Department of Transportation

Rail Equipment Accident and Incident (Form 54)

Name: Rail Equipment Accident and Incident (Form 54)
Creator: Department of Transportation

Businesses and organizations associated with rail equipment accidents and incidents reported to the Federal Railroad Administration. Each record includes the business name, an alternative name, city, state, and website.

Example records

Namelegal entity	Alternate Namebrand	Cityaddress	Stateaddress	Websitewebsite

Use cases

Vendor Due Diligence for Rail Supply Chain Partners

A procurement officer at a freight company evaluating a new rail equipment supplier checks whether the vendor appears in federal accident and incident records before signing a contract, using the finding to assess safety history and operational risk.

NameAlternate NameStateWebsite

Commercial Insurance Underwriting for Rail Operators

An underwriter pricing a liability policy for a rail equipment manufacturer searches incident records to determine whether the applicant or any of its known trade names has been associated with reported accidents, informing loss exposure estimates.

NameAlternate NameCityState

Entity Resolution Across Regulatory Filings

A KYB analyst reconciling a business identity across multiple federal datasets matches a company appearing in FRA incident records to its state incorporation record and DOT filings, using alternate names and web presence to confirm it is the same legal entity.

NameAlternate NameWebsiteState