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# U.S. DOT Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset Pulse: 2026 statistics from 797 public records

**The most common classification is UP: 304 of 797 records (38.1%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977)).**

Data as of 2026-11-03 · Compiled by Zalwin from USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's U.S. DOT Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset Pulse dataset holds 797 U.S. DOT Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset Pulse records dated 2026-04-20 to 2026-11-03 (as of 2026-11-03; source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common classification is UP: 304 of 797 records (38.1%) (as of 2026-11-03; source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 705 records with a stated min metric / volume, the total is 159,839,464 and the median is 28,732; the largest is 5,988,347 (BNSF Railway Company — BNSF (BNSF)) (as of 2026-11-03; source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977)). [#](#finding-3)
- The top 10% of records by min metric / volume (71 of 705) account for 72.5% of the total (as of 2026-11-03; source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977)). [#](#finding-4)
- 6 of 797 records (0.8%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-03 (source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977)). [#](#finding-5)

## U.S. DOT Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset Pulse records by classification

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UP | 304 | 38.1% |
| BNSF | 187 | 23.5% |
| NS | 156 | 19.6% |
| CPKC | 22 | 2.8% |
| FEC | 17 | 2.1% |
| MP | 6 | 0.8% |
| WE | 5 | 0.6% |
| KYLE | 5 | 0.6% |
| TNER | 4 | 0.5% |
| CFE | 4 | 0.5% |
| ZRCR | 3 | 0.4% |
| ZAEA | 3 | 0.4% |
| XSXR | 3 | 0.4% |
| XNCG | 3 | 0.4% |
| XMMM | 3 | 0.4% |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 797 public records dated 2026-04-20 to 2026-11-03; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: USDOT DataHub — Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset (byy5-w977). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-03.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated min metric / volume.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "U.S. DOT Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Data Subset Pulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-03), https://zalwin.com/research/usrailequipmentaccidbyy5pulse

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