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Railroad Equipment Accident/Incident Source Data (Form 54)

Published by Federal Railroad Administration | Department of Transportation | Metadata Last Checked: November 03, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-11-03
Rail equipment accidents/incidents, collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, acts of God, or other events involving the operation of railroad on-track equipment (standing or moving) and causing reportable damages greater than the reporting threshold for the year in which the accident/incident occurred, must be reported by railroads to the FRA on Form FRA 6180.54 - Rail Equipment Accident/Incident. This dataset is the source dataset and contains raw data values. It replaced the legacy data download (https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/on_the_fly_download.aspx). To download data that contains data in a user-friendly human-readable format, please reference https://data.transportation.gov/Railroads/Rail-Equipment-Accident-Incident-Data/85tf-25kj. The data dictionary can be found here: https://datahub.transportation.gov/api/views/aqxq-n5hy/files/ea00a728-94b0-43e7-8c11-8481f13170a7?download=true&filename=accfile_EFFECTIVE_060111%20(8).pdf. For information on how to filter and export data, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Download-Export-and-Print-User-Guide/s8hj-vns8/. To view the data release schedule, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Data-Release-Schedule/qfc9-tapk/.

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