The effect of age and gender on motor vehicle driver injury severity at highway-rail grade crossings in the United States

Introduction: Based on the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) database, there were 25,945 highway-rail crossing accidents in the United States between 2002 and 2011. With an extensive database of highway-rail grade crossing accidents in the United States from 2002 to 2011, estimation results showed that there were substantial differences across age/gender groups for driver's injury severity. Method: The study applied an ordered probit model to explore the determinants of driver injury severity for motor vehicle drivers at highway-rail grade crossings. Results: The analysis found that there are important behavioral and physical differences between male and female drivers given a highway-rail grade crossing accident happened. (C) 2015 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.