Abstract The purpose of the present study is to estimate accident risks and marginal costs for railway level crossings in Sweden. The marginal effect of train traffic on the accident risk is used to derive the marginal cost per train passage that is due to level crossing accidents. The estimations are based on Swedish data from 2000 to 2012 on level crossing accidents, train volume, and crossing characteristics. In this study we estimate the accidents risk for both motorized road traffic and vulnerable road users. As a proxy for road traffic flow we use three categories of road type, and to capture the influences of pedestrians and bicyclists we use information about the number of persons living nearby the level crossing. The results show that both protection device, road type, traffic volume of the trains, and number of persons living nearby the level crossing have significant influence on the accident probability. The marginal cost per train passage regarding motor vehicle accidents is estimated at EUR 0.15 on average in 2012 (price level of 2017). The corresponding number for accidents with vulnerable road users excluding suicides is EUR 0.08 or including suicides EUR 0.50. The cost per train passage varies substantially depending on type of protection device, road type, the traffic volume of the trains, and number of persons living nearby the crossing.

    Highlights We estimate accident risks and marginal costs for railway level crossings in Sweden. Separate models are estimated for motorized road traffic and vulnerable road users. Accident probability for cars is influenced by protection device and road type. The traffic volume of the trains is used to estimate the marginal cost. Suicides has a large impact on marginal costs of vulnerable road users' accidents.


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    Title :

    Marginal costs for railway level crossing accidents in Sweden


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    Published in:

    Transport Policy ; 83 ; 68-79


    Publication date :

    2019-09-09


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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