Even though automobile accidents are among the leading causes of personal injury, train accidents still have the potential to derail many individuals’ health and well-being. This can come as a terrible shock to the average commuter because these types of accidents simply don’t happen as frequently as motorway collisions. But believe it or not, there are as many as 3,000 train accidents per year, which result in as many as 1,000 deaths per year. Even though they are rarer than other types of transportation accidents, there are a myriad of things that can go wrong.