- Louisiana ranks 4th in the nation for fatalities at railroad crossings with 13 fatalities in 2015.
- Louisiana ranks 8th in the nation for collisions at railroad crossing with 78 in 2015.
- Nation-wide in 2015 there were 2,059 collisions, 244 fatalities, and 967 injuries.
- Trains take a mile or more to come to stop when traveling at 55mph – the distance of 18 football fields!
- About every 3 hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train nationwide.
- Railroad tracks are private property, and walking on them is trespassing – it’s illegal and dangerous.
- 95% of all rail-related deaths involve drivers going through a crossing or a person on the tracks.