The accident crossing in Ramseröd outside Uddevalla, where a train driver died on Monday, has several shortcomings, SVT's mapping shows.
The crossing also lacks obstacle detectors that warn the train if a vehicle is stuck on the crossing.
- This transition has never had that, says Bengt Olsson, press manager at the Swedish Transport Administration.
And so it looks on many transitions.
Of the country's 6,500 railway crossings, only just under 100 have a system that means that the train driver receives a warning if, for example, a vehicle is stuck on the crossing.
SJ: "A black proof"
- We obviously want to increase safety, so it is desirable to have it at several crossings, says Bengt Olsson, press manager at the Swedish Transport Administration.
- The latest incident is black proof that security needs to increase, says Tobbe Lundell, press manager at SJ.
For over ten years, the Swedish Transport Administration has tried to find a new warning system without success.
It is particularly important to have it at transitions where, for example, dangerous goods are often transported.
- We have had a system that is no longer manufactured.
Then we procured a solution that didn't work well when we tested it in real life, so now we're redoing the procurement, says Bengt Olsson.
Trafikverket: "Complicated system"
The warning system that exists, with obstacle detectors on barely a hundred crossings, was manufactured a long time ago, and is now becoming difficult to maintain if it breaks down.
- There are no spare parts for it anymore, so gradually it dies, says Bengt Olsson.
Why has it taken so long to find a new one?
- It is a complicated system that cannot be bought outright.
So now we are trying to compose a new solution, says Bengt Olsson.