Transferability of Rail-Road Level Crossing Safety: A Case Study of South Sumatra, Indonesia
F.M. Iman1 , M.Z. Irawan1 *, I. Muthohar2
1Departemen Teknik Sipil dan Lingkungan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, INDONESIA
*Corresponding author: zudhyirawan@ugm.ac.id
INTISARI
South Sumatra has 40 active crossings and 71 passive crossings. The number of accidents at level crossings is significant, with 24 accidents resulting in 5 fatalities and 19 injuries. This demonstrates the importance of discovering solutions to enhance safety at level crossings. One approach to identifying a solution is to adopt solutions from other countries that have been effectively implemented, a process known as policy transfer. The solutions selected for adaptation each address one aspect of The Three Es Theory (Engineering, Enforcement, and Education). Those solutions are changing gate barrier design to full barrier from engineering aspect, camera law enforcement for enforcement aspect, and education and socialization to school and public from education aspect. The three solutions were tested with stakeholder perspectives to assess their appropriateness for adaptation in South Sumatra. The results showed that education received the highest appropriateness level with six supports from stakeholders, and changing to full barrier received five supports, indicating that both solutions have the potential to improve safety at level crossings. However, camera law enforcement showed the opposite, with only two supports, indicating that this solution is inappropriate for the adaptation.
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