Speed Reads
Stats of our lives
Stats of our lives: Death by iPod
The deadly side effects of America's iPod addiction — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures
47American pedestrians killed or seriously injured by trains, cars, and buses while wearing ear buds or headphones in 2010-11
16Number of such deaths and injuries in 2004-05
29Percent of headphone-related accidents in which the vehicle reported sounding a siren or horn before the crash
Source: Injury Prevention, via WebMD