Legal perspective: Croydon tram disaster
August 2, 2023
Emma Evans and Claire Burrows at Brabners LLP share their legal observations following last week's prosecutions following the Croydon tram disaster. Read More
Croydon tram crash: TfL admits to failings over fatal derailment
June 22, 2022
Transport for London (TfL) has indicated it will plead guilty to health and safety failings over the Croydon tram crash, which killed seven people, in November 2016. Read More
Croydon tram accident: Risk of overturning on curves “not properly understood”
December 7, 2017
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found the risk of trams overturning on curves was "not properly understood" by the tramway and there were insufficient safety measures, according to its report into the Croydon tram crash last year. Read More
Croydon tram crash: Union strike over safety device
November 2, 2017
Unions have claimed the health of tram drivers has been put at risk by a safety device installed to prevent future tram crashes. Read More
Croydon tram crash: draft safety recommendations announced
August 4, 2017
Draft safety recommendations made ahead of final report. Read More
Croydon tram crash driver “lost awareness”
February 21, 2017
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its second interim report into a fatal accident involving a tram near Sandilands Junction, Croydon on 9 November 2016. Read More
Croydon tram was going ‘three times over the speed limit’
November 16, 2016
A tram that derailed in Croydon last week killing seven people was going three and half times over the speed limit, investigators into the incident have said. Read More
A tram tragedy: why we need a knowledgeable media
November 16, 2016
On the day Donald Trump won the presidential election in the United States, an early morning tram left the tracks in Croydon, south of London and crashed. The incident tragically resulted in the loss of seven lives and caused injuries to more than 50 people. Read More
