Accidents from pedestrians with headphones has increased
Record shows that the number of US pedestrians who have been hurt or killed because of wearing headphones has tripled in six years, according to a study published Tuesday.
The yearly tally has increased from 16 in 2004 to 47 in 2011, making the total of cases to 116 over this period, say the authors.
More than half of the incidents linked to pedestrians who were run down by trains.
Two-thirds of the victims were males and under the age of 30.
The research which was published in the British journal Injury Prevention, was lead by Richard Lichenstein of the University of Maryland Hospital for Children in Baltimore.
The probe of US accident statistics covered iPods, MP3 players and other musical devices. Meanwhile it did not include mobile phones.
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