Confidential Close Call Reporting System

C3RS — Identifying Safety Risks in Railroad Operations

 
C3RS Home > Reporting Form
Submitting a C3RS Report
  1. Canadian Pacific: Mail the completed form to BTS within three Federal government business days after the phone call.

    Union Pacific: Mail the completed form to BTS within three calendar days, not counting weekends and Federal Holidays, from the date of the phone call.

    New Jersey Transit. Mail the completed from to BTS at the address listed on the report within three calendar days of the event.
  2. An analyst will conduct a phone interview with you.
  3. If the event qualifies as a close call, BTS will de-identify all personal and carrier information in the report to provide confidentiality.
  4. Find out more about reporting close calls

Reporting Form

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CP and UP only!

Download blank C3RS report. PDF icon
New Jersey Transit only!

Report Examples

Correctly filled-out C3RS report
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Note: data in these examples is fictitious and not from a real C3RS report

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