicide that may have a traumatic or disturbing effect on mental wellbeing of rail industry colleagues.

This report is based on numerical evidence that helps quantify the support given or offered to rail staff, but it should be pointed out that the numbers represent people, either as individuals or as groups, so it should be noted that there is a personal element to the data provided.