Coulogne english summary
On Tuesday 3 April 2018, at around 3:55 pm, a locomotive connecting Calais to Lille collided with a Citroen type C3 automobile at level crossing no. 82, which is located on departmental road no. 247E1 in Coulogne.
This violent collision caused the death of the car’s two occupants when the locomotive, travelling at 75 km/h, struck the car on its right side. The locomotive driver was slightly injured. The shock destroyed the car. The railway equipment was undamaged.
The direct cause of this accident was failure to observe flashing red lights, and bypassing the lowered half-gate at the time that the locomotive arrived.
Testimonies collected and investigations did not permit determining factors that may have influenced the driver’s manoeuvres.
Thus, BEA-TT has not issued a preventive recommendation in connection with this accident.
However, feedback from similar accident investigations leads the BEA-TT to stress the need for prior consultation between road and railway managers in the case of work near a level crossing, and to remind them of the recommendations for such a circumstance explained in the information note from the department for transport, roads and their improvements (SETRA), entitled “Road works near level crossings”.
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