1. A. Requirements. 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. 1. fatality;
   2. 2. two or more injuries;
   3. 3. derailment;
   4. 4. collision resulting in one or more injuries;
   5. 5. collision between two rail transit vehicles;
   6. 6. collision resulting in disabling damage to a rail transit vehicle;
   7. 7. evacuation for life safety reasons; and
   8. 8. unintended train movement.
2. B. Exclusion. The two-hour notification requirement excludes criminal actions that result in fatalities or injuries, such as homicides and assaults.

3. C. Methodology and Content: Two-Hour Notification. The RTA shall notify the SSOA and FTA within two hours of a reportable safety event. Notification shall be transmitted via email (or if unavailable, via telephone with follow-up email) or other electronic notification method described in the Procedures Manual. The two-hour notification will contain the following information:

   1. 1. unique safety event identification number (if more than one crash occurs on one day, the time will be added in 24-hour format and the operator badge number will be included as shown: YYMMDD HHMM operator badge number. All follow up information associated with a reportable safety event will contain the unique safety event identification number.);
   2. 2. sender (caller) name;
   3. 3. transit system name;
   4. 4. type of safety event (e.g., which safety event criteria prompted the safety event report to the SSOA);
   5. 5. time and date of the safety event ;
   6. 6. the location of the safety event;
   7. 7. transit vehicle identifying information, including route, direction, vehicle number, block number, etc.;
   8. 8. information about any other vehicles involved;
   9. 9. number of injuries (persons requiring immediate medical attention away from the scene);
   10. 10. number of fatalities;
   11. 11. estimated property damage, if available;
   12. 12. a brief description of the safety event ;
   13. 13. a description of safety event investigation activities completed and anticipated in the short term;
   14. 14. available; and
   15. 15. NTSB determination, if available.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 48:214; 49 C.F.R Part 674; 49 U.S.C. § 5329.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Commerce, LR 44:925 (May 2018), amended LR 48:2144 (August 2022), LR 52:363 (March 2026).