Metro-North Railroad Safety Indicators from 2019

Safety indicators measured by Metro-North Railroad, beginning in 2019. The dataset includes preventative measures and occurrences of unsafe incidents. It is provided by data.ny.gov and was last updated on May 15, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing monthly trends in safety performance using the Month and Quantity columns.
• Comparing the frequency of different safety Indicator types over time.
• Building a dashboard to track preventative vs. reactive safety metrics using Indicator and Quantity.

Strengths

• Data covers a multi-year period beginning in 2019.
• Provides a combination of preventative and incident-based safety metrics.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 15:30:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Metro-North Railroad service area (likely New York region)