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2016 Croydon tram derailment

2016 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Disaster

2016 Croydon tram derailment
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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. This was the first tram incident in the United Kingdom in which passengers died since 1959.

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