2016 Croydon tram derailment
The derailed tram at Sandilands Junction
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 Location within Greater London
Location within Greater London
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| Date | 9 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Time | 06:07 GMT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Close to Sandilands tram stop, Croydon, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°22′27″N 0°04′31″W / 51.374205°N 0.075410°WCoordinates: 51°22′27″N 0°04′31″W / 51.374205°N 0.075410°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rail line | Tramlink route 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | FirstGroup for Tramlink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of incident | Derailment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause | Excessive speed on curve; underlying causes under investigation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Trains | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ~70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crew | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries | 58 (16 serious) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 9 November 2016, a tram operated by Tramlink, a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England, derailed and overturned on a sharp bend approaching a junction. There were seven fatalities with 58 other people injured, sixteen of them sustained serious injuries. The tram was carrying about 70 passengers. It was the first tram incident in the United Kingdom in which passengers were killed since 1959.
The tram was running from New Addington to Wimbledon via Croydon, and was on the approach to Sandilands tram stop soon after 6:00 a.m. A preliminary report issued a week after the accident indicated that although the speed limit approaching the junction was 20 km/h (12 mph), the tram had been travelling at an estimated speed of 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph), but this was changed to 73 kilometres per hour (45 mph) in the second interim report.
The accident took place in the dark and during heavy rain at 06:07, on a sharp left curve approaching the points where route 3 from New Addington (on which the tram was operating) converges with the line from Beckenham Junction and Elmers End. The curve is located in a cutting, which comes almost immediately after the line emerges from a series of three tunnels on a 1-mile (1.6 km) straight section of track after leaving Lloyd Park tram stop. It has been described as a "sharp bend", and has a 20 km/h (12 mph) speed restriction.
The tram entered the curve at a speed of approximately 73 kilometres per hour (45 mph) and derailed, overturning on its right side and coming to a stand 25 metres (27 yd) beyond the point of derailment, damaging the side of the tram and ejecting several passengers through broken windows. The tram involved was No. 2551, a Bombardier CR4000 constructed in 1998 by Bombardier Transportation, a two-section articulated unit with a maximum design speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).
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