THE EVALUATION OF ROAD-RAIL CROSSING SAFETY WITH LIMITED ACCIDENT STATISTICS
At-grade road-rail crossings are considered to be a significant safety issue as they present a source of permanent danger of train-vehicle collisions. It is especially acute for countries where the basic railway structure was built fifty or more years ago, and as a result, a large amount of at-grade crossings exist. Focus on the problem has intensified lately owing to railway expansion and constant growth of road traffic. This situation is characteristic for Israel, and also for various East European and other developing countries. Ranking must be undertaken to identify those crossings that reasonably require grade-separation. An essential part of this ranking is the evaluation of crossing safety. A model provides for a safety evaluation of 210 crossing variants, both active presently, in the past, or possibly in the future.
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Authors:
- GITELMAN, V
- Hakkert, A S
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Conference:
- Proceedings of the Conference: Road Safety in Europe and Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP)
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Date: 1995-9-20 to 1995-9-22
- Publication Date: 1996-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 73-86
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Serial:
- VTI Conferens
- Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
- ISSN: 0347-6049
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Railroad grade crossings; Safety; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad grade crossing collisions
- Geographic Terms: Eastern Europe; Israel
- Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00723241
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: No. 4A, Part 2
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 8 1996 12:00AM