---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 674.33"
title: "49"
number: "674.33"
heading: "Notifications of safety events."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/674.33"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5329; 49 CFR 1.91.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 14256, Mar. 16, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 83981, Oct. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted.