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Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety

Embedded Dataset Excel:

Dataset Excel:

table_02_05_082726.xlsx (23.93 KB)

Notes:

The Federal Railroad Administration recommended not to report property damage statistics, which had been done in previous editions of NTS, due to inconsistencies in the reporting of data. 

Description:

KEY: R = revised. 

a 1970 data are not comparable to later years due to a change in the reporting system.

Source:

1970-75: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway Crossing Accident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), tables S and 11.

1980-2025: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, FRA Safety Data, table 1.12, Rail Safety Overview Report, available at https://data.transportation.gov/stories/s/FRA-Safety-Data/dakf-i7zd as of Aug. 26, 2026.

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