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    • Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data (Form 54)

    Metadata Updated: September 24, 2025

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

    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 in a user-friendly human-readable format. To download the source dataset that contains raw data values, go here: https://data.transportation.gov/dataset/Form-54-Source-Table/aqxq-n5hy.

    The data dictionary can be found here: https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/85tf-25kj/files/729e3c9c-7dff-429d-9ac0-8f35a0762aa2?download=true&filename=Form54_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: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 15, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date September 24, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 15, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date September 24, 2025
    Publisher Federal Railroad Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/85tf-25kj
    Data First Published 2023-07-19
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-23
    Category Railroads
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 021:27
    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 27bb440a-87b2-4e74-b462-971e8e9129f0
    Harvest Source Id a776e4b7-8221-443c-85ed-c5ee5db0c360
    Harvest Source Title DOT Socrata Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/wjun-6kqb
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 021:036
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 990ea84d22e0c59e473c4488d0fa228e166e2b16004daf2442f8fde55f27f4f6
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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