crossing_ways fixing - specially handle crossing nodes

modules/osm/node.js

@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ Object.assign(osmNode.prototype, {
         return utilArrayUniq(results);
     },
 
+    isCrossing: function(){
+        return this.tags.highway === 'crossing' || 
+               this.tags.railway && this.tags.railway.indexOf('crossing') !== -1;  
+    },
 
     isEndpoint: function(resolver) {
         return resolver.transient(this, 'isEndpoint', function() {

modules/validations/crossing_ways.js

@@ -721,7 +721,8 @@ export function validationCrossingWays(context) {
                             var edgeNodes = [graph.entity(edge[0]), graph.entity(edge[1])];
                             var nearby = geoSphericalClosestNode(edgeNodes, loc);
                             // if there is already a suitable node nearby, use that
-                            if (!nearby.node.hasInterestingTags() && nearby.distance < mergeThresholdInMeters) {
+                            // use the node if node has no interesting tags or if it is a crossing node #8326
+                            if ((!nearby.node.hasInterestingTags() || nearby.node.isCrossing()) && nearby.distance < mergeThresholdInMeters) {
                                 nodesToMerge.push(nearby.node.id);
                             // else add the new node to the way
                             } else {