Code of Federal Regulations · Section

§ 674.33 — Notifications Of Safety Events

49 C.F.R. § 674.33

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(a) An RTA must notify FTA and the SSOA within two hours of any safety event occurring on a rail fixed guideway public transportation system that results in one or more of the following:

(1) Fatality

(2) Two or more injuries

(3) Derailment

(4) Collision resulting in one or more injuries

(5) Collision between two rail transit vehicles

(6) Collision resulting in disabling damage to a rail transit vehicle

(7) Evacuation for life safety reasons

(8) Unintended train movement.

(b) The two-hour notification requirement excludes criminal actions that result in fatalities or injuries, such as homicides and assaults.

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