The statistic shows the number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011. In that year, some 2,059 incidents occurred at U.S. highway-rail grade crossings; there were 212,030 grade crossings in total.
Number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011
Includes freight railroad, Amtrak, and commuter rail operations.
According to the source, data are preliminary. 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 Adminstration. 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 the trains, as well as people on the train or railroad equipment.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics, & RITA. (August 31, 2013). Number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/205103/highway-rail-grade-crossing-incidents-in-the-us/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, und RITA. "Number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011." Chart. August 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205103/highway-rail-grade-crossing-incidents-in-the-us/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, RITA. (2013). Number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205103/highway-rail-grade-crossing-incidents-in-the-us/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and RITA. "Number of Highway-rail Grade Crossing Incidents in The United States in 2011." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205103/highway-rail-grade-crossing-incidents-in-the-us/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics & RITA, Number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205103/highway-rail-grade-crossing-incidents-in-the-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of highway-rail grade crossing incidents in the United States in 2011 [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, & RITA, August 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/205103/highway-rail-grade-crossing-incidents-in-the-us/
