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Rail trans­port

Rail transport is an essential backbone of public transport in Germany. The train connects municipalities and cities by local and long-distance rail traffic network. Metro, light rail and tram can achieve very high passenger transport capacities inside of municipalities. Rail transport is commonly considered as a very safe transport system. At locations where rail vehicles meet other road users, e.g. at level crossings or on roads with street cars, the collisions always lead to serious accidents.

Rail trans­port
04.05.2018

Safety at level cros­sings

Rail trans­port
04.05.2018

Safety at level cros­sings

Acci­dents at level cros­sings are rela­tively rare but dis­pro­por­tio­na­tely serious. The cau­ses of those acci­dents and the fac­tors influ­encing them have scar­cely been rese­ar­ched at all up to now in Ger­many.
Rail trans­port
06.06.2017

Mea­su­res desi­gned to reduce street­car acci­dents

Rail trans­port
06.06.2017

Mea­su­res desi­gned to reduce street­car acci­dents

The Ger­many-wide ana­ly­sis car­ried out by the UDV of over 4,100 street­car acci­dents invol­ving injury in the period from 2009 to 2011 sho­wed that around 86 per­cent of these acci­dents hap­pe­ned at an inter­sec­tion or within the sphere of influ­ence of...
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