With an IMDb rating of 9.2, this is the highest rated episode of The Murdoch Mysteries as of April 2019.
Most of this episode (specifically first two thirds) is filmed in real time. This is the first and only episode of this show filmed in real time.
This episode is likely inspired by Episode 6.7 of Homicide: Life on the Streets "The Subway", in which Vincent D'Onofrio plays a man trapped between a train & the subway platform after being pushed.
The first U.S. patent for automobile seat belts was issued to Edward J. Claghorn of New York, New York on February 10, 1885. Seat belts were not standard equipment most vehicles, however, until the late 20th century.
Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet, invented the seat belt for use in his mid-19th-century glider.