RAILROAD/HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT--CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION TRAIN COLLISION WITH ISLAND TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION TRUCK, ROOSEVELT AVENUE GRADE CROSSING NEAR LAFAYETTE STREET, CARTERET, NEW JERSEY, DECEMBER 6, 1988

This report explains the collision of a train and a truck at a grade crossing. The safety issues discussed are the truck driver's failure to stop, flagging protection, warning devices, operating rule compliance, toxicological testing, hazardous materials truck operations, and crossing maintenance.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Bureau of Accident Investigation, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1989-10-24

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compliance; Crashes; Drug tests; Flaggers; Hazardous materials; Maintenance; Negligence; Railroad grade crossings; Tankers; Traffic violations; Truck drivers; Warning devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Flagging
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493617
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/RHR-89/01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM