Don't Put Your Life At Risk! Stay Away From Tracks!

“Level crossings are safe if their users behave properly. However, collisions between trains and rogue drivers still occur, on average every other day. Správa železnic therefore takes every opportunity to draw attention to the need for caution and compliance with the rules. If we can save even one life thanks to this campaign, it will be worthwhile,” said Jiří Svoboda, Director General of Správa železnic.     

ILCAD (International Level Crossing Awareness Day) was initiated in 2009 by the International Union of Railways (UIC). The purpose of the event is to minimise accidents with often fatal consequences. A collision between a train and a car or other obstacle at a level crossing can hardly be averted. For example, an express train running on a corridor at 160 km/h will run more than a kilometre after all braking systems have been applied until it comes to a complete stop. Thus if a driver decides to disregard the level crossing warning device and tries to pass just in front of an oncoming train, he or she gives the engine driver virtually no chance to avoid a collision.

Správa železnic invests several billions of crowns a year in modernising and increasing the safety of level crossings, which is reflected in the number of accidents at level crossings. 2020 was an exemplary year, when the fewest collisions between trains and road vehicles occurred since 2003, i.e. since the establishment of today's Správa železnic. Last year, the number of accidents increased slightly, but almost a third fewer people died than in the year before. Car drivers topped the list of culprits. They were behind 44 of the 62 collisions recorded so far this year.

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