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Is there a ‘safest seat’ in a train crash? Experts say it’s not so simple.

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Is there a ‘safest seat’ in a train crash? Experts say it’s not so simple.
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A deadly high-speed rail accident in Spain on Wednesday has raised questions about whether where someone sits on a train affects their chances of surviving such a crash.A very rough consensus has emerged: it is best to sit not up front, not at the very back, but somewhere in the middle of a train, facing backward. But rail safety experts say that there are too many variables in train crashes to say for certain.The accident in Spain was a rear-end impact. At least 68 people were killed when one t

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