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A Driving Simulator Evaluation of Driver Distraction and Traffic Control Device Comprehension for At-Grade Railroad Crossings
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2017-11-08
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TRIS Online Accession Number:01701608
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Edition:Year 25 Final Report
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Abstract:U.S. Federal statistics show a downward trend in the number of incidents at railway-highway at-grade crossings (herein referred to as grade crossings), yet the number of fatalities at these crossings remains appalling. A total of 2,075 railroad-highway grade crossing vehicle-train collisions occurred in 2015, resulting in 244 deaths and more than 1000 injuries (FRA Database, 2015 Statistics). The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) statistics show that close to 94 percent of these train-vehicle collisions can be attributed to driver behavior and poor judgement, and thus preventable (FRA RR 16-10, 2016). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that a motorist is almost 20 times more likely to die in a crash involving a train than in a collision involving another motor vehicle (NHTSA, 2012).
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