How events unfolded

Site of

crash

North

Sandilands Road

To Croydon

Addiscombe

Road

Sandilands

tram stop

Tunnel

4

3

2

1

1

Data from the black box recorder shows the tram was travelling at 49.7mph (80km/h) in the tunnel

 

2

The tram slows only slightly and too late as it approaches the curve which has a speed limit of 12mph (20km/h)

 

3

Travelling at approximately 43.5mph (70km/h) the tram tips as it enters the curve

 

4

The two-car tram, weighing about 37 tonnes, comes to rest on its side

 

Site of

crash

4

The two-car tram, weighing about 37 tonnes, comes to rest on its side

North

Sandilands Road

To Croydon

Addiscombe

Road

Sandilands tram stop

Tunnel

4

3

2

1

3

Travelling at approximately 43.5mph (70km/h) the tram tips as it enters the curve

2

The tram slows only slightly and too late as it approaches the curve which has a speed limit of 12mph (20km/h)

 

1

Data from the black box recorder shows the tram was travelling at 49.7mph (80km/h) in the tunnel