AN INSIGHT REVIEW OF INDONESIA RAILWAY ACCIDENTS Preliminary Study on Indonesia Railways Datamining

Abstract

The number of railway accidents in the last decade in Indonesia has reached its critical condition. Data of railway accidents from General Directorate of Railway System showed 150 accidents in 2005, 115 accidents in 2006, 147 accidents in 2007, 131 fatal accidents in 2008, 118 accidents in 2009. Those accidents were caused by human error (35%), external aspects (20%), utility factors (2%), and infrastructure factors (18%). Human error, influenced with other factors, is the major cause of accidents and become a major concern of railway accidents studies. The objective of this study is to determine a breadth and depth of the railway accidents problem in Indonesia. It will be achieved by studying secondary data (archives) and analysis from literature study. Source of data for this study are from short reports and investigation reports by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) and National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) in the last five years. Each data is analyzed based on accident and major cause. Statistical method is used to process the data, such as descriptive statistic. The results of this study accident’s cause was 62.07% Pure Human Error, including violating signal or standard operating procedures