December 7, 2020
Lightwater Valley Attractions Ltd has been fined £333,344 and ordered to pay costs of £16,183 after a child was left with life-changing head injuries after being thrown from a ride. Read More
May 22, 2019
A fairground ride inspector has been fined after he issued a safety certificate for a rollercoaster without ensuring he had a crucial safety report for it. The ride subsequently derailed. Read More
September 24, 2018
Merlin Entertainments, which owns Alton Towers, was fined £5m as a result of the Smiler rollercoaster crash in 2015, which left five people seriously injured. Now, two victims who each lost a leg in the crash are suing the park’s owners Read More
August 1, 2017
HSE issues statement regarding UK versions of theme park ride in which there was a fatal incident in the USA. Read More
September 1, 2016
The Smiler rollercoaster ride at Alton Towers, which left five people seriously injured after it crashed last year, has been Read More
July 18, 2016
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a statement following a rollercoaster crash at M&D’s theme park, on the Motherwell Read More
June 28, 2016
The HSE has begun a joint investigation with police following a rollercoaster crash at M&D’s theme park, on the Motherwell Read More
May 3, 2016
Heavy rain caused a rollercoaster ride at Alton Towers to come to a halt yesterday, leaving dozens of people stranded. Galactica, Read More
March 21, 2016
Alton Towers has re-opened the Smiler ride nine months after a crash left five people seriously injured. Five people suffered catastrophic injuries in Read More
February 25, 2016
The owner of Alton Towers is to be prosecuted after a rollercoaster crash last year, which left five people seriously Read More