Listed below are the numbers of incidents, fatalities and injuries at the highway-rail grade crossings in West Virginia for the years 2008 and 2009. Trespasser incidents, fatalities are also listed.

Source: Federal Railroad Administration

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Incidents

Incidents     (2008) 15     (2009) 22

Railroad	2008	2009
CSX Transportation	10	11
Norfolk Southern	4	8
Winchester-Western	1	0
Appalachian & Ohio	0	2
South Branch Valley RR	0	1
TOTALS	15	20

 Fatalities     (2008)  2     (2009)  2    Both fatalities for 2009  were pedestrians

Injuries     (2008)  8     (2009)  7  

         

 

Incidents at Public Crossings     14

Incidents at Private Crossings    8

 

Warning Devices at Incidents

Active Warning Devices	10
Crossbucks	9
Stop Signs	2
None	1

 

Vehicles Involved

Passenger Car	10
Truck (Commercial)	1
Pickup Truck	4
Truck-Trailer	2
Other (ATV)	1
Pedestrain	2

 

 Incident Information 2009

Date	County	City	Road/Street	RR
2/4/09	Marion	Colfax	Brooks Dr	CSX
3/5/09	McDowell	Eckman	Landgraft Rd	NS
3/13/09	Wayne	Neal	Private Road	NS
3/15/09	Braxton	Heaters	Private road	AO
3/24/09	Kanawha	Nitro	Private Road	NS
5/8/09	Putnam	Bancroft	Private Road	NS
5/27/09	Berkeley	Martinsburg	Shepherdstown Rd	CSX
5/28/09	Mingo	Kermit	Mingo St	NS
6/6/09	Kanawha	St Albans	Drumheller Dr	CSX
6/12/09	Greenbriar	Alderson	Monroe St	CSX
6/13/09	Logan	Pecks Mill	Private Road	CSX
6/15/09	Fayette	Kincaid	Kinston Rd	NS
6/18/09	Hardy	Moorefield	Spring Ave	SBVR
9/9/09	Mineral	Keyser	Main St	CSX
9/20/09	Jefferson	Harpers Ferry	Bakertown Pike	CSX
9/23/09	Logan	Accoville	Private Road	CSX
10/3/09	Mingo	Kermit	US 52	NS
10/9/09	Kanawha	St Albans	Drumheller Dr	CSX
11/2/09	Boone	Madison	Price Ave	CSX
11/7/09	Mingo	Thacker	Private Road	NS

 

2009 Trespasser Incidents

 

Incidents  8

Injuries  4

Fatalities  4

Notes:    

All four fatalities occured on CSX Transportation tracks.

In three cases the person was lying on the track.

In one case the person was walking on the track.