Let's take a quick look at railway crossings in Japan
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...and since the only headlines that come up when I search for this involve people in cars who got hit at level crossings, never pedestrians getting hit
Looks a bit on the high side compared to Britain, which probably overprotects its crossings. Still, a small number for a large country and very small compared to US traffic fatalities.
yeah--also very low relative to the number of people carried by train every year
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