Pedestrians wearing headphones dying in record numbers.
Pedestrians wearing headphones dying in record numbers. [Bloomberg]
The number of headphone-wearing pedestrians seriously injured or killed near roadways and railways has tripled in six years, according to a U.S. study.
The number of cases rose from 16 in 2004-2005 to 47 in 2010-2011, according to the research published today in the online journal Injury Prevention