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Waterloo Region home to 5 of Transport Canada's most dangerous rail crossings

CBC News has published Transport Canada's list of 500 most dangerous rail crossings. There are five in Waterloo region that make the list.
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A vehicle cruises over the train crossing on Cochrane Road in Hamilton. This crossing is rated one of the most dangerous crossings in the country. (Chris Seto/CBC)

CBC News has obtained a list from Transport Canada of the 500 most dangerous rail crossings in the country. There are five in Waterloo region that make the list. 

The list from 2014 was generated by special software designed to predict potential accident "hot spots." However, the data was not widely shared with the public, or affected communities. 

For example, the collision in April at a level crossing near London, Ont. that killed two women, was at a crossing ranked as the country's fourth-most potentially dangerous. The mayor of Southwest Middlesex, Vance Blackmore says he was unaware of the list, or the ranking, calling the information "scary."

Five rail crossings in Waterloo region made the list of the 500 most dangerous in Canada. (Google maps/CBC)

Waterloo region crossings

The five crossings in Waterloo Region that make the list are: 

  • 27 - Township Rd. 16, Baden.
  • 199 - Nafziger Rd, Wilmot.
  • 385 - Notre Dame, Wilmot.
  • 449 - Bingemans Centre Dr., Kitchener.
  • 479 - Dumphries Rd, Cambridge.

See local coverage also from CBC Hamilton and CBC Windsor of Canada's most dangerous rail crossings.

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