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1 Mar 2017

Technical Reports

Reporting of Suicide and Trespass Incidents by Online Media in the United States

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Trespasser Programs

Keywords: : Railroad, suicide, trespass, media, reporting, suicide contagion, Werther effect

Abstract: : The reporting of a suicide death in the media has the potential to increase imitative suicide attempts for vulnerable individuals who read the article, a phenomenon known as...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/02
Office
RDI-24

9 May 2013

Technical Reports

Defining Characteristics of Intentional Fatalities on Railway Rights-of-Way in the United States, 2007–2010

Author
Alan Berman, Ph.D.; Ramya Sundararaman, MD, MPH; Andrea Price, Ed.M.; Karen Marshall; Michael Martino; Ann Doucette, Ph.D.; Stephanie Chase, Ph.D.; and Scott Gabree, Ph.D.

Subject Human Factors, Trespasser Programs

Keywords: Trespassers, Suicide, Safety, Human Factors, Security

Abstract: This report presents aggregate findings from 55 psychological autopsies of decedents who were identified as an intentional death (i.e., a suicide) on railroad rights-of-way...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/25
Office
RRD

1 Feb 2009

Technical Reports

ROW Fatality and Trespass Reduction Workshop 2008, Summary of Results

Author
Bob Adduci, Frederick Mottley, Marsha Haines

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Trespasser Programs

Keywords: ROW

Abstract: This report documents the activities and results of the first Right-of-Way (ROW) Fatality and Trespass Prevention Workshop which was held April 1 & 2, 2008 at the Caltrain...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORS-09/001
Office
RRS

1 Jan 2004

Other Reports

Secretary's Action Plan for Highway-Rail Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention - Secretary of Transportation

Author
Department of Transportation

Subject Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Trespasser Programs

Keywords: Trespass; Crossing Safety; Prevention; Inititiative; engineering standards

Abstract: In the conference report (108-10) accompanying the FY 2003 appropriations for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the conferees directed the Secretary of Transportation to...