SAFETY * Australia - Level crossings may have deficient sighting distances
Melbourne,Australia -ATN -5 October 2007: -- The ATSB has found it is likely that some passive level crossings in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia that are controlled by ‘Stop’ signs and are used by high combined gross mass road vehicles may have deficient sighting distances... The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a supplementary report on this potential problem as part of its continuing investigation into the 12 December 2006 collision involving The Ghan on the Fountain Head Road level crossing at Ban Ban Springs, NT... (Picture by Glenn Campbell/The Sydney Morning Herald: The Ghan train derails after colliding with a semi trailer)
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