Railroad crossing crash?
We hold railroads and corporations fully accountable.

Railroad crossings are supposed to warn and protect the public and rail workers at one of the most dangerous points on the rail line. When a train collides with a car, truck, bus, pedestrian, or roadway worker at a crossing, the results are almost never “minor.” The difference in size, speed, and stopping distance means these crashes often lead to catastrophic injury or wrongful death.

These are not unavoidable “freak accidents.” Defective signals or gates, obstructed sight lines, unsafe crossing design, bad route planning, excessive speed, and railroads ignoring known hazards can all turn a routine trip or a normal shift on the railroad into a disaster.

If you or a family member was hurt at a railroad crossing, or if you are a rail employee injured in a grade-crossing collision, we move fast: secure event-recorder and video data, preserve signal and dispatch records, document conditions on the ground, identify every at-fault company, and build the grade-crossing, FELA, and third-party case that goes far beyond basic insurance payments or workers’ compensation.

Common incidents we see

These are some of the grade-crossing events that frequently lead to serious railroad and public injuries:

• Vehicle vs. train at passive crossings – Crossings with only crossbucks or minimal signage, no flashing lights or gates, and poor visibility. Drivers and pedestrians are left to “judge for themselves” at locations that were never reasonably safe.
• Signalized crossings where warnings fail – Lights that don’t activate, gates that don’t lower or rise too early, bells that malfunction, or improper activation timing. Without reliable warnings, road users are exposed at the worst possible moment.
• Commercial trucks, buses, and high-profile vehicles – Tractor-trailers, low-boys, tankers, dump trucks, school buses, and passenger coaches that get struck at crossings. These cases often involve route planning failures, inadequate training, or ignoring known low-clearance/high-center risks.
• Pedestrian and cyclist strikes – People walking, jogging, using mobility devices, or biking through or near crossings where sight lines are blocked, warnings are confusing or absent, or trains move quietly and quickly.
• Roadway and track workers at crossings – Maintenance-of-way employees, flaggers, and construction workers working near or within crossings without proper protection, coordination, or warning systems between work crews and train movements.
• Private, industrial, and plant crossings – Crossings serving factories, warehouses, refineries, or terminals where heavy truck traffic, poor signage, and inadequate communication between facility operators and the railroad create a predictable hazard.
• Multiple-track and “second train coming” events – Incidents where one train passes and obscures the view or sound of a second train, yet the crossing design, warnings, and procedures do not adequately protect against this known danger.