Media Contacts

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. understands the importance of the news media’s role in helping the public make safe decisions around tracks and trains.

To request further information about Operation Lifesaver’s activities, or for additional safety information, please contact our national headquarters office at 703-739-0308 or 800-537-6224 or contact:

  • Marmie T. Edwards, APR, Vice President, Communications - Phone 703-739-0284 , or email medwards@oli.org
  • Carol P. Steckbeck, Media Consultant - Phone 919-303-5140, or email csteckbeck@oli.org

Decline in collisions

We’ve helped to reduce the number of train/motor vehicle collisions from a 1972 high of roughly 12,000 annual incidents to a 2009 record low of approximately 1,900 incidents.
(Source: FRA preliminary 2009 statistics).