The initial investigation into a tram that crashed in Croydon killing seven people has found that it was travelling at three and a half times the speed limit when it came off the tracks.
Investigators released their interim report today, which found no fault with the brakes, or the track itself.
But the investigation did find that the tram was travelling at over 43 miles-an-hour in a 12 miles-an-hour zone when it crashed onto its side. Sky's Ashish Joshi reports.
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Lazy response by the guy at the start. Speed inhibitors are not hard to
implement.
+Noe Naame Why the sarcastic tone. That turn is seriously tight. All it
takes is another unconscious driver and the same thing happens again.
Implementing speed inhibitors is not hard. The underground is going through
an automation transformation. Look at the Central, Northern and Jubilee
lines. They are practically fully automated and that is using the old stock
trains. There is no reason why speed inhibitors which are so much less
complicated be used in a tram system to help prevent an accident like this
from happening again. Especially with such tight corners.
Cool but where is the CCTV footage of the incident? It is paramount we find
out all we can about this accident.