Table 2-13: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2004
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-13: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2004
| State | Total (number) | Cross bucks (Percent of total) |
Gates (Percent of total) |
Flashing lights (Percent of total) |
Stop signs (Percent of total) |
Unknown (Percent of total) |
Special warning (Percent of total) |
HWTS, WW, bells (Percent of total) |
Other (Percent of total) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 3,333 | 41.8 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Alaska | 229 | 43.2 | 26.2 | 9.2 | 13.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Arizona | 901 | 36.0 | 42.5 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Arkansas | 3,063 | 59.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 6.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| California | 7,723 | 36.2 | 40.5 | 12.7 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Colorado | 1,882 | 47.8 | 22.0 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| Connecticut | 370 | 7.6 | 28.1 | 38.4 | 13.0 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 298 | 12.4 | 16.4 | 58.4 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Florida | 3,856 | 20.5 | 58.0 | 14.1 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 5,775 | 41.4 | 29.9 | 5.3 | 18.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 8 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| Idaho | 1,305 | 33.0 | 11.3 | 13.3 | 41.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 8,180 | 38.2 | 29.8 | 26.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Indiana | 6,067 | 29.2 | 24.7 | 23.6 | 18.7 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Iowa | 4,515 | 54.5 | 16.6 | 19.8 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Kansas | 6,221 | 67.6 | 16.4 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 2,424 | 42.0 | 16.7 | 31.7 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Louisiana | 3,436 | 48.9 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Maine | 837 | 32.6 | 9.6 | 47.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Maryland | 690 | 36.8 | 15.7 | 30.9 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| Massachusetts | 805 | 14.3 | 35.0 | 36.5 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Michigan | 5,350 | 22.1 | 17.6 | 25.4 | 29.9 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 4,943 | 55.9 | 16.0 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Mississippi | 2,456 | 38.8 | 11.5 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| Missouri | 4,621 | 54.9 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Montana | 1,443 | 65.8 | 13.5 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Nebraska | 3,734 | 66.7 | 17.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Nevada | 299 | 42.1 | 43.5 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| New Hampshire | 403 | 27.3 | 8.7 | 31.0 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 19.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| New Jersey | 1,527 | 20.4 | 27.6 | 38.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 739 | 51.0 | 29.9 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| New York | 2,919 | 19.3 | 54.5 | 14.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| North Carolina | 4,394 | 43.1 | 32.4 | 15.9 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 4,115 | 81.6 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 6,276 | 40.9 | 36.4 | 17.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 4,099 | 63.4 | 16.5 | 13.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Oregon | 2,271 | 36.5 | 25.9 | 5.9 | 18.7 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,775 | 34.3 | 15.9 | 25.2 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| Rhode Island | 118 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 20.3 | 3.4 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 0.8 |
| South Carolina | 2,850 | 31.5 | 32.2 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| South Dakota | 2,123 | 84.6 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tennessee | 3,169 | 46.9 | 14.2 | 21.8 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Texas | 10,948 | 44.8 | 35.4 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Utah | 913 | 41.4 | 21.0 | 16.5 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Vermont | 501 | 37.5 | 6.4 | 41.1 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 2,045 | 23.8 | 52.1 | 20.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 2,655 | 50.1 | 20.3 | 13.9 | 3.8 | 9.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| West Virginia | 1,538 | 44.5 | 14.6 | 29.5 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 4,136 | 37.3 | 16.1 | 27.1 | 15.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Wyoming | 395 | 31.4 | 45.3 | 18.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| United States, total | 147,681 | 44.0 | 24.9 | 17.0 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
KEY: HWTS = highway traffic signals; WW = wigwags.
NOTE: Percentages may not total to 100 due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Railroad Safety Statistics: 2004 Annual Report, Washington, DC: November 2005.