Aggravating Risk Factors

The Phase I report documents the results of the first phase of a multi-phase project, which will identify new factors and evaluate the feasibility of adding them to the current Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) accident prediction risk model. Phase I is the basis of the current project, and concludes with suggestions for further direction of the initial research on post-crash aggravating risk factors. In Phase II, research will be conducted into the occurrence of crashes involving post-crash aggravating risk factors and the associated severity.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Grade Crossing & Trespass Safety

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $34800.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Allen, Len

• Performing Organizations:

  Vermont Agency of Transportation

  1 National Life Drive
  Drawer 33
  Montpelier, VT  United States  05633

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Start Date: 20071001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20081001
• Source Data: RiP Project 30720

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash risk forecasting; Crash severity; High risk locations; Railroad crashes; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01465244
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RiP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:57PM