News story

Person struck at Gravel Hill tram stop, Croydon

Person struck at Gravel Hill tram stop, Croydon, 10 March 2020.

This news article was withdrawn on

This item has been moved to the National Archives as RAIB has published its safety digest describing this incident. See safety digest 04/2020.

Photograph of Gravel Hill tram stop (photograph by Sunil060902, distributed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.)

Gravel Hill tram stop (photograph by Sunil060902, distributed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.)

At around 08:05 hrs on 10 March 2020, a tram departing Gravel Hill tram stop struck a person who had just alighted from the tram and was crossing the line. The person received minor injuries.

We have undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding this accident. Having assessed the evidence which has been gathered to date, we have decided to publish a safety digest.

The safety digest will be made available on our website in the next few weeks.

Published 23 April 2020