Safety Tips
As part of our mission to reduce deaths and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings and around tracks and trains, Operation Lifesaver offers safety tips for drivers, pedestrians, and other audiences.
Click on the links below for safety tips of interest to you.
Driving Safety Tips
Pedestrian Safety Tips
School Bus Driver Safety Tips
Professional Driver Safety Tips
Emergency Responder Safety Tips
Bicycle Safety Tips
Equestrian Safety Tips (Download pdf brochure)
News Media Safety Tips (Download pdf brochure)
All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Tips (Download pdf brochure)
Rail Safety Facts
Current Federal Railroad Association (FRA) data shows that highway-rail grade crossing collisions and pedestrian trespass on tracks together account for over 95% of all railroad fatalities.
Source: Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis
Media Contacts
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. understands the importance of the news media’s role in helping the public make safe decisions around tracks and trains.
To request further information about Operation Lifesaver’s activities, or for additional safety information, please contact our national headquarters office at 703-739-0308 or 800-537-6224 or contact:
- Marmie T. Edwards, APR, Vice President, Communications - Phone 703-739-0284 , or email medwards@oli.org
- Carol P. Steckbeck, Media Consultant - Phone 919-303-5140, or email csteckbeck@oli.org