49 C.F.R. § 674.33
Notifications of safety events.
Cite as 49 C.F.R. § 674.33 (2026)
(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.