Table 2-13: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-13: Warning Devices at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings: 2008
State | Total (number) | Percent of total | |||||||
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Cross bucks | Gates | Flashing lights | Stop signs | Unknown | Special warning | HWTS, WW, bells | Other | ||
Alabama | 2,845 | 27.0 | 25.6 | 18.0 | 24.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 0.3 |
Alaska | 219 | 42.0 | 28.8 | 8.2 | 12.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Arizona | 770 | 29.7 | 50.9 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Arkansas | 2,937 | 57.4 | 14.9 | 13.3 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
California | 6,423 | 31.9 | 47.0 | 12.3 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
Colorado | 1,731 | 48.4 | 26.5 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
Connecticut | 368 | 7.3 | 27.2 | 38.9 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Delaware | 277 | 8.3 | 22.4 | 59.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
District of Columbia | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Florida | 3,889 | 19.8 | 58.7 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Georgia | 5,503 | 33.6 | 36.3 | 4.8 | 19.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
Hawaii | 8 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 |
Idaho | 1,291 | 32.2 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 41.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Illinois | 7,829 | 33.5 | 37.6 | 24.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Indiana | 5,954 | 26.5 | 32.3 | 21.7 | 16.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Iowa | 4,401 | 47.9 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Kansas | 5,457 | 63.6 | 22.6 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Kentucky | 2,376 | 41.4 | 18.6 | 30.6 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Louisiana | 3,011 | 44.9 | 26.2 | 16.7 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Maine | 836 | 32.7 | 10.0 | 47.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Maryland | 663 | 33.6 | 18.3 | 30.6 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Massachusetts | 837 | 13.3 | 38.4 | 33.8 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 |
Michigan | 4,908 | 21.9 | 20.9 | 25.1 | 27.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Minnesota | 4,571 | 46.1 | 22.4 | 9.6 | 20.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Mississippi | 2,275 | 35.4 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 |
Missouri | 4,021 | 50.9 | 21.1 | 18.4 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 |
Montana | 1,402 | 60.8 | 19.0 | 11.6 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Nebraska | 3,036 | 64.5 | 20.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Nevada | 285 | 42.8 | 43.2 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
New Hampshire | 348 | 28.4 | 12.4 | 35.1 | 12.6 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
New Jersey | 1,586 | 19.0 | 27.6 | 37.8 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
New Mexico | 727 | 50.3 | 32.2 | 12.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
New York | 2,661 | 17.6 | 61.9 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
North Carolina | 4,031 | 34.5 | 41.8 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
North Dakota | 3,500 | 80.6 | 15.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Ohio | 6,140 | 36.0 | 45.4 | 14.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Oklahoma | 3,899 | 59.9 | 21.4 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Oregon | 2,079 | 34.1 | 30.4 | 5.3 | 19.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
Pennsylvania | 3,951 | 32.2 | 20.9 | 28.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
Rhode Island | 73 | 5.5 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 1.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 23.3 | 1.4 |
South Carolina | 2,723 | 20.2 | 38.6 | 13.6 | 24.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
South Dakota | 1,933 | 78.2 | 2.8 | 13.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Tennessee | 2,848 | 39.2 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Texas | 9,772 | 37.5 | 46.0 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Utah | 765 | 25.9 | 27.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
Vermont | 405 | 29.9 | 7.4 | 45.9 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Virginia | 1,952 | 19.7 | 59.4 | 17.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Washington | 2,543 | 49.1 | 22.8 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
West Virginia | 1,483 | 44.2 | 15.4 | 30.1 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Wisconsin | 4,102 | 37.1 | 20.1 | 24.3 | 16.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Wyoming | 391 | 29.7 | 50.9 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
United States, total | 136,040 | 39.3 | 30.9 | 16.2 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
KEY: HWTS = highway traffic signals; WW = wigwags.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 2008 Preliminary Railroad Safety Statistics Bulletin (Washington, DC: 2009 December issue), table 9-4, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as as of May 04, 2010.