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

Metadata Updated: March 18, 2026

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 March 18, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 16, 2025
Metadata Updated Date March 18, 2026
Publisher Federal Railroad Administration
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/rash-pd2d
Data First Published 2025-12-16
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2026-03-18
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 2634d4f0-e24c-4235-a657-31b3c950a957
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 07e32ab63d8dfb54ed6927cac5b74fc17f605f08b130eecc53f10eac0e58a165
Source Schema Version 1.1

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