The new safety data website contains reports and datasets for train accident, highway-rail crossing incident, highway-rail crossing inventory, casualty, and operational data. This site also includes links to the Grade Crossing Inventory System (GCIS), GXAPS (Grade Crossing Accident Prediction System), and Activation Failure/False Proceed (AF/FP ...

2024年12月13日 · Accidents at grade crossings—intersections where roads cross railroad tracks at-grade—is the second leading cause of rail-related deaths in the United States. Nationally, more than 2,000 incidents and 200 fatalities at grade crossings occur each year.

Grade crossing accidents represent a significant proportion of railroad -related fatalities and injuries. FRA is committed to improving public safety bydecreasing the number of grade crossing accidents.

2024年5月9日 · Accidents at highway-rail grade crossings—intersections where roads cross railroad tracks at-grade—is the second leading cause of rail-related deaths in the United States. Nationally, more than 2,000 incidents and 200 fatalities at grade crossings occur each year.

2024年2月27日 · The primary groups of accidents and incidents to be reported monthly by railroads are the following: Highway-rail grade crossing accidents/incidents. Rail equipment accidents/incidents. Casualties to persons (i.e., death and non-fatal injuries to all types of persons, and occupational illnesses involving railroad employees).

2024年7月24日 · FRA staff are dispatched to the scene of serious train accidents to determine their cause or whether a formal investigation is warranted. FRA's Accident Analysis Branch continuously monitors the occurrence of train accidents and incidents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

2016年4月21日 · Last year, FRA launched a new, comprehensive campaign to reverse the uptick in fatalities at railroad crossings. The campaign includes partnering with tech companies to use FRA data that pinpoints the country’s approximately 200,000 railroad crossings and add crossing alerts to map applications.

Grade crossing accidents show a systematic seasonal factor. Numbers of grade crossing accidents are below average in March through July and above average in August through February, according to analysis of grade crossing accident frequencies over ten years (2005-2014); January and December have the highest average over the ten-year span.

2019年11月3日 · Train accidents. A safety-related event involving on-track rail equipment (both standing and moving), causing monetary damage to the rail equipment and track above a prescribed amount. Reported on form FRA F 6180.54, …

• A train traveling at 55 mph will take a mile or more to stop. Improvement over the past decade (2004 to 2013) • Collisions down by 35% • Fatalities down by 38% • Highway grade crossing and pedestrian trespassing accidents constitute 95% of all rail related fatalities.