FRA Rail Accidents: Derailments, Collisions & Hazmat Releases
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$3.00 / 1,000 rail accident records
FRA Rail Accidents: Derailments, Collisions & Hazmat Releases
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$3.00 / 1,000 rail accident records
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FRA Rail Accidents (US derailments, collisions, hazmat releases)
Query the US Federal Railroad Administration's official rail equipment accident/incident dataset (Form 6180.54, via data.transportation.gov). No login or API key.
Who it's for: rail and cargo insurers, safety consultants, attorneys, journalists, researchers and municipal planners.
Input
daysBack– accident date within last N days (default 365)state,railroad,accidentType,keyword– filtershazmatOnly,fatalOnly– narrow to serious eventsmaxResults– newest first; you pay per result
{"daysBack": 180, "state": "OH", "hazmatOnly": true, "maxResults": 50}
Output
reportKey, date, time, accidentType, railroad, state, county, station, latitude, longitude, trackType, weather, trainSpeedMph, primaryCause, totalDamageUsd, personsKilled, personsInjured, hazmatCarsReleased, personsEvacuated, narrative, reportUrl.
Pricing
Pay per result: $3 per 1,000 records.
Notes
Data is published by the FRA and reflects railroad-filed reports; recent months may be incomplete.