Applying Safety Treatments to Rail-Highway At-grade Crossings

Cooper, Douglas L.; Ragland, David R.; University of California, Berkeley. Safe Transportation Research and Education Center

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Applying Safety Treatments to Rail-Highway At-grade Crossings

2012-05-23
By Cooper, Douglas L. ; Ragland, David R.

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Cooper, Douglas L. ; Ragland, David R.

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University of California, Berkeley. Safe Transportation Research and Education Center
Corporate Contributors:

California. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Research and Innovation
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At-grade Crossings At Grade Intersections Highway Rail Railroad Facilities Railroad Grade Crossings Railroad Safety Safety
Publication/ Report Number:

CA13-1732
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

California
Edition:

Final report; 7/21/2009-2/29/2012.
Corporate Publisher:

University of California, Berkeley. Safe Transportation Research and Education Center
Abstract:

The best solution to rail crossing crashes is to remove the need for the driver to engage in a potentially faulty decision-making process by

making it impossible, or at least very difficult, for the driver to bypass lowered gates. Two methods, median separators and long-arm gates,

have been deployed in many locations and shown to prevent deaths and injuries while remaining economically feasible. Any comprehensive

safety program must begin by first identifying crossings where the risk of collision is unacceptably high, and where safety countermeasures are

most warranted. Since this process is highly dependent on the accuracy of our state’s inventory database, bringing it up to date and putting it

into a readily accessible format should be the top priority for all involved in California rail.
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