Types of level crossings

There were 18,459 level crossings on the railway network at the end of 2009, of which :

• 12,707 were public level crossings with automatic or manual barriers ;
• 3,804 public level crossings without barriers, namely with a Cross Sign (with or without a Stop sign);
• 840 public level crossings for pedestrians ;
• 1,108 PN privés.

About 2,600 are on lines without railway traffic. There remain about 15,100 active, public level crossings.

	Level crossings with lights and automatic barriers
	Level crossings with manual barriers
	Level crossings with Cross Signs
	Level crossings for pedestrians

Breakdown of level crossings by type of road

• Less than 1% of all level crossings are located on national, A roads
• 30% on departmental, B roads
• 70% on local roads

Accidents at level crossings

The number of accidents at level crossings, collisions between a road user (vehicle, pedestrian or cycle) and a train have been going down for over 20 years. The drop became sharper in 2004, especially following the implementation of automatic radar control by the government.