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Old August 4th 17, 12:30 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Latest RAIB on Croydon tram catastrophe

On 04-Aug-17 9:44 AM, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2017-08-04 08:05:20 +0000, Roland Perry said:

There's more to do when driving a bus, therefore drivers don't fall
asleep as often. There are also very few instances of buses toppling
over because they took a bend too fast.


It certainly does happen. Indeed, it's happened a lot more with double
decker buses/coaches than it has from trams (once).

Neil


A bus and a tram met in Croydon, the bus derailed the tram.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...m-pile-up.html

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