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
| Maryland | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 688 | 100.0 | 155,370 | 100.0 |
| Cross bucks | 254 | 36.9 | 71,468 | 46.0 |
| Gates | 104 | 15.1 | 34,296 | 22.1 |
| Flashing lights | 208 | 30.2 | 27,100 | 17.4 |
| Stop signs | 38 | 5.5 | 11,630 | 7.5 |
| Unknown | 34 | 4.9 | 5,253 | 3.4 |
| Special warning | 25 | 3.6 | 3,723 | 2.4 |
| HWTS, WW, bells | 23 | 3.3 | 1,417 | 0.9 |
| Other | 2 | 0.3 | 483 | 0.3 |
KEY: HWTS = highway traffic signals, WW = wigwags.
SOURCES: 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.