Research project: Application of contemporary systems-based methods to reduce trauma at rail level crossings
Crashes at railway level crossings continue to cause significant trauma across the world. Despite being a longstanding safety problem, the design and operation of level crossings has not changed considerably for decades. This research will provide an in depth understanding of road user, environmental and infrastructure related factors that influence safety and performance at rail level crossings. This will be used to develop a world first model of the level crossing system that is needed to support the development of innovative countermeasures that will improve safety. Reductions in the levels of significant trauma at level crossings, and new public policy for level crossing upgrades, are the intended real world outcomes.