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Injury/Illness Summary - Casualty Data (Form 55a)

Metadata Updated: November 2, 2025

October 2025 - Dataset View and OData/API Connection Change Notice - Please Read: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/6kdh-gsgx

Casualties are reportable fatalities, injuries, or illnesses arising from the operation of a railroad. Casualties may be classified as either fatal or nonfatal. All casualty incidents are reported to the FRA on Form FRA F 6180.55a Injury/Illness Continuation Sheet.

This dataset is in a user-friendly human-readable format. To download the source dataset that contains raw data values, go here: https://data.transportation.gov/dataset/Form55a-Source-Table/kuvg-3uwp. The data dictionary can be found here: https://datahub.transportation.gov/api/views/rash-pd2d/files/26b34409-e658-4681-a55e-d9c03079c33c?download=true&filename=Form55a_Data_Dictionary.xlsx.

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/.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 16, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 16, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 2, 2025
Publisher Federal Railroad Administration
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/rash-pd2d
Data First Published 2023-07-10
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-11-02
Category Railroads
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 021:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://data.transportation.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Harvest Object Id 380699ed-1e47-400b-b6a6-5e2875ea9856
Harvest Source Id a776e4b7-8221-443c-85ed-c5ee5db0c360
Harvest Source Title DOT Socrata Data.json
Homepage URL https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Casualty-Reports-Landing-Page/t59a-58y9/
Program Code 021:036
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 1ade31de752bf134b7331b57532e8c460a42f2beac2f92c8bd5b42f110770131
Source Schema Version 1.1

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