Demographic profile of intentional fatalities on railroad rights-of-way in the United States.

Details

• Creators:
  Gabree, Scott ; Chase, Stephanie ; Martino, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Right of way (Land)
  • Railroads
  • Demographics
  • Trespassers
  • Fatalities
  • Suicide
  • Railroad safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RR 13-36
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  One of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) primary safety concerns is trespassing on railway rights-of-way. Some trespasser events end as fatalities which can be intentional or unintentional. This project reviews available trespasser data to establish a baseline estimate of intentional trespasser fatalities that occur on railroad rights-of-way and to obtain a basic demographic profile of the individuals involved. This project was especially valuable since at the time of data collection, railroads were not required to report trespasser fatalities and FRA did not collect trespasser incidents on railway rights-of-way that resulted in an intentional death.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26352/dot_26352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 293.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9dfed762bea7eb7ae5960edac33ca4ddff2634e49a85ca50a365aa71dbca972442191b1f391d29dafdf83d3e936926021139e3bc3d78dcb9381b9c8b910375e8