The Los Angeles Times featured an article and video last September 27th about the frequency of accidents between cars and pedestrians and Metrolink Trains.
Most Southern Californians know all about the big accidents, such as the head-0n train-on-train accident last year that killed 25 people and brought texting-while-driving accidents to the forefront, the truth is that most Metrolink accidents involve only one train, and it is usually striking a passing car.
What is most frustrating to critics of Metrolink is that it seems that there are certain intersections where most of these accidents occur, and in most cases safety engineers have a clear understaning of they are occuring. So why aren’t they being fixed?
Further reading:
Los Angeles Train Accident Attorney
