Railroad Fatalities Reported to the Federal Railroad Administration

Total reportable fatalities from railroad accidents and incidents. The Federal Railroad Administration collects this accident and operational data from railroads, with fatalities subject to reclassification upon subsequent reporting. The dataset was last updated in January 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total reportable fatalities over time to assess railroad safety performance.
• Investigate patterns in fatality reclassification based on subsequent reporting data.
• Cross-reference fatality data with other operational metrics collected by the Federal Railroad Administration.

Strengths

• Data is collected and maintained by the authoritative Federal Railroad Administration.
• The dataset was updated in January 2025, indicating recent maintenance.
• Focuses on a specific, critical safety metric: total reportable fatalities.

Limitations

• The core data field, 'total reportable fatalities', is subject to reclassification, which could affect time-series analysis.
• Lack of column details prevents understanding of granular features like incident type, location, or cause.
• Sample data and row count are unavailable, making it difficult to assess dataset scale and structure.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration.

Collection Method

Collected from railroads as part of accident/incident and operational reporting.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-01-04.