Manchester Metrolink - Safety

Safety

Manchester Metrolink has suffered these major safety incidents:
# This incident needed investigation by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB).

Date Place Event Cause Ref
31 August 2004 Shude Hill Derailment Rail keep failed on curve
11 January 2005 London Road Derailment Rail keep failed on curve
8 November 2005 # near Radcliffe Tram near miss with two track workers, tram ran over track maintenance equipment Better safety needed
22 March 2006 # Long Millgate, Manchester Derailment Track defect: broken rail
20 May 2006 Market Street Person trapped under a tram, causing a three-hour delay
17 January 2007 # Pomona Derailment Track defect, poor maintenance
29 June 2008 # St Peters Square Derailment Track defect
5 June 2011, 00.16 am # Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester Tram hit a pedestrian, who died in hospital Pedestrian ran out of covered passage in Parker Street onto rails; the front end design of the tram was criticized about collision risk

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