According to the Traffic Safety Facts from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 5,376 pedestrians and 818 bicyclists died in crashes with automobiles in 2015. These deaths accounted for 17.7% of the 35,092 total fatalities in the United States that year. If 5,376 pedestrian deaths occurred in 2015, it means that nearly 15 pedestrians were killed every day in pedestrian/motor vehicle crashes and is the highest number of pedestrian deaths in just one year since 1996. The NHTSA also reported that the estimated number of pedestrian injuries in accidents with motor vehicles in 2015 was 70,000 – an estimated 14.8% increase since 2006. Needless

According to the most recent statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), there was a total of 43 train-related deaths between 2004 and 2013 involving Metro-North trains. A total of 84 deaths occurred solely on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) during the same period. Between 2011 and the end of 2014, there was a total of 248 deaths. Other statistics reveal that in 2013, there were about 700 registered rail fatalities in the United States. One of the most catastrophic accidents that can occur and take lives is a train accident. Every year we hear of at least one train accident that results in