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Table 2-12: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2000

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  New Jersey United States
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,858 100.0 155,370 100.0
Cross bucks 399 21.5 71,468 46.0
Gates 411 22.1 34,296 22.1
Flashing lights 656 35.3 27,100 17.4
Stop signs 19 1.0 11,630 7.5
Unknown 121 6.5 5,253 3.4
Special warning 234 12.6 3,723 2.4
HWTS, WW, bells 16 0.9 1,417 0.9
Other 2 0.1 483 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.