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

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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

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  Georgia United States
Number Percent Number Percent
Total 5,894 100.0 155,370 100.0
Cross bucks 2,553 43.3 71,468 46.0
Gates 1,695 28.8 34,296 22.1
Flashing lights 317 5.4 27,100 17.4
Stop signs 1,016 17.2 11,630 7.5
Unknown 167 2.8 5,253 3.4
Special warning 116 2.0 3,723 2.4
HWTS, WW, bells 23 0.4 1,417 0.9
Other 7 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.