Institute of Transportation, MOTC

　　Taiwan Railway Administrator (TRA) is one of the most important passenger transportation operator in Taiwan. The paper attempts to investigate TRA’s safety level, risk profile, and safety problem of level crossing, by an empirical analysis. The major findings are the followings. TRA’s safety level is fair. The first three hazardous events are “trespasser struck while crossing track”, “train collision with road vehicle on level crossing”, and “passenger slips, trips, and falls at station”. The safety problem of railway level crossings in Taiwan is serious. The causes of most hazardous events at level crossing are safety factors on the highway side.