HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING ACCIDENT/INCIDENT AND INVENTORY BULLETIN NO. 18 CALENDAR YEAR 1995 W4444444444444444444 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of the information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use. This document only reflects data information. Information is viewed in summaries and tables. No graphics are depicted in this document. Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety, RRS-22 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION INTRODUCTION .......................................... RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCEDURE CONSTANTS ........... TABLE-S. Summary of Highway-Rail Crossing Accident Statistics for the Nation .............. HISTORICAL ACCIDENT TRENDS - DATA ....................... TABLE 1. Summary of Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings ........... TABLE 2. Summary of Accidents/Incidents and Accident Rates at Highway-Rail Crossings Involving Motor Vehicles ..................... CURRENT YEAR ACCIDENT DATA AT PUBLIC CROSSINGS ONLY ............................... TABLE 3. Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by State .......................... TABLE 4. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by State .......................... TABLE 5. Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail by Type of Motor Vehicle ....................... TABLE 6. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by type of Consist .................. TABLE 7. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Warning Device by Railroad ....... TABLE 7A. Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail by Railroad ............................... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION TABLE 8. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Warning Device by State .......... TABLE 9. Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Highway User ................... TABLE 10. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Circumstance ................... TABLE 11. Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Type of Vehicle and Number of Occupants .... TABLE 12. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Type of Vehicle, Circumstance And Visibility .............................. TABLE 13. Casualties at Highway Crossings by Type of Person Involved, Highway User, and Circumstance .............................. TABLE 14. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Speed of Vehicle, Circumstance, and Visibility ............ TABLE 15. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Position and Type of Vehicle ............................ TABLE 16. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Speed of Train, Circumstance, and Visibility ........... TABLE 17. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Railroad Equipment Involved, Part of Train Struck, Circumstance and Visibility .............................. TABLE 18. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Train Speed and Type of Train ..... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont. SECTION TABLE 19. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Number of Cars in Train and Type of Train .................... TABLE 20. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Length of Consists and Visibility ....................... TABLE 21. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Type and Class of Track .......................... TABLE 22. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Warning Device and Motorist Action ................... TABLE 23. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Operational Status of Warning Device, Circumstance, and Visibility .................................. TABLE 24. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings During Dusk and Dark Hours by Illumination of Crossing and Circumstance .............................. TABLE 25. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Location and Type of Warning Device, Circumstance and Visibility .............................. TABLE 26. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Visibility and Circumstance .............................. TABLE 27. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Visibility and Circumstance ........ v TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont. SECTION TABLE 28. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Time of Day and Circumstance .......................... TABLE 29. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Highway-Rail Crossings by Month and Circumstance .............................. TABLE 30. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Weather Conditions, Circumstance and Visibility ................... TABLE 31. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Obstruction of Motorist View, Circumstance and Visibility .............. TABLE 32. MV Accidents/Incidents at Highway-Rail Crossings by Motorist Action and Type of Vehicle ................................ HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING INVENTORY DATA ............................................... TABLE 33. Total Public and Private Crossings by State and Type ............................ TABLE 34. Total Public and Private Crossings by Railroad and Type .......................... TABLE 35. Total Crossings by State and Location: Urban or Rural ............................. TABLE 36. Total Crossings by Number of Main and Other Tracks .............................. TABLE 37. Total Crossings by Number of Tracks and Warning Device Category .................... vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont. SECTION TABLE 38. Total Crossings by Number of Tracks and Traffic Lanes ........................... TABLE 39. Total Crossings by Number of Tracks and State .................................... TABLE 40. Total Crossings by Type of Highway System and State ........................... TABLE 41. Total Crossings by Highway System Group and State ........................... TABLE 42. Total Crossings by Functional Classification of Road at Highway-Rail Crossings ............. TABLE 43. Total Crossings by Number of Traffic Lanes and State ............................ TABLE 44. Total Crossings by Number of Traffic Lanes and Warning Device Category ........... TABLE 45. Total Crossings by Warning Device Category and State ......................... TABLE 46. Total Crossings by Warning Device Category and Railroad . TABLE 47. Total Crossings by Pavement Markings and State ................................. TABLE 48. Total Crossings by Railroad Advance Warning and State .......................... TABLE 49. Total Crossings Meeting the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices’ Standard for Crossbucks by State .............. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont. SECTION TABLE 50. Total Crossings by Total Number of Trains Per Day ............................. TABLE 51. Total Crossings by Number of Thru Trains and Switching Trains Per Day ........... TABLE 52. Total Crossings by Number of Day and Night Trains Per Day ........................ TABLE 53. Total Crossings by Number of Trains Per Day and Warning Device Category ............. TABLE 54. Total Crossings by Number of Trains Per Day and Annual Average Daily Traffic .............. TABLE 55. Total Crossings by Maximum Timetable Speed ................................... TABLE 56. Total Crossings by Typical Train Speed Variation ............................ TABLE 57. Total Crossings by Annual Average Daily Traffic ............................... TABLE 58. Total Crossings by Annual Average Daily Traffic and Warning Device Category ................................. TABLE 59. Total Crossings by Truck Traffic as a Percentage of Annual Average Daily Traffic ............................... TABLE 60. Total Crossings by Crossing Surface ............ TABLE 61. Total Crossings by Maximum Timetable Speed, Warning Device Category and Number of Tracks .......................... viii TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont. SECTION SUMMARY OF ACCIDENT/INCIDENT AND INVENTORY DATA FOR PRIVATE CROSSINGS ................. TABLE 62. MV Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Type of Consist ................................. TABLE 63. MV Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by State and Warning Device ........................ TABLE 64. Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Highway User ................... TABLE 65. MV Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Warning Device Category and Motorist Action ........... TABLE 66. MV Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Warning Device Category and Motorist Action ........... TABLE 67. MV Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Railroad and Warning Device Category ................ TABLE 68. Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Railroad ...... TABLE 69. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Speed of Consist ........................... TABLE 70. MV Accidents/Incidents and Casualties at Private Highway-Rail Crossings by Length of Consist ................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS Cont. SECTION TABLE 71. MV Accidents/Incidents at Private Highway- Rail Crossings by Operational Status of Warning Device, Circumstance and Visibility .................................. TABLE 72. Private Crossings At-Grade by State and Type Development .......................... TABLE