School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China.
National Engineering Laboratory of Integrated Transportation Big Data Application Technology, Chengdu 611756, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 17;19(10):6104. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106104.
Although train-pedestrian collisions are the primary source of railway casualties, the characteristics of this phenomenon have not been fully investigated in China. This study examined such collisions in the Greater Sichuan-Chongqing area of China by conducting a thorough descriptive analysis of 2090 incident records from 2011 to 2020. The results showed that such collisions have declined gradually over the past decade, but the fatality rate remains high. We found that such collisions were more likely to happen to men, senior citizens and people crossing the tracks and that they occurred more frequently in the morning. While collision rates dropped in February, collisions were more likely to occur in December. In contrast to the situation in Western countries, weekends were not related to increased occurrence. The absence of a protective fence led to a higher collision rate, but level crossings are no longer a concern since most such structures in China have been rebuilt as overpasses. Mild slopes and extreme curvatures were also found to increase the occurrence of such collisions. Freight trains were most likely to be involved in train-pedestrian collisions, and collisions caused by high-speed trains were rare both absolutely and relatively. However, when collisions did occur, higher train speeds were linked with higher fatality rates. The findings suggest that patterns of train-pedestrian collisions in China differ from those in the Western world. This difference might be caused by differences in culture, geography, weather and railway development policies. Future research directions and possible preventive measures are also discussed.
尽管火车与行人相撞是铁路伤亡的主要原因，但中国尚未充分研究这一现象的特征。本研究通过对 2011 年至 2020 年 2090 起事故记录进行彻底的描述性分析，研究了中国大四川-重庆地区的此类碰撞事件。结果表明，在过去十年中，此类碰撞事件逐渐减少，但死亡率仍然很高。我们发现，此类碰撞更可能发生在男性、老年人和跨越轨道的人身上，而且更可能在早上发生。虽然碰撞率在 2 月下降，但 12 月更有可能发生碰撞。与西方国家的情况不同，周末与碰撞发生率增加无关。没有防护围栏会导致更高的碰撞率，但由于中国的大多数平交道口已被重建为立交桥，因此不再需要担心平交道口。平缓的坡度和极端的曲率也会增加此类碰撞的发生。货运列车最有可能卷入火车与行人相撞事故，高速列车引起的碰撞事故绝对和相对都很少见。但是，当碰撞确实发生时，较高的列车速度与较高的死亡率相关。研究结果表明，中国火车与行人相撞的模式与西方世界不同。这种差异可能是由于文化、地理、天气和铁路发展政策的差异造成的。还讨论了未来的研究方向和可能的预防措施。
