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Nov
2021
30
Oct
2021
Accident Investigations
HQ-2021-1459
Keywords: Amtrak, highway rail grade crossing
Abstract: On October 30, 2021, at approximately 2:36 a.m., EDT, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (ATK) passenger train P-053-29, operating on the CSX Transportation’s Charleston...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Obstruction Collision (OBS)
Railroad Name
Amtrak
Location
North Charleston, SC
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2021-1459
Investigation Status
Finalized
30
Aug
2021
Technical Reports
Compilation of State Laws and Regulations Affecting Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, 7th Edition
Subject
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: grade crossings; crossing consolidation; crossing closure; warning devices; passive; active; driver; trespassing; vandalism
Abstract: Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, Trespasser Programs Keywords
Office
RRS
30
Jul
2021
Research Results
Rail Crossing Violation Warning Application – Phase II
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems
Keywords: Grade crossing, Connected Vehicles, CV, Dedicated Short-Range Communications, DSRC, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, GNSS, real-time kinematic, RTK, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE 1570, Rail Crossing Violation Warning, RCVW, t
Abstract: Using Connected Vehicle ideas, the Rail Crossing Violation Warning system design can potentially enhance and transform rail crossing safety.
Report Number
RR 21-12
Office
RDI-23
27
May
2021
Accident Investigations
HQ-2021-1429
Subject
Accident Investigations
Keywords: BNSF Railway; Murray, Iowa; Grade-Crossing Collision; Multiple Fatalities; Highway-Rail Crossing; Highway User Inattentiveness; Teen Driver; Male Driver.
Abstract: On May 27, 2021, at approximately 3:51 p.m., CDT, BNSF Railway (BNSF) unit sand train UCPFHGP0-05T (Train 1) with 3 locomotives (1 head end and 2 remote rear...
Accident Date
Accident Type
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incident (HRX)
Railroad Name
BNSF Railway
Location
Murray, IA
United States
Accident Number
HQ-2021-1429
Investigation Status
Finalized