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Operation Lifesaver: Education’s Role in Highway-Rail Safety. Helen M. Sramek, OLI 2008 MidStates Highway-Rail Safety Meeting Grapevine, Texas, May 20, 2008. Operation Lifesaver. How time flies! May ‘07. MidStates represent. 16 states across the middle of the country - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Operation Lifesaver: Education’s Role in Highway-Rail Safety
Helen M. Sramek, OLI2008 MidStates Highway-Rail
Safety MeetingGrapevine, Texas, May 20, 2008
Operation Lifesaver
How time flies! May ‘07
MidStates represent . . .
• 16 states across the middle of the country
• 34% of U.S. population
• 48% of rail U.S. rail trackage
Highway Safety
Highway SafetyStatistics
Motor vehicle crashes Annual U.S. casualties:
< 40,000 deaths
< 2 million injuries
Highway-Rail Safety
Did You Know?
• Approximately every 2 hours in the U.S., a person or vehicle is hit by a train.
Railroad Safety
Crossing Incidents 2,742
Crossing Fatalities 339
Crossing Injuries 1,012
Trespass Fatalities 477
Trespass Injuries 396
Preliminary 2007 U.S. Rail Safety Statistics Source: Federal Railroad Administration
The Rail Safety Problem, 2007
MidStates Safety Improves
Category 2006 2007
Xing Incidents 1,352 1,263
Xing Deaths 188 148
Xing Injuries 528 484
Trespass Deaths
168 147
Trespass Injuries
189 173
Preliminary 2007 U.S. Rail Safety Statistics Source: Federal Railroad Administration
2007 MidStates Statistics
Category Total % of U.S.
Xing Incidents 1,263 46%
Xing Deaths 148 44%
Xing Injuries 484 48%
Trespass Deaths
147 31%
Trespass Injuries
173 44%
Preliminary 2007 U.S. Rail Safety Statistics Source: Federal Railroad Administration
Grade Crossing Trends
Successes despite:
• Increases in both number of cars and miles driven per year
• Resurgence in freight rail
• Increase in commuter rail
Increases in Passenger Rail
American Public Transportation Association (APTA) reported that in 2007:
• Light rail ridership increased 6.2%
• Commuter rail ridership increased 5.5 %
The Human Toll
Vehicle-Train Collisions: Tragedies that can turn catastrophic
• Disruption to communities: negative impact on traffic, commerce
• Impact on train crews
• The most preventable of crashes: we know where they could occur!
What’s New“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Sir Francis Bacon
Student Drivers
New OL Driver Ed Video: “Look to Live”
New OL Driver Ed Video
Provides flexibility and accessibility:
• Web component
• Driver education instructors can incorporate it in their programs
“Look to Live” Driver Ed Video
• Will post segments of video on
Professional Drivers
• Truck-trailer rigs in 2007 were involved in 17.6 % of vehicle-train collisions
OL Presenter’s Guide
• In 2009, we will update our presenter’s guide
• Will include new signage from MUTCD
Engineering Focus
• Later this year, a subgroup of OLI’s engineering committee will look into quiet zones
Results“You can't build a reputation
on what you are going to do.”
Henry Ford
Operation Lifesaver – Results
In 2007, OL reached:
• More than 3.7 million people via OL state programs, training and events nationwide
OL Driver Education
In 2007, OL reached:
• More than 198,000 new drivers in 6,500 Driver Ed presentations
• Nearly 104,000 high school students in 1,130 presentations
YouTube Generation
YouTube Generation
OLI objected to 3 videos:
• “Kid Films Himself on Train Tracks”
• “The Most Stupid Stunt of All Time?”
• “Guy Lies Under Train as it Passes”
YouTube Success!
Light Rail Education
• OL is now providing its safety training to transit agencies in major metropolitan areas
• Pilot project with Austin Capitol Metro
OL Safety Messages
Austin Capital Metro’s web page/poster
New Key Safety Tips pamphlet
Why OL is Important
• A proven model for collisions, injuries and fatalities
• A success story within the traffic safety community
• Crash statistics support this
Another Challenge –Pedestrian Rail Trespassing
Educating the Media
• Step up efforts to reduce trespass incidents
• Media images romanticize dangerous behavior
Local newspaper insert
Readers’ Digest
USA Today
Operation Lifesaver
Strengthening ties
with the
engineeringcommunity
Save the Date!
2008 Operation Lifesaver
Symposium & Training Seminars
Cincinnati Marriott at RiverCenter
July 21-23, 2008
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