RAIB report outlines Croydon tram operator's safety failings

摘要

THE crash of tram No. 2551 on a bend at Sandilands, Croydon on November 9,2016 was, in all probability, caused by the driver suffering a micro-sleep during a 49-second period when the tram was passing through three consecutive tunnels in the hours of darkness. That is the view of investigators from RAIB (the Rail Accident Investigation Branch) into the accident in which seven passengers were killed and 61 injured (19 seriously) when the tramcar came off the track and overturned while travelling at 73kph (45mph) on a 20kph (12.5mph)bend.