| Title | Effectiveness of Flashing Lights and Flashing Lights with Gates in Reducing Accident Frequency at Public Rail-Highway Crossings, 1975-1978 |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 48748 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Morrissey, Joseph |
| Source | 28p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Input Output Computer Services Incorporated |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration |
| Publication Date | 19800401 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The Highway Safety Acts of 1973 and 1976, and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, provide funds to individual states to improve safety at public rail-highway crossings. The report was undertaken in support of a U.S. DOT effort to develop a resource allocation model designed to select and rank crossings, and recommend warning device improvements in a cost-effective manner. Input to the model included the effectiveness of active warning devices, flashing lights and flashing lights with gates, in reducing accident potential. The effectiveness is defined as the percentage of accident reduction at crossings which result from the installation of warning devices. The report is based on inventory and accident data available from computerized FRA data bases, and computes new effectiveness values in three categories: (1) flashing lights at formerly passive crossings, (2) flashing lights with gates at formerly passive crossings, and (3) flashing lights with gates at crossings formerly equipped with flashing lights only. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10246 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10246 |
| TRT Terms | Railroad grade crossings; Grade crossing protection systems; Gates; Flashing traffic signals; Crash rates; Crash risk forecasting; Safety; Traffic safety; Warning devices; Warning systems; Risk assessment; Mathematical models; Cost allocation; Cost effectiveness; Prevention |
| Classification | AGR - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; AGR - INFRASTRUCTURE - Railroads; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Railroad Highway Grade Crossings; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Rail Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Contract Number | DOT-TSC-1533 |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-FRA-80-19; FRA-RRS-80-005 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48700/48748/DOT-TSC-FRA-80-19.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |