Examination of highway-rail grade crossing collisions nationally from 1998 to 2007

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2122, 2009, Pages 63-71

  Raub, Richard A ^a  

^a Raub Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; DRIVER TRAINING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

A-TRAIN; COLLISION RATE; FLASHING LIGHTS; GRADE CROSSING; HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSINGS; RAIL GRADES; SPECIFIC CLASS; TRAIN MOVEMENT; VEHICLE MOVEMENTS; WARNING DEVICES;

RAILROAD CROSSINGS;

EID: 76149095668     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2122-08     Document Type: Article

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