Application of contemporary systems-based methods to reduce trauma at rail level crossings

铁路平交道口的撞车事故继续给澳大利亚造成重大创伤。尽管这是一个长期存在的安全问题，但平交道口的设计和运行几十年来并没有发生太大的变化。本研究将深入了解影响铁路平交道口安全和性能的道路使用者、环境和基础设施相关因素。这将用于开发世界上第一个平交道口系统模型，该模型是支持开发提高安全性的创新对策所必需的。减少平交道口的重大创伤水平，以及新的平交道口升级公共政策，是现实世界的预期结果。

Crashes at railway level crossings continue to cause significant trauma across Australia. 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.