Traverses, delays and fatalities at railway level crossings in Great Britain

Evans, A.; Hughes, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2019.05.006

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“…Most accidents at railway intersections involved pedestrians, and some estimates reached 75% of the total number of accidents. In addition, the mortality rate for pedestrians is higher than among car occupants, especially at passive LCs [16]. The lowest fatality rate per traveller have the road vehicle occupants on railway-controlled LCs.…”

Section: Level Crossing Accidents and Types Of Users Involvedmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The lowest fatality rate per traveller have the road vehicle occupants on railway-controlled LCs. The railway-controlled LCs are safer than active LCs, but railway-controlled LCs caused the greater delays on users [16]. The replacement of railway-controlled LC by active LC will give monetary savings from reduction of traffic delays which will outweigh the losses from the increased casualties.…”

Section: Level Crossing Accidents and Types Of Users Involvedmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Affecting Efficiency of Railways in Terms of Safety at Railway Level Crossings

Watson¹,

Ali²,

Bayyati³

2021

Int. J. TDI

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Road traffic accidents are in the top ten of all deaths, with around 1.4 million fatalities and 50 million injuries per year worldwide. Regarding railways, in the EU, there were 1,666 serious accidents registered in 2018 and 442 of them involved level crossings (LCs). The number of accidents on LCs in the EU in 2018 was approximately 27% of the total number of accidents on railways, but these accidents can be predictable and preventable. The current study investigated the efficiency of railways in terms of accident risk at LCs in 24 countries of the EU. The Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method has been applied to evaluate the efficiency of the selected railways in terms of safety at LCs. After extensive study of the subject, the comprehensive list of influencing factors has been identified and seven of them have been selected for further analysis. To investigate the relationship between selected factors and efficiency score of railways in terms of accident risk at LCs, the IBM SPSS software package has been deployed. The results show that GDP per capita and density of population in the selected countries have a strong influence on the efficiency of railways in terms of safety at LCs. The expected outcome of this research may contribute to a better understanding of the factors that influence the efficiency score of railways in term of accident risk at LCs and may help to develop preventative measures.

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Section: Level Crossing Accidents and Types Of Users Involvedmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Level Crossing Accidents and Types Of Users Involvedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affecting Efficiency of Railways in Terms of Safety at Railway Level Crossings

Watson¹,

Ali²,

Bayyati³

2021

Int. J. TDI

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“…The study was intended to determine potential routes allowing for these delays to be reduced, while the paper also provides conclusions concerning different types of crossings in the United Kingdom and how their operations may be associated with the traffic delays. Paper [6] considers the choice between automatic and railway-controlled crossings on public roads in Great Britain. It is found that the valuation of the reduced delays from adopting automatic crossings typically outweighs the valuation of the losses from the increased casualties.…”

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Relation between pre-warning time and actual train velocity in automatic level crossing signalling systems at level crossings

Łukasik¹

2021

Diagnostyka

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At level crossings equipped with automatic level crossing signalling devices (which are category B and C crossings in Poland), warning time depends on several factors including the length of what is referred to as the level crossing's danger zone for road vehicles, and the train velocity. These systems are designed by taking into consideration the maximum train velocity applicable to the given railway line, which is why a train running with a velocity that is lower than the maximum one, e.g. a freight train, produces pre-warning time excess. The pre-warning time excess affects the redundant prolongation of the time when the level crossing is closed for road vehicles. What has been proposed in the article is to reduce the pre-warning time excess by making the pre-warning time depended on the actual train velocity. It describes a structural concept of a solution which should first be implemented in automatic level crossing signalling systems. Owing to adequate assumptions, the concept of the pre-warning time excess reduction exerts no negative effect on safety at level crossings.

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“…A brief overview of the data is given in Table 1. 8 To improve the risk of near misses and fatalities different solutions are proposed and implemented at Level Crossings. In general, the ORR suggests that safe design, management and operation can significantly improve the user's behaviour, which in effect will reduce the number of accidents and fatalities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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A review of the technological developments for interlocking at level crossing

Fayyaz

Alexoulis-Chrysovergis

Southgate

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F:

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A Level Crossing remains as one of the highest risk assets within the railway system often depending on the unpredictable behaviour of road and footpath users. For this purpose, interlocking through automated safety systems remains a key area for investigation. Within Europe, 2015–2016, 469 accidents at crossings were recorded of which 288 lead to fatalities and 264 lead to injuries. The European Union’s Agency for Railways has reported that Level Crossing fatalities account for just under 28% of all railway fatalities. This paper identifies suitable obstacle detection technologies and their associated algorithms that can be used to support risk reduction and management of Level Crossings. Furthermore, assessment and decision methods are presented to support their application. Finally state of the art and synergistic opportunity of which a combination of obstacle detection sensors with intelligent decisions layers such as Deep Learning are discussed which can provide robust interlocking decisions for rail applications. The sensor fusion of video camera and RADAR is a promising solution for Level Crossings. By applying additional sensing techniques such as RADAR imaging, further capabilities are added to the system, which can lead to a more robust approach.

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Traverses, delays and fatalities at railway level crossings in Great Britain

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

Factors Affecting Efficiency of Railways in Terms of Safety at Railway Level Crossings

Factors Affecting Efficiency of Railways in Terms of Safety at Railway Level Crossings

Relation between pre-warning time and actual train velocity in automatic level crossing signalling systems at level crossings

A review of the technological developments for interlocking at level crossing

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