For some reason - well, because of a discussion in dcwmata - I have gotten interested in deaths on the DC Metro. I did some research, and of course the computer crashed before I saved it. So I reconstructed it, and I’ve listed some deaths here; currently they’re chronologically sorted. I’m curious about how many of them are suicides, how frequently they occur, and whether my perception that the Red Line is the most dangerous line has any basis in reality. (This will be somewhat difficult to determine, because the Red Line is also the oldest line, so of course it will have more deaths going back further than other lines.) All links are to abstracts, and items without links are from the “Historical Washington Post” archives, which are part of the subscription-only ProQuest database. (Many libraries offer this database; you can access it from your library’s website and then you simply input your library card number.) There are two deaths listed as January 1st with “n/a” for much of the information - those deaths were mentioned in one of the other articles, but I didn’t find direct references myself. At least not yet…I will probably keep this research going until I get bored. If I don’t, I might expand to other cities.