---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 840.4"
title: "49"
number: "840.4"
heading: "Information to be given in notification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/840.4"
---

# §840.4. Information to be given in notification.


The notice required by [§ 840.3](/cfr/49/840.3.md) shall include the following information:

- (a) **Name and title of person reporting.**
- (b) **Name of railroad.**
- (c) **Location of accident (relate to nearest city).**
- (d) **Time and date of accident.**
- (e) **Description of accident.**
- (f) **Casualties—**
  - (1) **Fatalities.**
  - (2) **Injuries.**
- (g) **Property damage (estimate).**
- (h) Name and telephone number of person from whom additional information may be obtained.

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 13925, Apr. 1, 1976]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 304(a)(1)(c), Independent Safety Board Act of 1974, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1903).

### Amendments

[41 FR 13925, Apr. 1, 1976]