1. Analyzing Railroad Accidents Using Geographic Information Systems SUBHAY MANANDHAR

2. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - System designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data. - GIS consists of 3 components ◦Digital Data ◦Computer Hardware ◦Computer Software

3. Data Source FRA Equipment Accident Database http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/on_the_fly_download.aspx Consist of records of accident which damage cost is greater than $10,000 Using data from 2010 to 2016 for this project

4. Computer Software - Using QGIS software - Open source software used for graphical information systems - Create a new spatial information to add to a map and analysis the railroad accidents

5. Techniques Geographic Information System Plotting Accidents + accidents cause over the map of North America Finding clusters and trends on specific Geographic Location

6. Analysis of the accidents Track Failure Kinks Welded Rails Broken Rails Train Cars Failure Hazardous Chemical spills Wheels failure