Written by Melanie Kozlan, Four Green Steps

Walking while listening to your headphones can be more of a risk than you may have previously thought: A new study published in the Injury Prevention Journal found 116 reports of death or injury in the U.S.A. between 2004 and 2011. While this may seem modest, the number of collisions nearly tripled during this time.

From the study:

This series presented 116 cases of pedestrian injury involving headphones. The majority of victims in this series were young and/or male, with more incidents occurring in urban counties, during the school year, and involving trains. These observations may be influenced by biases in media reporting; therefore, more complete capture rates are needed to delineate which populations are at particular risk.

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