Improving Safety at Level Crossings
Project overview
The Centre for Technology Infusion is developing a new technology-based solution to improve safety at level crossings.
The $5.5 million three-year project uses Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) - a wireless technology providing vehicles and drivers a 360 degree level of awareness of the surrounding traffic situation.
The technology establishes wireless communication between trains approaching a level crossing and vehicles approaching the crossing. If the system detects the possibility of a collision, a warning message is presented inside the driver's vehicle.
The system has already undergone three large-scale field trials at both regional and urban crossings in the largest-known rail crossing safety study of its kind in the world.
Watch 'New technology set to save lives', a video about the Intelligent Transport System or download the Intelligent Transport System to Improve Safety brochure [PDF 398KB].Partners
- La Trobe University
- Automotive Cooperative Research Centre (AutoCRC)
- Public Transport Victoria (PTV)
- Metro Trains Melbourne
- V/Line
- Embedded Systems Technology
- Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC)
- Queensland University of Technology
- Cohda Wireless
- Tongji University - Shanghai, China
- Tsinghua University - Beijing, China
Demonstrations
New technology set to save lives
Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching level crossing
- Other formats
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching level crossing MP4 [15.21 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching level crossing MP3 [1.16 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching level crossing Transcript
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching level crossing Permalink
- Other formats on request: webmarketing@latrobe.edu.au
Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle rerouting for congestion avoidance
- Other formats
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle rerouting for congestion avoidance MP4 [12.00 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle rerouting for congestion avoidance MP3 [0.96 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle rerouting for congestion avoidance Transcript
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle rerouting for congestion avoidance Permalink
- Other formats on request: webmarketing@latrobe.edu.au
Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Intersection Collision Avoidance
- Other formats
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Intersection Collision Avoidance MP4 [8.43 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Intersection Collision Avoidance MP3 [0.63 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Intersection Collision Avoidance Transcript
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Intersection Collision Avoidance Permalink
- Other formats on request: webmarketing@latrobe.edu.au
Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching regional level crossing
- Other formats
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching regional level crossing MP4 [13.75 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching regional level crossing MP3 [1.06 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching regional level crossing Transcript
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration - Vehicle approaching regional level crossing Permalink
- Other formats on request: webmarketing@latrobe.edu.au
Intelligent Transport System demonstration -Vehicle approaching perpendicular and parallel to level crossing
- Other formats
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration -Vehicle approaching perpendicular and parallel to level crossing MP4 [29.04 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration -Vehicle approaching perpendicular and parallel to level crossing MP3 [1.47 MB]
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration -Vehicle approaching perpendicular and parallel to level crossing Transcript
- Intelligent Transport System demonstration -Vehicle approaching perpendicular and parallel to level crossing Permalink
- Other formats on request: webmarketing@latrobe.edu.au
In the news
- Talking cars to hit the road in 2015, Financial Review, 4 January 2013
- Dedicated Short Range Communications for Safer Railway Crossings, Public Transport Victoria 2012
- Qld Trials new measures at rail crossings, Herald Sun, 17 September 2012
- Queensland to trial car radio warnings for vehicles near train tracks after Banyo truck and train crash, Herald Sun 17 September 2012
- Qld trials new measures at rail crossings, NineMSN 17 September 2012
- Push for safer level crossings technology Herald Sun 16 September 2012
- Cars will `talk' and dodge traffic jams, Jennifer Foreshew, The Australian, 4 September 2012
- Dingee crossing to trial new GPS safety technology, Chloe Ross, Bendigo Advertiser, 28 August 2012
- Wireless transmitters to be installed in trains to warn motorists when a train is approaching a level crossing, Herald Sun, August 24 2012
- Talking car sends train danger warning loud and clear, Greg Thom, Herald Sun, Melbourne 21 May 2012
- Putting rail safety on the right track, Geoff Maslen, The Age, 21 September 2010
