Ufton Nervet crossing, (shh... we're pretending nothing happened) Options

[spartacus]

I see that the crash victim has been named.....
Newbury Today link

Not going to speculate on what might have happened as the thread will be deleted, but from the link it says that as well as the 2004 tragedy the Ufton crossing has been the scene of 'several other deaths'..... Is that true? or are we referring to deaths going back to the mists of time and including every horse and cart that might have been hit since the 1840s.........

The Ufton Nervert level crossing was the scene of a crash in 2004 which resulted in the death of seven people when a train derailed after hitting a car parked across the line.

It has also been the scene of several other deaths and near misses in recent years.

[Jayjay]

I don't understand why they use half barriers on any level crossing. They should be full barriers across the network.

[Biker1]

I don't understand why they use half barriers on any level crossing. They should be full barriers across the network.

They use half barriers on automatic crossing because there is no human observation to see if anyone is trapped on the crossing.
If someone was trapped on full barriers there would be no escape route.
The half barrier allows an escape route although, most unfortunately, not for this poor individual in this instance.

[blackdog]

They use half barriers on automatic crossing because there is no human observation to see if anyone is trapped on the crossing.
If someone was trapped on full barriers there would be no escape route.
The half barrier allows an escape route although, most unfortunately, not for this poor individual in this instance.

That's a fair point - but you don't need half barriers on both sides to provide an escape route. Of course what they really need is automatic rising bollards .

[Biker1]

That's a fair point - but you don't need half barriers on both sides to provide an escape route.

Yes you do as you need an escape for both directions of travel.