Identifying causes of accidents at level crossings

The article deals with the issue of safety at level crossings. The incidence of accidents at level crossings is relatively low, due to the fact, that it is the only point of direct physical contact between otherwise relatively isolated modes of transport. From a mathematical and statistical point of view, the occurrence of accidents at level crossings can be considered as rare, unevenly distributed phenomena. The occurrence of an accident must therefore be understood as the result of a complex of various types and actions, with very serious consequences the number of dead and seriously injured. Unscheduled event has the potential to cause adverse effects. It is therefore necessary to subject these objects to a thorough analysis in terms of technical and legislative aspects, as well as to take into account the human factor issues, because the errors and mistakes of the road users cannot be ruled out. The article assesses in detail the safety at railway crossings in the Slovak Republic and in the European Union. A special part of the article is devoted to the identification of the causes of accidents at railway crossings. The authors of the article also had at their disposal an accident at the railway crossing, which will be analyzed in terms of causes and consequences. This part of the article uses a software tool, where the interaction between the vehicle and the train is determined by means of a mathematical-graphical analysis. The moment of collision as well as the position of the means of transport after the collision are examined.