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Creators:
Parent, Daniel ; Tyrell, David C. ; Jacobsen, Karina ; Severson, Kristine J. ;
Parent, Daniel ; Tyrell, David C. ; Jacobsen, Karina ; Severson, Kristine J. ; Less -
Corporate Creators:
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ;
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Accident Analysis
Crashworthiness
Deformation
Derailments
Fatalities
Field Studies
Railroad Accidents
Side Collisions

Publication/ Report Number:
JRC2011-56132 ;
Resource Type:
Proceedings ;
Geographical Coverage:
California ;
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development ;
NTL Classification:
NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATION ; NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ;
Abstract:
In Glendale, California on January 26, 2005, impact with an SUV on the track caused a southbound commuter train to derail, impact a standing freight train, buckle laterally outward, and rake the side of a northbound commuter train. Significant deformation resulted in the front of the southbound train and the side of the northbound train. There were a total of eleven fatalities and over one hundred injuries. This incident was investigated as a part of an ongoing field study of occupant injury in passenger train collisions and derailments currently being conducted by the United States (US) Department of Transportation's (DOT) Rail Accident Forensic Team in support of the Equipment Safety Research Program of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The Forensic Team determined that the primary causal mechanism of injuries and fatalities in the Glendale incident was the loss of occupied volume of the passenger cars brought about by severe structural deformation.
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Federal Railroad Administration
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