Crashing Into Trains.

The American Railway Association recently announced that more than 20 per cent. of the accidents at highway grade crossings in 1927 resulted from operators of passenger automobiles, motor buses and motor trucks crashing into the sides of trains (says an American exchange).

Of the 5,596 highway grade crossing accidents that took place in 1927, reports just received from the railroads show that 1,148 accidents resulted from such a cause, with 244 persons being killed and 1,636 injured.

This was an increase of 66 over the number of such accidents in 1926 in which year 225 persons were killed and 1,586 injured as a result of automobiles running into the sides of trains.