Company : Operation Lifesaver Canada
Contact:
– Mayes Sarah
– Tel: 1-613-564-8097
– smayes at railcan.ca
Company’s website: www.operationlifesaver.ca
National campaign website : www.LookListenLive.ca
Youtube: www.youtube.com/operationlifesaverCA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oplifesaver/
https://fr-ca.facebook.com/oplifesaver
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oplifesaver?lang=en
https://twitter.com/gareautrain?lang=en
Contacts at Press/Communication :
Maryse Betournay / 1-613-564-8100 / mbetournay at railcan.ca
Statistics 2018
– Total number of LX in 2010: 37000
– Total number of LX in 2011: 37000
– Total number of LX in 2012: 37000
– Total number of LX in 2013: 37000
– Total number of LX in 2014: 37000 (20 000 active, 17 000 passive
– Total number of LC in 2019: 22820
– Total number of collisions in 2010: 180
– Total number of collisions in 2011: 169
– Total number of collisions in 2012: 189
– Total number of collisions in 2013: 185
– Total number of collisions in 2014: 180
– Total number of collisions in 2015: 164
– Total number of accidents in 2016: 137
– Total number of accidents in 2017: 146
– Total number of accidents in 2018: 167
– Total number of fatalities in 2010: 24
– Total number of fatalities in 2011: 25
– Total number of fatalities in 2012: 31
– Total number of fatalities in 2013: 32
– Total number of fatalities in 2014: 21
– Total number of fatalities in 2015: 14
– Total length of lines (km) in 2017: 42 557
– Total number of train-kilometres (millions) in 2017: 104573400
Total number of collisions with motorized vehicles in 2016: 127
Total number of collisions with motorized vehicles in 2017: 135
Total number of collisions with motorized vehicles in 2018: 149
Total number of pedestrians hit at LC in 2016: 10
Total number of pedestrians hit at LC in 2017: 11
Total number of pedestrians hit at LC in 2018: 18
List of partners
Transport Canada, the Railway Association of Canada and its members, including CN, CP, VIA Rail, exo, West Coast Express, Metrolinx and Genesee & Wyoming, among others.
Awareness measures
Operation Lifesaver Canada will launch two new Train to Drive virtual-reality (VR) videos to coincide with ILCAD 2019. The videos are specifically designed to teach professional – bus and truck – drivers how to safely approach rail crossings, and what to do in the case of an emergency (such as stalling on the tracks). These videos complement two other VRs aimed at inexperienced drivers, which OL Canada launched earlier this year.