Excessive speed on curve due to driver error (microsleep)
Statistics
Trains
1
Passengers
69
Crew
1
Deaths
7
Injured
62 (19 serious)
Legend
to Beckenham Junction and Elmers End
Addiscombe
Addiscombe Road
All routes
Sandilands
Sandilands Tunnels
Lloyd Park
Direction
to New Addington
Location where the tram came to rest. The blue arrows indicate the direction of travel.The site of the incident, in 2010. The tram is running towards the camera and entering the sharp curve on which the derailment occurred.
On 9 November 2016, a tram operated by Tramlink in London derailed and overturned on a sharp bend approaching a junction. Of 69 passengers, there were seven fatalities and 62 injured, 19 of whom sustained serious injuries.[1] This was the first tram incident in the United Kingdom in which passengers died since 1959.
The service was running from New Addington to Wimbledon via Croydon, and was on the approach to Sandilands tram stop soon after 06:00. The speed limit dropped from 80 km/h (50 mph) to 20 km/h (12 mph) at the junction but the driver did not slow down significantly.
A Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigation found that the driver of the tram had lost awareness before the crash, possibly as a result of microsleep. It also criticised the lack of signage in advance of the sudden change in speed limit.
An inquest returned verdicts of accidental death on all seven victims. In March 2022, the Office of Rail and Road announced that it was to prosecute the driver of the tram, Tram Operations Limited and Transport for London over the accident. In June 2023, the driver was cleared after a trial at the Old Bailey.
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