Pedestrians very often cross the railway tracks in places not allowed for this purpose. It causes the activation of hazards related to life and health of people, but also to significant material losses. The risk treatment of these hazards requires a systematic, process-based approach They are adequately managed by risk management, to which all railway entities, including rail infrastructure managers, have been legally obliged. Unfortunately, in the methods used, there is a lack of procedures allowing to obtain the unified characteristics of areas subject to risk management, which would allow them to be compared with each other. As a result, it is difficult to conduct many risk management processes, such as risk treatment or using reference areas/systems during risk assessment. Thus, the purpose of this article is to provide a practical solution to the problem of a unified description of the places of unauthorised crossing the railway tracks, understood as the area of analysis in risk management. The goal of the article will be achieved by presenting an example of standardised description of such places. The description format proposed for places of unauthorised crossing of the railway tracks may contribute to the unification of standards of dealing with such places (applying the same risk reduction measures), which in turn should reduce the costs of such activities.
