Table 2-12: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2000
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| Total |
4,328 |
100.0 |
155,370 |
100.0 |
| Cross bucks |
3,606 |
83.3 |
71,468 |
46.0 |
| Gates |
387 |
8.9 |
34,296 |
22.1 |
| Flashing lights |
108 |
2.5 |
27,100 |
17.4 |
| Stop signs |
79 |
1.8 |
11,630 |
7.5 |
| Unknown |
147 |
3.4 |
5,253 |
3.4 |
| Special warning |
1 |
<0.1 |
3,723 |
2.4 |
| HWTS, WW, bells |
0 |
0.0 |
1,417 |
0.9 |
| Other |
0 |
0.0 |
483 |
0.3 |
KEY: HWTS = highway traffic signals; WW = wigwags.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Railway Administration, Office of Railway Safety, Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report 2000,
Washington, DC: 2001, table 9-4, available at
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety as of Nov. 21, 2001.
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