49 CFR § 674.33 - Notifications of safety events.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s674.33"
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title: "49 CFR § 674.33 - Notifications of safety events."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "674.33"
section_name: "Notifications of safety events."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "674"
part_name: "STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 5329; 49 CFR 1.91."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 14256, Mar. 16, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 83981, Oct. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
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# 674.33 Notifications of safety events.

(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.