10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

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10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Smjh1979 » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:18 pm

Here's a list of the 10 most dangerous crossings with the highest amount of accidents. This story is covered by KNXV ABC 15.

http://www.abc15.com/content/traffic/st ... OluNw.cspx

A few of the crossings on the list are on the website. They even provide DOT numbers of the crossings too.

What's not surprising is that the top 9 crossings are owned by BNSF. Only one (#10 rank) is UP.
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Smjh1979 » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:29 pm

Looking at the crossings they list, I can agree with some of them.

There is one I don't agree with though...

They say tha the Parks crossing in Maine, AZ is a dangerous crossing. There has only been one accident total, which happened back in 1995, with no injuries...

Looks like ABC 15 didn't research some of their data correctly...
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by TrainmanKight » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:07 am

Smjh1979 wrote:Looking at the crossings they list, I can agree with some of them.

There is one I don't agree with though...

They say tha the Parks crossing in Maine, AZ is a dangerous crossing. There has only been one accident total, which happened back in 1995, with no injuries...

Looks like ABC 15 didn't research some of their data correctly...
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Crossingman18 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:28 am

looks liks one got eliminated by track separation so its defunct.
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by cabman701 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:11 pm

Crossingman18 wrote:looks liks one got eliminated by track separation so its defunct.
That just shows how smart the news people are. How can that crossing be on the 10 most dangerous list if it hasn't existed for 4 years now??? :Confused:
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by AndyWS » Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:25 pm

Sounds more like a problem with their sources, if they are relying on 2002 FRA data.

It does show laziness on their part though, to not inquire whether things might have changed in 7 years. :Roll:
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Arizona_Mike » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:41 pm

Wow...All I have to say is wow...

Having visited Arizona a couple times now, I personally can point out some other crossings imo that are way worse....

Although, Mike, I feel that a few more UP crossings should have made the list....But you live there, I don't.... :2cents:
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Smjh1979 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:16 pm

I wish I could get to the UP crossings.
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Arizona_Mike » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:17 pm

Smjh1979 wrote:I wish I could get to the UP crossings.
There's a couple in the Tempe area...and one or two in the Tuscon area that should have been really close, if not in the top 10....
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Re: 10 most dangerous crossings in Arizona

Post by Smjh1979 » Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:31 pm

San Francisco St. in Flagstaff has had a high rate of accidents and deaths. That should've been on the list, not Parks.
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