This report explains the collision of a Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation commuter train with a Transportation Joint Agreement School District 47/155 school bus that was stopped at a railroad/highway grade crossing in Fox River Grove, Illinois on October 25, 1995. Seven school bus passengers were killed and the bus driver and 24 bus passengers were injured. From its investigation of this accident, the Safety Board identified the following safety issues: the appropriateness of the busdriver's performance; the adequacy of the school district bus routing and busdriver monitoring and evaluating procedures; the road design; the railroad/highway signal interaction; the coordination and communication between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Union Pacific Railroad Company and their oversight of the signal system integration; and the injury and survival factors in the school bus.
National Transportation Safety Board Highway/Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (METRA) Train and Transportation Joint Agreement School District 47/155 School Bus at Railroad/Highway Grade Crossing in Fox River Grove, Illinois, on October 25, 1995
1996
86 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Road Transportation , Accident investigations , Railroad grade crossing accidents , Railroad accidents , School buses , Accident causes , Human factors , Road design , Queueing , Signals , Collisions , Illinois , Recommendations , Vehicle train collisions , Fox River Grove(Illinois)