Human-centered measures to enhance safety at level crossings

Annika Dressler; Anne Silla; Annie Kortsari; Grigore Havarneanu; Sarah Whalley; Jan Grippenkoven

Human-centered measures to enhance safety at level crossings

Annika Dressler^*
, Anne Silla
, Annie Kortsari
, Grigore Havarneanu
, Sarah Whalley
, Jan Grippenkoven

^*Corresponding author for this work

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
International Union of Railways

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Abstract

Road user behavior plays a major role in accidents at level crossings. Therefore, measures to improve safety at level crossings should be developed with a human factors perspective. Moreover, they should be affordable and applicable to a large number of crossings to achieve tangible safety effects. We report on work to collect and design human-centered low-cost measures to enhance the safety of level crossings that was part of the European project SAFER-LC. First, a pool of design ideas was collected from the research literature, models of road user behavior, and a design workshop with road and rail experts. Second, the measures collected were filtered, categorized and ranked in a three-step process including a classification of their application context and an assessment of their prospects to reduce accident risk. The resulting set comprises 89 measures and will be further developed into a web-based toolbox for road and rail safety practitioners.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena
Subtitle of host publication	Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility
Publisher	Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom
Pages	81
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-311-484-5
Publication status	Published - 2020
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	8th Transport Research Arena, TRA 2020 - Conference cancelled - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 27 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020 https://traconference.eu/overview/

Publication series

Series	Traficom Research Reports
Number	7/2020
ISSN	2660-8781

Conference

Conference	8th Transport Research Arena, TRA 2020 - Conference cancelled
Abbreviated title	TRA 2020
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	27/04/20 → 30/04/20
Internet address	https://traconference.eu/overview/

Keywords

human factors
road users
errors
violations
rail safety
cost-effectiveness

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Dressler, A., Silla, A., Kortsari, A., Havarneanu, G., Whalley, S., & Grippenkoven, J. (2020). Human-centered measures to enhance safety at level crossings. In Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena: Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility (pp. 81). Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom. https://www.traficom.fi/sites/default/files/media/publication/TRA2020-Book-of-Abstract-Traficom-research-publication.pdf

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Dressler, A, Silla, A, Kortsari, A, Havarneanu, G, Whalley, S & Grippenkoven, J 2020, Human-centered measures to enhance safety at level crossings. in Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena: Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility. Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom, Traficom Research Reports, no. 7/2020, pp. 81, 8th Transport Research Arena, TRA 2020 - Conference cancelled, Helsinki, Finland, 27/04/20. <https://www.traficom.fi/sites/default/files/media/publication/TRA2020-Book-of-Abstract-Traficom-research-publication.pdf>

Human-centered measures to enhance safety at level crossings. / Dressler, Annika; Silla, Anne; Kortsari, Annie et al.
Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena: Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility. Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom, 2020. p. 81 (Traficom Research Reports; No. 7/2020).

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