Heres why Gen Z is the most likely age group to to be hit by trains

Gen Z and Millennials are the most likely age groups to be hit by trains because they are distracted by their phones, experts have warned.Network Rail have released a shocking CCTV montage showing people risking their lives on the train tracks.In one chilling clip a teenage boy is seen standing on the lines while gazing at his mobile, just moments before a train passes.Another clip shows a young dad walking two children across the tracks while utterly absorbed by his hand-held device.It comes as new data reveals nearly half of people (47 percent) admit they’ve made a mistake while being distracted by their phone.Young people are among the most distracted, with 87 percent of Gen Z and 70 percent of Millennials admitting to phone-related mishaps.Generation Z refers to people born between 1997 and 2012 while Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996.Mobile phones are a major cause of distractions, impacting young people the most.The study shows Gen Z are six times more likely to have an accident as a result of being distracted by their phones than older people.Research shows 47 percent of Gen Z had walked into something, or someone, because they were looking at their device.Meanwhile just seven per cent of Boomers – people born between 1946 and 1964 – had bumped into someone while on their phone.Over the past four years, there have been 1,574 recorded near miss incidents involving pedestrians at level crossings.Over that same period, incidents have increased on average by 16 per cent from April to May.Network Rail have released shocking footage showing some of the worst offenders over the last 12 months.In one video a cyclist ambles across a train line before being forced to scramble to the other side as a train thunders towards him.As the lucky biker narrowly misses being wiped out, he even waves to the driver of the locomotive as it hurtles past.A couple are also caught on camera pushing a pushchair across a level crossing despite the barriers to trains being...