Stats of our lives: Death by iPod

47

American pedestrians killed or seriously injured by trains, cars, and buses while wearing ear buds or headphones in 2010-11

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Number of such deaths and injuries in 2004-05

29

Percent of headphone-related accidents in which the vehicle reported sounding a siren or horn before the crash

Source: Injury Prevention, via WebMD