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INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

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 Dobranetski Sr. Civil Engineer, IIC David Watson Senior Investigator-Mechanical

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INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

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  1. Collision Between Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Trains at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Station in Washington, D.C. November 3, 2004

  2. INVESTIGATIVE TEAM Ed Dobranetski Sr. Civil Engineer, IIC David Watson Senior Investigator-Mechanical Robert Campbell Railroad Investigator-Transit Operations Richard Downs Mechanical Engineer-Crashworthiness Dana Sanzo Forensic Scientist-Survival Factors Dr. Steve Jenner Psychologist-Human Performance Terry Williams Public Affairs Ruben Payan Electrical Engineer-Event Recorder Kathleen Curry Writer-Editor Member Deborah A. P. Hersman was the Board Member on scene

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

  4. WMATA SYSTEM MAP

  5. WOODLEY PARK STATION PLATFORM Train 703 Train 105

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

  7. 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.

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

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