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Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data (Form 54)

Metadata Updated: January 22, 2026

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 January 22, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOT Socrata Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 15, 2021
Metadata Updated Date January 22, 2026
Publisher Federal Railroad Administration
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/85tf-25kj
Data First Published 2025-12-15
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2026-01-22
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 559d6c56-2c1b-4b09-a2ec-7635392717aa
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 f9f5e5d88cf123cc020239a0ecf865188e97a9bb32f4a68494642b2021991269
Source Schema Version 1.1

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