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|title = 1996 New Jersey train collision |
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|date = February 9, 1996 |
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|time = 8:40 am |
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|location = [[Secaucus, New Jersey]] |
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|country = United States |
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|operator = [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|New Jersey Transit]] |
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|type = Collision |
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|cause = NJT #1254 crew failure to comply with a Stop signal after failing to comply with speed requirements of an Approach signal, NJT #1254 engineer's color vision deficiency |
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|trains = 2 |
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|pax = 400 |
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|deaths = 3 |
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|injuries = 158 |
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The '''1996 New Jersey train collision''' occurred on February 9, 1996, when an inbound [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|New Jersey Transit Rail]] (NJTR) [[commuter rail|commuter train]] collided with an outbound New Jersey Transit train in [[Secaucus, New Jersey]]. An investigation by the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) found that the crew on the inbound train had forgotten about an approach signal they had passed earlier and could not stop in time when they encountered the stop signal. The collision killed the engineers on both trains and a passenger on the inbound train; an additional 158 people were injured. This crash, along with [[1996 Maryland train collision|another collision]] in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]] one week later, led the NTSB to recommend the implementation of human error mitigation systems such as positive train control as well as some changes to operational rules for commuter trains.<ref name="NTSB"/> |
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==Accident== |
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The NTSB described the weather as clear and sunny. Due to signaling problems near [[Suffern station]] on February 8, New Jersey Transit added an additional morning rush hour train, NJTR #1254, to help alleviate the backlog of passengers from earlier.<ref name="NTSB"/> #1254 left [[Waldwick station]] at 8:03 AM [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on February 9, 1996. Its intended destination was [[Hoboken Terminal]], which was just minutes away from the crash site. The train consisted of an [[EMD GP40|EMD G40PH-2A]] [[diesel locomotive]], four coaches, and a [[control car]] at the front of the train.<ref name="NTSB"/> The train operated in [[Push–pull train|push-pull mode]], meaning that the locomotive was on the rear of the train and the locomotive engineer controlled operations from the control car in the front. #1254 had 275 passengers and three crew members on board.<ref name="NTSB"/> |
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NJTR #1107 left Hoboken Terminal at 8:31 AM, bound for [[Suffern station|Suffern, New York]]. That day, #1107 consisted of an EMD G40PH-2A locomotive, five passenger coaches, and a control car.<ref name="NTSB"/> At the time, the train was in pull configuration, meaning the engineer was in the locomotive at the front of the train. #1107 had 125 passengers and three crew members aboard.<ref name="NTSB"/> |
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Just to the west of Hoboken Terminal, the [[Main Line (NJ Transit)|Main]] and [[Bergen County Line|Bergen County]] lines split at an [[interlocking]]. Train #1254 was on track 2 of the Bergen County Line, having made a stop at Harmon Cove station just minutes earlier. NJT #1107 was on track 1 of the Main Line, having departed Hoboken Terminal just seven minutes before the collision took place. As both trains were approaching the interlocking, he signal protecting the interlocking indicated STOP on Bergen County Line track 2, which would have the effect of stopping NJTR #1254 so that NJTR #1107 could clear the interlocking. Further back on the line, NJTR #1254 encountered an APPROACH signal, which served to warn the train's crew that the next signal would be a stop signal and that the speed limit was {{convert|30|mph}}. NJTR #1254 passed the APPROACH signal at {{convert|34|mph}} with the train's throttle in idle, which effectively put it into a coast. The train continued to decelerate until {{convert|71|ft}} before the STOP signal, at which point the engineer accelerated the train toward the interlocking at {{convert|20|mph}} before applying the emergency brakes. At the time of the collision, NJT #1254 was traveling at {{convert|18|mph}} and NJT #1107 at {{convert|53|mph}} in the opposite direction.<ref name="NTSB"/>{{rp|1–2, 11}} |
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The collision killed the engineers of both trains as well as a passenger aboard the control car of NJTR #1254. The collision destroyed the control car on NJTR #1254 and the locomotive on NJTR #1107 and caused heavy damage to the coaches on both trains. The tracks at the interlocking also had to be replaced. Total damages were estimated at $3.3 million.<ref name="NTSB"/>{{rp|4}} |
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==Investigation== |
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It was clear from the start that NJTR #1254 had disregarded the approach signal and subsequently could not stop in time when they encountered the stop signal, but the reason for the failure was initially unknown.<ref name="NY Times Perez-Pena"/> During their investigation, the NTSB came across a blaring issue on the medical record of NJTR #1254's engineer: he had a color vision deficiency as a result of a diabetic eye disease he had.<ref name="WaPo Phillips"/> However, he failed to report this deficiency to NJ Transit during his annual medical examination. The NTSB report identified the probable cause of the accident as "the failure of the train 1254 engineer to perceive correctly a red signal aspect because of his diabetic eye disease and resulting color vision deficiency, which he failed to report to New Jersey Transit during annual medical examinations.<ref name="NTSB"/>{{rp|v}} |
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The NTSB report also focused on the role of human error in the crash; once the engineer had forgotten about the approach signal, there was no automatic system to prevent the collision. This crash, along with [[1996 Maryland train collision|another deadly collision]] in Maryland that occurred one week later, the NTSB placed serious emphasis on the implementation of [[positive train control]] nationwide. The line on which the collision took place was one of the few NJTR lines that lacked such a system.<ref name="NTSB"/> |
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==See also== |
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*[[1996 Maryland train collision]], a similar collision that took place in Silver Spring, Maryland one week after the one in Secaucus. |
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*[[Rüsselsheim train disaster]], a similar accident that took place in Germany in 1990. |
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*[[List of rail accidents (1990–99)]] |
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==References== |
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<ref name="NTSB">{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR9701.pdf|title=Near Head-On Collision and Derailment of Two New Jersey Transit Commuter Trains Near Secaucus, New Jersey|date=March 25, 1997|work=Accident Railroad Report|publisher=NTSB|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="NY Times Perez-Pena">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/10/nyregion/crash-new-jersey-transit-cause-train-passed-signal-investigators-wonder-what.html|title=Crash on New Jersey Transit, The Cause: Train Passed a Signal and Investigators Wonder What Went Wrong|first=Richard|last=Perez-Pena|date=February 10, 1996|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> |
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<ref name="WaPo Phillips">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/03/26/engineers-vision-cited-in-nj-crash/195d3d0e-0c0d-495b-8f2c-e6c1ff841fbd/?utm_term=.f2fb1af8d8dc|title=Engineer's Vision Cited in NJ Crash|first=Don|last=Phillips|date=March 26, 1997|publisher=''[[Washington Post]]''|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref> |
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