Operation Lifesaver notes drop in 2012 crossing collisions, increase in pedestrian-train casualties
WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2013 – While vehicle-train collisions and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings were lower across the U.S. in 2012, crossing-related fatalities were flat and rail trespass deaths and injuries rose from 2011, according to Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI, www.oli.org). The national nonprofit rail safety education organization cited preliminary 2012 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA, www.fra.dot.gov) statistics showing that rail trespass deaths and injuries were at their highest levels since 2008.
“We are gratified with the continued improvement in highway-
