SIGHT DISTANCE ANALYSIS AT RAILWAY-HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS

The issue of sight distance at uncontrolled at-grade railway-highway intersections most definitely needs to be examined from the perspective of probability and severity of failure. Large dollar amounts of property value are lost in a locomotive and motor vehicle collision. More frequently, very serious injury or death result. It is therefore incumbent upon traffic engineers to professionally respond to the possibilities of locomotive-motor vehicle accidents. This article presents a procedure for reducing the probability of these accidents.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Basha, P E
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash severity; Crashes; Fatalities; Injuries; Probability; Railroad grade crossings; Safety; Sight distance; Traffic engineering; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Probabilistic analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399102
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 808
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1985 12:00AM