AVANTE Grade Crossing Visibility and Blind Spot Visibility Systems

Our Approach to Minimizing Rail Pedestrian Accidents:

In the United States there are over 180,000 miles of railroad tracks. Pedestrian railroad accidents are the leading cause of death on railways. According to FRA statistics, 1,122 pedestrian rail casualties (fatalities + injuries) occurred in 2019.

Level or grade crossings constitute a significant safety concern internationally. On the average, each year around 400 people in the European Union and over 300 in the United States are killed in level crossing accidents.

Most grade and level crossing accidents may be preventable with additional visibility:

Most of the grade crossing collisions may be prevented if visibility of accidental stationary obstructions is available to the oncoming train. For the vehicles and pedestrians that may be impatient or unaware of the oncoming train proximity, visibility and warning to them may also avoid many of the accidents.

There are more than 250,000 grade (or level) crossings in the United States. Fast moving trains often require a mile or more to stop and can’t deviate from their course. Obviously, the warning devices are there to protect motorists and pedestrians, not trains.

Advanced alerts to engineers in the oncoming train of any obstructions that are stationary for a while will enable corrective actions. While alerts and warnings to the pedestrians and vehicles at the level crossing based on the proximity of the oncoming train will minimize some rail grade accidents.

Engineered to withstand in all weather conditions:

AVANTE Grade Crossing and Blind Spots Visibility System is engineered to provide proximity and timely alerts to the pedestrians and vehicles at the rail crossing. AVANTE patented system also provides the train engineers of any stationary objects stuck at the grade crossing or at blind spots ahead.

AVANTE’s Blind Spot Visibility System is designed to provide forward visibility miles ahead:

When a car and a train approach an intersection, there are not a host of determining factors; the train always has the right of way. However, if a driver cannot be properly informed of a coming train, that changes things. There are three main concerns that can affect a driver’s ability to see an oncoming train.

Bends and blind spots can cause preventable accidents with visibility and warning alerts to the pedestrian. AVANTE’s Blind Spot Visibility System can be located at any blind spot to provide the all-weather imaging visibility to train engineers of oncoming train and warning alerts to train proximity to pedestrians.

Blind spots around bends and sometimes unforeseen obstructions such as landslides, objects and large animals can cause serious train accidents and collisions. AVANTE’s Blind Spot Visibility System uses the same radar-IR-video imaging technology to provide forward visibility to train engineers and control-command center miles ahead for corrective actions.

AVANTE’s Rail Crossing Visibility System and Blind Spot Visibility System:

Couples all weather radar and IR-Video analytics for false positive proof obstruction detection in critical rail locations such as: level crossings, metro-train stations, and blind spots around sharp bends.

Designed to be independent of infrastructure with ease of installation at the locations and thus can be used in remote crossings and remote train tracks for animals, humans and other obstructions.

Fractional costs in comparison to fixed fences and other existing systems for obstruction detections with each set capable of monitoring than 400 meter of rail tracks. AVANTE’s Patented Train and Track Visibility System is cost effective for full metro train track monitoring.

Communicates data and images with cellular communication and optional fail-over to satellite network or special wireless relays.

Real-time alerts to oncoming trains in advance within a 5 km range for any stationary obstructions that may cause accidents.

AVANTE Rail Crossing and Blind Spot Visibility Systems are part of the AVANTE patented solution to provide total visibility of rail operations for safe and services without interruptions.