Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

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.

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...

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...

WELL of course they didnt research there a news team what ever time they can wast on a story they will even if its BULL

looks liks one got eliminated by track separation so its defunct.

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???

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.

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....

I wish I could get to the UP crossings.

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....

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