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18 Feb 2020

Press Releases

FRA Launches Risk Reduction Safety Program

Subject Accident Reduction

Abstract:

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a final rule, launching the Risk Reduction Program (RRP) to support an increasing...

17 May 2019

Technical Reports

Effects of In-Pavement Lights on Driver Compliance with Grade Crossing Safety Equipment

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Accident Reduction, Grade Crossing Technology, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Keywords: Highway-rail, grade crossing, pedestrian behavior, trespass, enhancement, safety, in-pavement lights, violations

Abstract:

This study examined whether in-pavement lights installed at a single grade crossing would increase the number of drivers who obey grade crossing safety signals.

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/10
Office
RDI-23

1 Oct 2018

Reports to Congress

National Strategy to Prevent Trespassing on Railroad Property

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Trespasser Programs, Accident Reduction, Grade Crossings

Abstract: Trespassing on railroad property is the leading cause of all rail-related deaths in the United States. More people are struck and killed by trains each year while trespassing –...

23 Feb 2018

Annual Enforcement Report

Fiscal Year 2017 Enforcement Report

Subject Accident Reduction, Enforcement

Abstract:

For several decades, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has compiled an annual civil penalty report summarizing the civil penalty claims for violations of Federal...

29 Sep 2017

Technical Reports

Passenger/Freight Train Collision September 12, 2008, Chatsworth, CA : Appendices A.1 Through B.3

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Accident Reduction

Keywords: Transportation, safety, rail accident investigation, crashworthiness, structures and dynamics, Chatsworth collision, passenger train

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/20
Office
RDI-22