Operation Lifesaver is a non-profit, international continuing public education program.  First established in 1972, this program was designed to end collisions, deaths and injuries at places where roadways cross train tracks, as well as on railroad rights-of way.  Operation Lifesave programs are sponsored cooperatively by federal, state, and local government agencies as well as highway safety organizations and the nation's railroads.   Please stay safe!

 

Amazing statistics regarding ACCIDENTS and DEATHS on railroad property and at railroad crossings:

• Most collisions with trains occur with trains traveling under 30 mph.

• 64% of all collisions with trains occur in daylight hours.

• Most collisions with trains occur within 25 miles of the driver's home.

• 25% of all collisions with trains occur when the vehicle runs into the train.

• Nearly 50% of all collisions with trains occur at crossing that are equipped with automatic warning devices.

• You are 40 times more likely to die in a collision with a train than in a collision involving anothe motor vehicle.

• More then nine times per week, a truck with a trailer and a train collide.

• Since 1990 there have been well over 5,000 people killed while tresspassing on railroad rights-of-way and property.

• In the United States two people die every day in collisions with trains at grade crossings.

• In the United States, two people die every day while tresspassing on railroad property.

 

Some RAILROAD FACTS to remember:

• Railroad tracks, yards, and equipment are private property....and trespassers are subject to arrest and fine.

• There are over 200,000 miles of railroad tracks in the United States.

• There are over 260,000 grade crossings in the United States.

• A freight train moving at 55 mph, or an 8-car passenger train moving at 79mph, can take well over a mile to stop.