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Injury/Illness Summary - Casualty Source Data (Form 55A)

Published by Federal Railroad Administration | Department of Transportation | Metadata Last Checked: January 02, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-01-01
Casualties are reportable fatalities, injuries, or illnesses arising from the operation of a railroad. Casualties may be classified as either fatal or nonfatal. All casualty incidents are reported to the FRA on Form FRA F 6180.55a Injury/Illness Continuation Sheet. This dataset is the source dataset and contains raw data values. It replaced the legacy data download (https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/on_the_fly_download.aspx). To download data that contains data in a user-friendly human-readable format, please reference https://data.transportation.gov/Railroads/Injury-Illness-Summary-Casualty-Data/rash-pd2d. The data dictionary can be found here: https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/kuvg-3uwp/files/8785fa80-4d47-449e-9ce7-887540a258e2?download=true&filename=casfile_EFFECTIVE_060111%20(7).pdf. For information on how to filter and export data, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Download-Export-and-Print-User-Guide/s8hj-vns8/. To view the data release schedule, please visit: https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/Data-Release-Schedule/qfc9-tapk/.

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