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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

Road

See Tracks? Think Train Week

See Tracks? Think Train Week is the United States' rail safety week, held in the third week of September by Operation Lifesaver with state programmes, railroads and police. It was called Rail Safety Week until Operation Lifesaver renamed it, and it runs alongside the Canadian and Mexican weeks. Each day carries a focus, including Operation Clear Track, the crossing enforcement and education day run with law enforcement.

2027

20–26 September 2027

Expected

Expected date from the organiser’s standing rule. Confirm with the organiser nearer the time.

Organiser: Operation Lifesaver, Inc.

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When it falls

Third Monday of September, running 7 days, every year.

Also known as: Rail Safety Week, ST3Week, US Rail Safety Week.

Where it came from

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. held the first United States Rail Safety Week from 24 to 30 September 2017, working with state Operation Lifesaver programmes, railroads and law enforcement; Mexico joined the North American observance in 2020. Operation Lifesaver has since renamed the American week See Tracks? Think Train Week, after its long-running public education campaign, while Operation Lifesaver Canada keeps the Rail Safety Week name for the same September week. The week concentrates education on preventing collisions at crossings and trespassing deaths on railway property.

First observed in 2017.

The organiser’s account of the day

How organisations mark it

  • Join Operation Clear Track at a crossing with local police and hand out crossing safety material to drivers and pedestrians.
  • Book an Operation Lifesaver presentation for a school, driving school, delivery fleet or first responder crew.
  • Order the free posters, billboards and social media calendar from Operation Lifesaver and run them through the week.
  • Wear red for the week's rail safety day and say publicly why you are doing it.
  • Report blocked sight lines, damaged signs or faulty crossing equipment to the railroad that owns the track.

Why this exists

Road & transport

1.16 millionroad traffic deaths a year

Road traffic deaths worldwide — worldwide, 2026. Source: World Health Organization, Road traffic injuries (fact sheet) (2026).

“Approximately 1.16 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes.”

More figures for this hazard

ObservanceNextKindWhereHazards
Rail Safety Week20–26 September 2027 ExpectedWeekCanadaRoad
Rail Safety Week9–15 August 2027 ExpectedWeekAustralia, New ZealandRoad
National Work Zone Awareness WeekThe organiser has not announced datesWeekUnited StatesRoadWork

Sources

  1. See Tracks? Think Train Week - Operation Lifesaver — oli.org, read 19 September 2026.
  2. Rail Safety Week is now See Tracks? Think Train Week - Operation Lifesaver — oli.org, read 19 September 2026.
  3. See Tracks? Think Train Week, Sept. 15-21, 2025 - Operation Lifesaver (Wayback capture, 15 September 2025) — web.archive.org, read 19 September 2026.

Page last confirmed against the organiser on 19 September 2026.