在法国,每年在平交道口发生公路车辆与火车的冲突事故约250起,平均死亡人数为50人,另外还有更多的重伤者。尽管该数字比20年前减少了一半,但是,平交道口的存在仍然是一个危险区。减少这类事故的上策,是逐步取消平交道口。法国国营铁路正朝着这一方向迈进。全路网原有22,000个平交道口,或修建跨线桥,或改迁公路,或关闭平交道口,每年约取消200个平交道口。 In France, there are about 250 road-vehicle-train collisions at the level crossing every year, with an average of 50 fatalities and an additional number of seriously injured people. Although the figure is halved from 20 years ago, the presence of a level crossing remains a dangerous area. The best way to reduce such accidents is to gradually cancel the level crossing. The French state-owned railway is moving in this direction. The original network of 22,000 road crossings, or the construction of flyover, or to relocate the highway, or close the level crossing, about 200 canceled every year crossing.