Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident and Incident Source Data (Form 57)

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Accident/Incident Source Data (Form 57) is a raw dataset of all reported impacts between railroad equipment and highway users at grade crossings. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) collects this data via Form FRA F 6180.57, which is reported by railroads. The dataset was last updated on March 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Model accident risk factors based on reported incident characteristics.
• Analyze temporal or geographic trends in highway-rail crossing incidents.
• Validate safety interventions by comparing pre- and post-implementation incident data.

Strengths

• Data is reported directly to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) via a standardized form (FRA F 6180.57).
• The dataset is the official source data, containing raw values before user-friendly formatting.
• A data dictionary is available to explain field semantics.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent from the provided metadata; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

Collection Method

Reported by railroads to the FRA on Form FRA F 6180.57.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 12:46:14.749629; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the United States, given the source agency.