National Railroad Passenger Corporation
DBA AMTRAK
Safety
Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 639
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 21
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 31 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 51 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2025 | NJ | 1 | 0 | No |
| May 22, 2024 | MD | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 7, 2022 | RI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 1, 2022 | RI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 23, 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 28, 2021 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 17, 2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2019 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2018 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 23, 2018 | CT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2018 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2017 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2017 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2017 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2016 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 1, 2016 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2013 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |