Railroad Accidents

Railroad accidents include derailments, crashes involving trains and cars, passenger injury, railroad worker injuries and death on commuter trains, freight rail trains and passenger trains. Often, railroad accidents are caused by negligence on the part of the conductor, railroad employees or railroad and train manufacturers. Negligence includes, but is not limited to:

Conducting or working on a train while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.
defective railroad crossings
defective products, parts or systems
inadequate signal crossings
failure to use horns at crossings
excessive speed
operator fatigue
inadequate and unguarded rail crossings

Accidents include those that happen at railroad crossings because of poor visibility conditions such as overgrown trees and bushes or inadequately painted or lighted signs, and crossings that are malfunctioning or do not properly warn drivers of dangers. More than 96 percent of railroad accidents occur at highway rail crossings. To stay safe at these crossings, consider following these precautions:

because there are often no mechanical warnings like lights or traffic arms, assume there could be a train at any moment, and without warning
Slow down while crossing tracks and look for trains
do not cross tracks in a vehicle that is about to break down
if your vehicle does stall, get yourself and everyone else out immediately
watch for multiple trains; don’t just assume there’s only one
watch out for raised tracks that might cause your car or truck to bottom out and get stuck

Railroad accidents also involve pedestrian crossings. More than 5,000 people have been killed in pedestrian railroad crossings in the past two decades, and in 2005 alone there were more than 11,000 railroad crossing accidents. Follow these steps to stay safe:

obey all crossing signs
don’t walk on the tracks unless it is a designated crossing area
remember it sometimes takes miles for a train to stop
remember that trains overhang the rails, so don’t walk too close

The train crew and railroad company has many responsibilities, which include installing and maintaining railroad crossing and warning devices, clear trees and brush away from intersections, observing speed limits, and sounding the horn when they approach traffic or pedestrians. There are many more instances of railroad accidents. If you were involved in an accident, contact a personal injury lawyer who specializes in railroad accidents.

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Railroad Accidents Railroad accidents include derailments, crashes involving trains and cars, passenger injury, railroad worker injuries and death on commuter trains, freight rail trains and passenger trains. Often, railroad accidents are caused by negligence on the part of the conductor, railroad employees or railroad and train manufacturers. Negligence includes, but is not limited to: Conducting or working on a train while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. defective railroad crossings defective products, parts or systems inadequate signal crossings failure to use horns at crossings excessive speed operator fatigue inadequate and unguarded rail crossings Accidents include those that happen at railroad crossings because of poor visibility conditions such as overgrown trees and bushes or inadequately painted or lighted signs, and crossings that are malfunctioning or do not properly warn drivers of dangers. More than 96 percent of railroad accidents occur at highway rail crossings. To stay safe at these crossings, consider following these precautions: because there are often no mechanical warnings like lights or traffic arms, assume there could be a train at any moment, and without warning Slow down while crossing tracks and look for trains do not cross tracks in a vehicle that is about to break down if your vehicle does stall, get yourself and everyone else out immediately watch for multiple trains; don’t just assume there’s only one watch out for raised tracks that might cause your car or truck to bottom out and get stuck Railroad accidents also involve pedestrian crossings. More than 5,000 people have been killed in pedestrian railroad crossings in the past two decades, and in 2005 alone there were more than 11,000 railroad crossing accidents. Follow these steps to stay safe: obey all crossing signs don’t walk on the tracks unless it is a designated crossing area remember it sometimes takes miles for a train to stop remember that trains overhang the rails, so don’t walk too close The train crew and railroad company has many responsibilities, which include installing and maintaining railroad crossing and warning devices, clear trees and brush away from intersections, observing speed limits, and sounding the horn when they approach traffic or pedestrians. There are many more instances of railroad accidents. If you were involved in an accident, contact a personal injury lawyer who specializes in railroad accidents.