TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond the crossing
T2 - a cognitive work analysis of rail level crossing systems
AU - Salmon, Paul M.
AU - Lenné, Michael G.
AU - Read, Gemma J. M.
AU - Mulvihill, Christine M.
AU - Cornelissen, Miranda
AU - Young, Kristie L.
AU - Walker, Guy H
AU - Stanton, Neville A.
AU - Stevens, Nicholas
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Progress is not being made on the longstanding problem of collisions between people and trains at rail level crossings. It has been suggested that this may be, in part, due to a lack of systems thinking during design, crash analysis, and countermeasure development. This paper presents a systems analysis of current rail level crossing systems in Australia that was undertaken specifically to identify safety-related issues in rail level crossing environments. Cognitive work analysis was used to analyze current rail level crossing systems based on data derived from a range of focused data collection activities. The analysis identified various issues potentially impacting behavior and safety across the different users of rail level crossings. In addition, potential areas for improvement through redesign were highlighted. An important implication of the study is that improvements in behavior and safety may be achievable through changes to the overall rail level crossing system (e.g. values, goals, norms, data systems) as opposed to changes to the physical rail level crossing infrastructure only. The implications for future rail level crossing design activities are discussed.
AB - Progress is not being made on the longstanding problem of collisions between people and trains at rail level crossings. It has been suggested that this may be, in part, due to a lack of systems thinking during design, crash analysis, and countermeasure development. This paper presents a systems analysis of current rail level crossing systems in Australia that was undertaken specifically to identify safety-related issues in rail level crossing environments. Cognitive work analysis was used to analyze current rail level crossing systems based on data derived from a range of focused data collection activities. The analysis identified various issues potentially impacting behavior and safety across the different users of rail level crossings. In addition, potential areas for improvement through redesign were highlighted. An important implication of the study is that improvements in behavior and safety may be achievable through changes to the overall rail level crossing system (e.g. values, goals, norms, data systems) as opposed to changes to the physical rail level crossing infrastructure only. The implications for future rail level crossing design activities are discussed.
U2 - 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.818
DO - 10.1016/j.promfg.2015.07.818
M3 - Article
SN - 2351-9789
VL - 3
SP - 2921
EP - 2928
JO - Procedia Manufacturing
JF - Procedia Manufacturing
ER -