please don't forget a) the cross arms with flashing lights and b) the "wagging" signal with ringing bell and flashing lights.  Indeed, most of the accidents and fatalities involve pedestrians who, for whatever reason, choose to ignore all the safety measures now in place.  Deafness was taken into consideration when these crossings were designed with all the visual cues.  Headphones, ear buds, or ten years of ear wax shouldn't prevent you from seeing all those warnings.  Some, likely most, of those pedestrian fatalities involved alcohol and some represent suspected suicides.  

If someone was crossing the tracks at other than a "street" crossing, they were violating the laws regarding trespass.  Junction City, over the past few years, had several deaths involving teenagers who thought they could "beat" the train.  They were crossing the tracks "away" from the street crossings.  They didn't "beat" the train.