Study of Road-Rail Crashes in Claremore, OK, and Allocation of Resources for Preventive Measures

Road-rail crossings where a train and motor vehicle crashed were compared with the next crossing in the direction from which the train traveled at the same time of day and day of week of the crash. The odds of a crash were much lower at crossings with automatically lowered gates (odds ratio=0.11). A...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 1993-03, Vol.108 (2), p.248-251
Main Authors: Kevin D. Meeks, Robertson, Leon S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
"Public Health Reports" in Brief
Accident Prevention
Accidents, Traffic - mortality
Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Automobiles
Biological and medical sciences
Cost-Benefit Analysis
General populations
Highways
Humans
Medical sciences
Motor vehicle traffic
Motor vehicles
Oklahoma
Prevention and actions
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Railroad accidents & safety
Railroad traffic
Railroad trains
Railroads
Roads
Savings
Traffic volume
Transportation
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Summary:Road-rail crossings where a train and motor vehicle crashed were compared with the next crossing in the direction from which the train traveled at the same time of day and day of week of the crash. The odds of a crash were much lower at crossings with automatically lowered gates (odds ratio=0.11). Average road traffic was much higher at crash sites; the presence of automatic gates was unrelated to the volume of road traffic. Federally funded modifications of road-rail crossings have substantially reduced deaths at such sites. The program would be more cost effective, however, if criteria for highest risk sites were applied more systematically, and funds were apportioned among the States according to their relative proportions of the problem.
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877