[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR225.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 225_RAILROAD ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS: REPORTS CLASSIFICATION, AND 

 

Sec.  225.1  Purpose.



    The purpose of this part is to provide the Federal Railroad 

Administration with accurate information concerning the hazards and 

risks that exist on the Nation's railroads. FRA needs this information 

to effectively carry out its regulatory responsibilities under 49 U.S.C. 

chapters 201-213. FRA also uses this information for determining 

comparative trends of railroad safety and to develop hazard elimination 

and risk reduction programs that focus on preventing railroad injuries 

and accidents. Issuance of these regulations under the federal railroad 

safety laws and regulations preempts States from prescribing accident/

incident reporting requirements. Any State may, however, require 

railroads to submit to it copies of accident/incident and injury/illness 

reports filed with FRA under this part, for accidents/incidents and 

injuries/illnesses which occur in that State.



[61 FR 30967, June 18, 1996]