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Welcome to the newly redesigned FRA Office of Safety Analysis Web Site. This site was established for the purpose of making railroad safety information readily available to a broad constituency which includes FRA personnel, railroad companies, research and planning organizations and the public, in general.

Visitors have access to railroad safety information including accidents and incidents, inspections and highway-rail crossing data. From this site users can run dynamic queries, download a variety of safety database files, publications and forms, and view current statistical information on railroad safety.
 
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1 - Overview

 
1.01  Accident/Incident Overview
1.02  Operational Data Tables
1.03  Overview Charts By Railroad
1.04  Overview Charts By State
1.05  Accident/Incident Overview by State/Region
1.06  Ten Year Accident/Incident Overview by Railroad
1.07  Ten Year Accident/Incident Overview by Railroad/Region/State/County

2 - Query Accident/Incident Trends

 
2.01  Train Accidents
2.02  Train Accident Rates
2.03  Train Accidents by Railroad Groups
2.04  Employee on Duty Casualties
2.05  Employee on Duty Casualty Rates
2.07  Trespasser Casualties
2.08  Highway-Rail Crossings

3 - Train Accidents

 
3.01  Accident Trends - Summary Statistics
3.02  Accident Trends - Charts & Graphs
3.03  Download Accident Data
3.04  Railroad Safety Statistics Annual Report (PDF)
3.05  FRA Accident Report and Other Forms
3.06  FRA Accident Reporting Guide and other Publications

  Query FRA Accident Data:
3.07  Accidents By State/Railroad
3.08  Accident Map with Table
3.09  Accident Summary Tables
3.10  Accident Causes
3.11  Accident Detail Report
3.12  Accident Table By Railroad
3.13  Type Of Territory Vs. Accident Cause
3.14  Type Of Territory Vs. Accident Type

4 - Casualties

 
4.01  Download Casualty Data
4.02  FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (Published May 2011)
4.03  FRA Guide (PDF) (Effective May 1, 2003)

  Query FRA Casualty Data:
4.05  Casualties By State, Railroad or Type
4.06  Casualty Detail Report
4.07  Casualty Map with Table
4.08  Casualty Summary Tables
4.09  Worker Safety Report

5 - Highway-Rail Crossing Accidents

 
5.01  FRA Guide (PDF) (Effective May 1, 2003)
5.02  Generate Crossing Inventory and Accident Reports
5.03  Accident Prediction - WBAPS
5.04  Download Crossing Accident Data
5.05  Download Crossing Inventory Data
5.06  FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (Published May 2011)

  Query FRA Crossing Accident Data:
5.07  Hwy/Rail Incidents By State/Railroad
5.08  Frequency of Crossing Collisions
5.09  Hwy/Rail Detail Report
5.10  Hwy/Rail Map with Table
5.11  Hwy/Rail Incidents Summary Tables
5.12  Hwy/Rail Table By Railroad

6 - Reserved for Future Use

 

7 - Downloads

 
7.01  Accident Data on Demand
7.02  Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Data
7.03  FRA Database File Structures
7.04  FRA Auxiliary (Reference) Tables
7.05  FRA Publications - All
7.06  Annual Safety Statistical Report for 2005 (self-extracting EXE)
7.07  FRA Forms
7.08  FRA Guide (PDF) (Effective May 1, 2003)
7.09  FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (Published May 2011)

8 - Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory

 
8.01  Query By Location
8.02  Query By Number Range
8.03  Accident Prediction - WBAPS
8.04  Annual Safety Statistical Report for 2005 (self-extracting EXE)

  Canned Queries for Public and Private Crossings:
8.05  Crossing Inventory By State
8.06  Public Crossing Inventory By State
8.07  Public Crossing Inventory By City Within State/County
8.08  Public Crossing Inventory Detail Report

9 - FRA Safety Reporting

 
9.01  FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (PDF) (Published May 2011)
9.02  FRA Forms
9.03  Accident/Incident Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements (Effective May 1,2003). 
9.04  Accident/Incident Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements (Effective June 1, 2011 and July 1,2011)
9.05  FRA Home Page
9.06  Railroad Reporting Threshold (DOC)
9.07  FRA Guide (PDF) (Effective May 1, 2003)

  From this site, you will be able to:
 
  • Quick Stats. Overview of current railroad safety statistics on railroad accidents and incidents, casualties.
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  • Accident/Incident Summary. Information by cause, type of railroad, and location.
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  • Accident/Incident Graphs and Charts. Railroad safety trends in graphical (bar charts) fashion.
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  • Query FRA Safety Databases. Detailed and summary reports on FRA's databases which encompass Railroad Accidents/Incidents, Railroad Inspections and Highway-Rail Crossing Information. Users can enter specific query criteria and produce output reports (including color maps) of the results. A Query Generator Page is available where users can 'Write your-own' queries against the FRA Accident/Incident Files.
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  • Crossing Inventory and Accident Histories. Highway-rail crossings, a detailed Inventory and/or Accident history for one or more crossings. Users can also generate highway-rail crossing hazard indexes using FRA's Web-based Accident Prediction System (WBAPS).
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  • Download FRA Safety Files. Users can download a wide selection of FRA database files including the Highway-rail Crossing Inventory files (in .DBF format). Accident/Incident reports can be downloaded in a variety of formats (.DBF, .XLS, .MDB, .TXT) using a query interface. Additionally, the metadata for the FRA databases as well as copies of the reference tables (e.g. GSA Locations, Railroad Code file, Accident/Incident Codes) have been made available on this page.
  •   Frequently Asked Questions
    9.11  Legal Notice
    9.12  Definitions
     
    It is best viewed at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 using Netscape 3.0 and higher or MS Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher. Most of the documents which can be viewed or downloaded from this site are in PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat program which you can also download here.