Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations Collision Between Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Trains at the Woodley.

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Office of Railroad, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Investigations Collision Between Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Trains at the Woodley Park- Zoo/Adams Morgan Station in Washington, D.C. November 3, 2004

INVESTIGATIVE TEAM Ed DobranetskiSr. Civil Engineer, IIC David WatsonSenior Investigator-Mechanical Robert CampbellRailroad Investigator-Transit Operations Richard DownsMechanical Engineer-Crashworthiness Dana SanzoForensic Scientist-Survival Factors Dr. Steve JennerPsychologist-Human Performance Terry Williams Public Affairs Ruben PayanElectrical Engineer-Event Recorder Kathleen CurryWriter-Editor Member Deborah A. P. Hersman was the Board Member on scene

PARTIES WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FIRE DEPARTMENT TRI-STATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

WMATA SYSTEM MAP

WOODLEY PARK STATION PLATFORM Train 703 Train 105

Train 703 rear car on top of lead car of Train 105

INVESTIGATION Focused on: The lack of a rollback protection feature when trains are operated in the manual mode, Operator performance, The lack of passenger emergency exit standards in the transit industry, and; The crashworthiness of Metrorail 1000-series railcars. The investigation also examined the effectiveness of reorganizing management structure.

EXCLUSIONS Track, signal, and communications systems were not factors. The use of drugs or alcohol was not a factor.