Rail Highway Crossing Accident Causation Study: Volume 1. Executive Summary.

Details

• Creators:
  Knoblauch, Karl ; Hucke, Wayne ; Berg, William D.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research
• Contributors:
  Coleman, Janet A.
• Corporate Contributors:
  IOCS
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad grade crossings
  • Crash analysis
  • Flashing traffic signals
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-RD-81-082
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Contracting Officer:
  Coleman, Janet
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This volume synopsizes the investigation of contributing factors of accidents at crossings with flashing light and crossbuck warning devices. The data sources utilized, accident site investigation and methodology for the accident analysis are briefly discussed. Accident type event sequences and their contributing factors are presented. For each accident, the accident type was determined based on the event sequence which led to the accident. Then an evaluation was made regarding those contributing factors which, based on the event sequence, were judged to have contributed to the accident. Possible countermeasures, grouped by education, enforcement and engineering, are analyzed and discussed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-FH-11-9682
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41883/dot_41883_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 887.65 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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