RAILROAD/HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT: COLLISION OF A CROWN-TRYGG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TRUCK WITH AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN, ELMWOOD, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 19, 1973
At 9:10 a.m., c.s.t., on November 19, 1975, Amtrak turboliner passenger train No. 301 was struck by a loaded dump truck on a grade crossing in Elwood, Illinois. The crossing was unprotected and had limited sight clearance between the road and the track. Four cars of the five-car train were derailed and 41 persons were injured. The train was owned by Amtrak and was operated by an Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG) crew over the ICG track. The road was a county highway maintained by the Will County Highway Department. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the truckdriver to stop his vehicle short of the track until it was safe to proceed. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate sight clearance between the road and the track on the approach to the unprotected grade crossing.
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Corporate Authors:
National Transportation Safety Board
Office of Surface Transportation Safety
Washington, DC United States 20594 - Publication Date: 1976-5-12
Media Info
- Pagination: 26 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Derailments; Highways; Human factors; Injuries; Intersections; Motor carriers; Passenger trains; Passenger transportation; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Research; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Traffic safety; Trucks; Visibility; Visual perception
- Identifier Terms: Amtrak; Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
- Geographic Terms: Illinois
- Old TRIS Terms: Grade crossing accidents
- Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00143802
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB-RHR-76-2
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 17 1977 12:00AM