Highway-Rail Grade Crossings incidents of collision by state. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2003, Washington, DC: 2004

DEFINITION
Number of collisions or accidents at highway-rail grade crossings. NOTE: Any impact, regardless of severity, between railroad on-track equipment and any user of a public or private crossing site must be reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration on Form F 6180.57. The crossing site includes sidewalks and pathways at, or associated with, the crossing. Counts of fatalities and injuries include motor vehicle occupants, people not in vehicles or on the trains, as well as people on the train or railroad equipment.

Transportation Statistics > Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Incidents of collision (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Texas:

283

# 2

Illinois:

157

# 3

Louisiana:

146

# 4

Indiana:

142

# 5

California:

138

# 6

Ohio:

124

# 7

Georgia:

112

# 8

Michigan:

106

# 9

Florida:

# 10

Alabama:

# 11

Mississippi:

# 12

Kentucky:

# 13

Pennsylvania:

# 14

Tennessee:

# 15

Arkansas:

= 16

Wisconsin:

= 16

Minnesota:

# 18

North Carolina:

# 19

South Carolina:

# 20

Oklahoma:

# 21

Missouri:

= 22

Kansas:

= 22

Iowa:

# 24

Virginia:

# 25

New Jersey:

# 26

Washington:

= 27

New York:

= 27

Nebraska:

= 29

West Virginia:

= 29

Arizona:

# 31

Colorado:

# 32

Oregon:

# 33

Montana:

# 34

North Dakota:

# 35

Maryland:

# 36

Idaho:

# 37

Utah:

# 38

Massachusetts:

# 39

South Dakota:

# 40

New Mexico:

# 41

Maine:

# 42

Delaware:

# 43

Wyoming:

# 44

Connecticut:

# 45

Vermont:

= 46

Rhode Island:

= 46

Nevada:

= 48

New Hampshire:

= 48

District of Columbia:

= 48

Alaska:

# 51

Hawaii:

Total:

2,928

Weighted average:

57.4

DEFINITION: Number of collisions or accidents at highway-rail grade crossings. NOTE: Any impact, regardless of severity, between railroad on-track equipment and any user of a public or private crossing site must be reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration on Form F 6180.57. The crossing site includes sidewalks and pathways at, or associated with, the crossing. Counts of fatalities and injuries include motor vehicle occupants, people not in vehicles or on the trains, as well as people on the train or railroad equipment.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Interim Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2003, Washington, DC: 2004

Transportation Statistics > Highway-Rail Grade Crossings > Incidents of collision (most recent) by state

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