RAILROAD/HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT - COLLISION OF A CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY FREIGHT TRAIN WITH AN AUTOMOBILE, DES MOINES, IOWA, JULY 1, 1976

On July 1, 1976, near Des Moines, Iowa, a westbound Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company freight train struck an automobile that had slowed but did not stop for the flashing signal lights at a grade crossing. All five persons in the automobile were killed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the automobile driver to stop short of the railroad track in response to the flashing signal lights and her failure to determine if it was safe to cross the track.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  Bureau of Accident Investigation, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Publication Date: 1977-11-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fatalities; Freight cars; Freight trains; Grade crossing protection systems; Highways; Human factors; Intersections; Railroad grade crossings; Railroads; Signal lights; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Warning systems
• Identifier Terms: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing accidents; Grade crossing protection
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00175673
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-RHR-77-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM