Differences in drivers' perception and interactions with boom-controlled rail level crossings in urban versus rural environments

Vanessa Beanland; Paul M Salmon; Kristie Young; A Filtness; Gemma J M Read; M Lenné; Neville A Stanton

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Differences in drivers' perception and interactions with boom-controlled rail level crossings in urban versus rural environments

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Differences in drivers' perception and interactions with boom-controlled rail level crossings in urban versus rural environments

Vanessa Beanland, Paul M Salmon, Kristie Young, A Filtness, Gemma J M Read, M Lenné and Neville A Stanton

Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference

Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2016 (Canberra, Australia, 06-Sep-2016–08-Sep-2016)

2016

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Efforts to improve rail level crossing (RLX) safety are hampered in part by the sheer number of RLXs; approximately 10,500 in Australia, with diverse characteristics. The plethora of RLX environments means a single standard RLX design may not be appropriate, since the same infrastructure could generate distinct interactions depending on its surrounding context. Using instrumented vehicles, we compared drivers' perceptions and interactions with boom-controlled active RLXs in two vastly different on-road environments: urban and rural. Results suggest that although urban RLX environments are more complex and demanding, drivers in rural areas are more likely to perceive RLXs as hazardous.

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Title: Differences in drivers' perception and interactions with boom-controlled rail level crossings in urban versus rural environments
Authors: Vanessa Beanland (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Kristie Young (Author) - Monash University
A Filtness (Author) - Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Gemma J M Read (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
M Lenné (Author) - Monash University
Neville A Stanton (Author) - University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Publication details: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference
Conference details: Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2016 (Canberra, Australia, 06-Sep-2016–08-Sep-2016)
Publisher: Australasian College of Road Safety
Date published: 2016
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450912302621
Output Type: Abstract

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