RAILROAD/HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT--COLLISION OF AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NO. 301 ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD WITH MMS TERMINALS, INC., DELIVERY TRUCK, WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS, JULY 28, 1983
About 9:48 a.m., c.d.t., on July 28, 1983, Amtrak train No. 301, operating on the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, collided with a Marquette Motor Service Terminals, Inc., delivery truck at the New River Road railroad/highway grade crossing about 1 mile north of Wilmington, Illinois. The locomotive unit and all three cars of the train were derailed, and the truck and its lading were destroyed. Two train crewmembers, the truckdriver, and 18 train passengers were injured. Total damage was estimated to be $584,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the truckdriver for undetermined reasons to perceive the crossbuck warning signs, the flashing light signals, the approaching train, or the whistle of the approaching train and to stop his vehicle short of the tracks at the railroad/highway grade crossing.
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Corporate Authors:
National Transportation Safety Board
Bureau of Accident Investigation, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20594 - Publication Date: 1984-10-16
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures;
- Pagination: 28 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Crash investigation; Crash reports; Derailments; Drivers; Flashing traffic signals; Grade crossing protection systems; Passenger trains; Perception; Railroad grade crossings; Traffic crashes; Warning devices; Warning signs
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Grade crossing accidents
- Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00399378
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/RHR-84/02, HS-038 356
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 30 1985 12:00AM