Department of Transportation

Railroad Equipment Accident and Incident Source (Form 54)

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

Reports to the Federal Railroad Administration from railroads detailing equipment accidents and incidents exceeding federal damage thresholds. Each record includes the accident location by city and state, and names of involved businesses.

Example records

Namebrand	Alternate Namebrand	Cityaddress	Stategeographic	Iyrtemporal	Imotemporal	Incdtnoregistration	Iyr3temporal
IOCR	IOCR	SUGAR GROVE	39	5	3	ID05130	5
IOCR	IOCR	MIDLAND CITY	39	5	2	ID05081	5
INRD	INRD	SOLSBERRY	18	5	12	643082	5

Use cases

Railroad Operator Safety Profile for Commercial Insurance Underwriting

A commercial lines underwriter evaluating a railroad company for liability or cargo coverage pulls the operator's full accident history to assess frequency, severity, and hazmat exposure before setting premiums or exclusions.

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Vendor Due Diligence on Short-Line Railroad Partners

A logistics company onboarding a short-line railroad as a freight partner checks whether that operator appears repeatedly in FRA accident records, and whether incidents cluster around specific divisions or mileposts that overlap with planned shipping routes.

NameDivisionMilepostTrknameCity

Hazardous Materials Incident Screening for Environmental Liability Assessment

An environmental consulting firm retained by a property buyer near a rail corridor reviews incident records tied to that geography to determine whether hazmat releases have occurred nearby, informing Phase I environmental site assessment findings.

CityStateMilepostCarshzdEvacuate