The investigative minds at How to Survive analyze mechanical failures, human movement, and safety design that influence escalator accident outcomes.

At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the ...

Passengers were left injured in an escalator accident at a train station in Brazil. The travellers reportedly fell on the moving staircase when a shopping cart became stuck at Bras Station in Sao ...

The coroner said the 30-year-old man's exuberant mood could have contributed to his decision to sit on the handrail. Read ...