Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Railroad Administration Incidents API

The Incidents API from Federal Railroad Administration — 1 operation(s) for incidents.

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Operations 1

GET /incidents Retrieve railroad incident records #

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https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/federal-railroad-administration/refs/heads/main/openapi/federal-railroad-administration-incidents-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

federal-railroad-administration-incidents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Federal Railroad Administration Public Accidents Incidents API
  description: The FRA Public API provides access to railroad safety datasets including accidents, incidents, highway-rail grade crossings, inspections, and operational data published through the FRA Office of Safety Analysis.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Federal Railroad Administration
    url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi/
servers:
- url: https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/MasterWebService/publicapi
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Incidents
paths:
  /incidents:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve railroad incident records
      operationId: listIncidents
      parameters:
      - name: year
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Incident records
      tags:
      - Incidents