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Tram Crash
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:35 pm
by bruce
Seems some who-ha over in America is keeping this off the front pages. I'm surprised at the casualty toll considering how relatively innocuous the crash appears to be (as far as a tram derailment can be innocuous).
Re: Tram Crash
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:43 pm
by Sandydragon
bruce wrote:Seems some who-ha over in America is keeping this off the front pages. I'm surprised at the casualty toll considering how relatively innocuous the crash appears to be (as far as a tram derailment can be innocuous).
Are passengers seated in trams? I'm assuming no restraints, but standing passengers rarely fare well in crashes.
Re: Tram Crash
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:56 pm
by bruce
Sandydragon wrote:bruce wrote:Seems some who-ha over in America is keeping this off the front pages. I'm surprised at the casualty toll considering how relatively innocuous the crash appears to be (as far as a tram derailment can be innocuous).
Are passengers seated in trams? I'm assuming no restraints, but standing passengers rarely fare well in crashes.
A mixture of both by the looks of it. 70 seats and up to an 138 standing (est).
https://www.croydon-tramlink.co.uk/info ... oard.shtml
Happened at 0600hrs though, maybe I'm just a lazy so and so, but I wouldn't have thought it would be overly full at that time. Although it did have at least 58 passengers on board.
Re: Tram Crash
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 2:37 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
bruce wrote:Sandydragon wrote:bruce wrote:Seems some who-ha over in America is keeping this off the front pages. I'm surprised at the casualty toll considering how relatively innocuous the crash appears to be (as far as a tram derailment can be innocuous).
Are passengers seated in trams? I'm assuming no restraints, but standing passengers rarely fare well in crashes.
A mixture of both by the looks of it. 70 seats and up to an 138 standing (est).
https://www.croydon-tramlink.co.uk/info ... oard.shtml
Happened at 0600hrs though, maybe I'm just a lazy so and so, but I wouldn't have thought it would be overly full at that time. Although it did have at least 58 passengers on board.
If it had been moving at the correct speed the injuries would have been much less. Moot point though, since it presumably wouldn't have toppled at all if it hadn't been going well in excess of the speed limit.