Department of Transportation

Major Safety Events

Name: Major Safety Events
Creator: Department of Transportation

Records of major safety and security incidents reported by U.S. transit agencies to the Federal Transit Administration since January 2014. Each record identifies the business name and full address of the entity associated with the incident.

Example records

Namelegal entity	Full Addressaddress	Ntd IDregistration	Primary Uza Uace Codegeographic	Rail/Bus/Ferryclassification	Mode Nameclassification	Modeclassification	Consolidated Mode Nameclassification	Tosclassification	Fixed Route Flagstatus	Yeartemporal	Event Descriptionadditional data
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority	7023 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC 29418	40110	15508	Bus	Bus	MB	Fixed-Route Bus	PT	true	2014	The transit was stopped a bus stop loading passeng
Chicago Transit Authority	CHICAGO AV./AUSTIN BLVD. INTERSECTION;CHICAGO,IL	50066	16264	Bus	Bus	MB	Fixed-Route Bus	DO	true	2014	on january 7 , 2014 , BUS < REDACTED > moving SB a
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority	I75	50022	87868	Bus	Bus	MB	Fixed-Route Bus	DO	true	2014	operator was on < REDACTED > northbound ramp when

Use cases

Transit Agency Liability Underwriting

A commercial insurance underwriter evaluating a transit authority's application for general liability or fleet coverage pulls the agency's incident history to assess frequency of collisions, total injuries across policy periods, and property damage severity before setting premiums or exclusions.

NameFull AddressEvent TypeProperty DamageTotal Injuries

Vendor Safety Due Diligence for Transit Contractors

A procurement team at a municipality considering a contract with a regional transit operator reviews the operator's reported safety event record to evaluate whether the agency's incident rate and severity fall within acceptable thresholds before finalizing the agreement.

NameNtd IDEvent Type GroupTotal FatalitiesTotal Injuries

Geographic Incident Density Mapping for Fintech Lenders

A fintech lender offering working capital products to transit-adjacent businesses uses incident geolocation data to identify corridors with elevated collision or assault activity, flagging those areas as higher operational risk when evaluating loan applications from businesses in those zones.

LatitudeLongitudeEvent TypeSafety/SecurityEvent Date