B737-700 captain reported a near-collision with a company aircraft on the ramp at dca.

Narrative:

After landing on runway 1 at dca we were cleared to taxi to the gate. We noticed that there was an aircraft just pushed off of our gate. I stopped well short to see what the aircraft was going to do. Just as I set the brake the aircraft began to taxi. We stayed put as company had plenty of room to turn right and make his way to runway 1. As the aircraft approached we noticed he didn't turn right and appeared to accelerate right towards us! Once my first officer (first officer) and I were both sure he was not slowing down I quickly turned on all my lights while placing my other hand on the thrust levers to go into reverse. At the same time as I turned on the lights; my first officer got on the radio and loudly said 'company stop'!!!!! The company aircraft did come to a quick stop leaving us just enough room between our wing tip and his nose to make a right 90 degree turn to the ramp.once we were parked at the gate we asked ATC if there was a problem back there and they said that it was their fault and they should have told us to turn right into the ramp area for the other aircraft to pass. ATC saw no issues or urgency in the matter but it appeared to my first officer and I that we almost had one of our aircraft run nose to nose with us while we were stopped.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Captain reported a near-collision with a company aircraft on the ramp at DCA.

Narrative: After landing on Runway 1 at DCA we were cleared to taxi to the gate. We noticed that there was an aircraft just pushed off of our Gate. I stopped well short to see what the aircraft was going to do. Just as I set the brake the aircraft began to taxi. We stayed put as Company had plenty of room to turn right and make his way to Runway 1. As the aircraft approached we noticed he didn't turn right and appeared to accelerate right towards us! Once my F/O (First Officer) and I were both sure he was not slowing down I quickly turned on all my lights while placing my other hand on the thrust levers to go into reverse. At the same time as I turned on the lights; my F/O got on the radio and loudly said 'Company STOP'!!!!! The Company aircraft did come to a quick stop leaving us just enough room between our wing tip and his nose to make a right 90 degree turn to the ramp.Once we were parked at the gate we asked ATC if there was a problem back there and they said that it was their fault and they should have told us to turn right into the ramp area for the other aircraft to pass. ATC saw no issues or urgency in the matter but it appeared to my F/O and I that we almost had one of our aircraft run nose to nose with us while we were stopped.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1451666
Time
Date	201705
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DCA.Airport
State Reference	DC
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 269
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical