“Near Miss” is the Wrong Term
Quoted in What Went Wrong?
I deplore the phrase “Near Miss”, because it has such happy-go-lucky connotations. A near miss is an accident that, solely by chance, did not happen. Near Hit is better… For every 400 near-hits, there is a fatal or serious injury. Railways must find a way of capturing this information, and turning it into part of the learning process. If you cover up a near hit (which is so easy) the elephant trap stays in place waiting for next time.
—Neil Howard
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