---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 195.54"
title: "49"
number: "195.54"
heading: "Accident reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/195.54"
---

# §195.54. Accident reports.

- (a) Each operator that experiences an accident that is required to be reported under [§ 195.50](/cfr/49/195.50.md) must, as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days after discovery of the accident, file an accident report on DOT Form 7000-1 or 7000-2, whichever is applicable.
- (b) Whenever an operator receives any changes in the information reported or additions to the original report on DOT Form 7000-1 or 7000-2, whichever is applicable, it shall file a supplemental report within 30 days.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 195-39, 53 FR 24950, July 1, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 195-95, 75 FR 72907, Nov. 26, 2010; Amdt. 195-117, 90 FR 40766, Aug. 21, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 et seq., and 49 CFR 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 195-39, 53 FR 24950, July 1, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 195-95, 75 FR 72907, Nov. 26, 2010; Amdt. 195-117, 90 FR 40766, Aug. 21, 2025]