Rail Trespasser Fatalities: Demographic and Behavioral Profiles
In an effort to more accurately identify the types of persons who trespass on railroad rights-of-way, and ultimately reduce the number of trespassing events, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) contracted with North American Management Company (NAM) to conduct a demographic and market analysis of decedents in railroad-trespasser incidents. Following is a detailed report of this project. The major objective of this study is to provide policymakers and other groups with information that will enable them to more directly target individuals who are most at risk of being struck by trains while trespassing on rail rights-of-way. This is accomplished by generating demographic profiles of decedents and generalizing them to the national population. The differences between the decedents and the U.S. population suggest ways in which those who are most at risk of being involved in railroad-trespasser incidents may be effectively targeted by outreach efforts. This study is a followup to prior research that used data from 2002 through 2004 and was presented to FRA in 2008 by Cadle Creek Consulting titled, “Rail Trespasser Fatalities, Developing Demographic Profiles” (2008 Report). Results from the current study are largely consistent with results from the 2008 Report, with some key differences.
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Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 2013-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Tables;
- Pagination: 64p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Demographics; Fatalities; Policy making; Railroads; Risk taking; Trespassers
- Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01488658
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 1 2013 9:11AM