Human factors issues of accidents at passively controlled rural level crossings

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2458, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-103

  Rudin Brown, Christina M ^a   George, Marilyn French St ^a   Stuart, Jonathan J ^a  

^a Transportation Safety Board of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEARCH ENGINES; VEHICLES;

CRASH DATA; DATABASE SEARCHES; LEVEL CROSSING; MOST LIKELY; PASSIVE LEVEL CROSSINGS; RELATED RISK; ROAD TRAINS; ROAD VEHICLES; SAFETY CONCERNS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84938592820     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2458-12     Document Type: Review

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