U.S. Federal Railroad Administration
Accident/Incident Database 1980-2001
 

The FRA Accident/Injury Database consists of four main modules:

Figure 1:  The opening screen of IGRS, showing pushbuttons that activate each of the four main database modules.



 
 
 

Click below for specific information on each of the four modules: Accessories:

 

Each database module contains all of the data fields in the FRA master database.  Using IGRS, you can perform powerful queries to quickly assemble a list of accidents or injuries sharing common characteristics.  For example:

"Give me a list of all accidents that occurred in the State of Texas at crossings with crossbucks only between the hours of 6:00PM and 8:00AM involving passenger trains traveling 70 MPH or higher, in which vegetation was found to be a factor."
Can your database do that?



 
 
 
 
 

 How do I query the database to quickly find the specific information I'm looking for?

 
 

Figure 2:  When using IGRS, you're never alone.  Powerful, context-sensitive Help is just a click away.  This figure shows the opening screen of the IGRS Help file,  Context-sensitive Help can be accessed at any time by simply clicking the data field that you would like more information about, and pressing the "F1" key.
 

Figure 3:  IGRS extends your capabilities by exporting user-specified subsets of records to common database and spreadsheet formats.  Using this feature, you can subtotal and/or graph data using the database or spreadsheet package that you're most comfortable with.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Minimum Requirements
In order to satisfactorily run the database portion of the IGRS CD-ROM, you will need a personal computer which conforms to the following:
  • IBM PC or compatible
  • Pentium Processor, preferably 120MHz or higher
  • Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000
  • VGA monitor supporting 8-bit color (256 colors) or higher
  • 1024x768 resolution or higher
  • 32MB RAM (minimum), 64MB or 128MB RAM (preferred)
  • Approximately 300MB of free space on your hard disk
  • 16X CD-ROM drive or faster
  • If on a network, must be running a local copy of Windows
Although our design team has gone to extraordinary lengths during development to create a database that runs as fast as possible, the database still contains a huge amount of data.  Performance will be degraded (perhaps substantially) when being run on a machine whose capabilities are less than those listed above.

If you have any questions regarding the suitability of your particular machine for use with the IGRS CD-ROM, contact IronWood Technical Support at 1-800-473-2476 (from the U.S. or Canada) or 315-424-2500 (from outside the U.S. and Canada).

 
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Last Revised: 12/27/2001
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