BEWARE OF THE TRAIN. COLLISIONS BETWEEN ROAD AND RAILWAY VEHICLES

VARNING FOER TAAG. KOLLISIONER MELLAN VAEG-OCH JERNVAEGSFORDON

In a year there are about 60 level crossing collisions involving personal injuries. The mortality among the road users is at least seven times higher than in other road accidents with personal injuries. A purpose of the investigation was to get useful knowledge of how and why the collisions occur. Other purposes were to form a better basis of evaluating safety promotion measures for level crossings. The factors investigated were traffic flows in open and guarded level crossings with light and aural signals, sight distances at open level crossings with crossed marker posts, the administration of justice after collisions and how the state subsidy for level crossing traffic safety measures is used. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Umeaa University, Sweden

  Hygieniska Institutionen
  Umeaa,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • THORSON, J
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 64 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Courts; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash risk forecasting; Crashes; Fatalities; Grade crossing protection systems; Motor vehicles; Prevention; Railroad cars; Railroad grade crossings; Railroads; Risk assessment; Safety; Subsidies; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Visibility; Warning systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing protection; Railway
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1631: Collision; 1602: Fatality; 452: Level crossing; 565: Traffic signal; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159472
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monog Rpt.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM