FRA Announces New Safety Data Website

6/26/2025

FRA has finalized the transition to a new, more user-friendly public safety data website as required by Section 22405 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

FRA established a site redesign group including stakeholders from FRA, railroads, industry associations, state DOTs, and researchers to gather user requirements and test for functionality and suitability. The new site replaces two older legacy websites, one of which dates back decades. FRA’s previous Office of Safety Analysis website was developed in the 1990s and contained approximately 30 pre-made reports with limited ability for users to customize their queries. Results were displayed in static tables.

“Our new public FRA Safety Data website increases transparency, which is a Trump Administration priority,” said FRA Acting Administrator Drew Feeley. “The new capabilities being introduced will afford users significantly more flexibility when querying our railroad safety data.”

The new site incorporates those 30 reports and more into an interactive website that tells a story about the data. The new site includes a combination of data tables, visuals, and narrative components. Users can select exactly the data they need through easy-to-operate controls and then adjust how the reports display results by, for example, sorting results by different columns in ascending or descending order. FRA will continually update the site in 2025 and beyond, incorporating feedback received from stakeholders.

This collaborative modernization effort allows FRA to:

  • Enhance Data Assets by building new data assets, while ensuring users can find the data they already use and need.
  • Improve Data Accessibility by providing a user-friendly interface to view, filter, and export data.
  • Promote Data Literacy by providing easy-to-read data definitions and descriptions for easier data comprehension.
  • Enhance Data Dissemination by providing OData and API access, which enable a direct connection to the data that can automatically refresh and ensure up-to-date data, removing the need to manually export to access new data.