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Annual Reports

Summary of railroad inspections
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022  2023
Total Inspections 4,396 4,463 4,358 3,806 2,657  2,945
FRA defects identified 9,175 9,975 11,839 6,074 6,006  7,139
General Order defects identified 509 979 1,578 1,324 944  973
FRA violations recommended 338 233 397 306 304  458
State violations recommended 0 0 0 0 0  0
Informal Safety Complaints resolved 27 31 11 35 29  7

Download annual reports

  • 2024 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2023 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2022 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2021 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2020 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2019 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2018 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2017 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature 
  • 2016 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2015 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature 
  • 2014 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2013 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature
  • 2012 Annual Railroad Safety Activity Report to the Legislature  

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