detectors presence of vehicles stuck on level crossings will be tested from mid-2015 and could be commissioned in 2017, to avoid collisions, Has on Monday with Network Rail of France (RFF).
The radar equipment shall permit, when a vehicle is stopped on a level crossing, to inform the train coming, so he can stop before the accident, told AFP the rail infrastructure manager, confirming a report in the daily Le Parisien.
The risk of collision could thus be reduced by 80-90%.
These detectors, currently being developed in the laboratory will be tested mid-2015 six crossings (three in Normandy and three in Rhône-Alpes). The aim is that they are deployed from 2017.
“The idea dates back to 90, but the technology was not then quite sophisticated,” says Christophe Piednoël, head of communications RFF.
“The system, if it works well, sounds the alarm. The only limit is the time,” he noted, stressing the need to train 1,000 meters launched at 100 km / h to stop.
The development of these detectors is funded by RFF, which does not disclose the amount.
However, the cost of deploying across the network will be shared with local communities. They have not yet been accurately determined because they depend on the chosen technologies.
These detectors differ from speed cameras verbalize for drivers who do not respect the speed limit when approaching a railroad crossing, or while crossing the gates are down or about be. Sixty crossings are equipped.
According to RFF, 99% of accidents on level crossings are due to non-compliance with the rules of the road.
forty seconds elapse between the closing of the gates and the train arrived. This period, which varies by grade crossing is governed by European regulations, and depends, in particular, the speed of traffic on the railway.
“It is not necessary that this time is too long , otherwise it encourages them to take staggered “, especially for two-wheelers, said Christophe Piednoël.
France has 15,000 level crossings. It found 33 deaths in 2012 and 29 in 2013, a mortality rate halved in ten years.
Among the 360 crossings marked as priority level in 2008, half have been removed to date.
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