Abstract
Improving transport users’ safety is one of the main priorities of research into transport system attractiveness. Level crossings are one of the most critical weak points involving road and rail users’ infrastructure. They have become increasingly dangerous and unsafe due to road and railway users’ behavior. Furthermore, rail and highway safety professionals from several countries must deal with the same subject: providing safer level crossing. Actions are planned in order to exchange and share knowledge on existing level crossings technologies between academic organizations and industrial operators, and provide experiments for improving the management of level crossing safety and performance. This has enabled the sharing of knowledge gained from research in order to improve safety at level crossings. This article provides research results about possible technological solutions to reduce the number of accidents at level crossings, in particular, discussion and proof of the effectiveness of the use of video sensing for object detection. The authors have tested and adapted a robust technique for moving object detection, which is followed by a new approach for 3D object localization.
Highlights
IntroductionRailways undertakings became interested in the assessment of level crossings safety
Within the past years, railways undertakings became interested in the assessment of level crossings safety
More than four hundred people year die in accidents involving road and vehicles at road-rail level crossings in the European Union (EU) [1]. 90% of these fatalities are linked to errors committed by road vehicle drivers
Summary
Railways undertakings became interested in the assessment of level crossings safety. It is important to note the high cost related to each accident (approximately one hundred million euro per year in the EU for all level crossing accidents). For this purpose, road and highway safety professionals from several countries have dealt with the same subject: providing safer level crossings. Actions are planned in order to exchange information and provide experiments for improving the management of level crossing safety and performance. This has enabled us to discuss sharing knowledge gained from research into improving safety at level crossings. The coordinated action for the sixth framework program entitled ―Safer European Level Crossing Appraisal and Technology‖
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