On 7 Sep, 17:26, Arthur Figgis wrote:
There was an accident involving a bus, a (reported to be parked) car, a
tram, and possibly a moving car, in George Street, Croydon this morning.
Unfortunately the pedestrian was killed, and the bus driver injured.

It seems to be a slightly out-of-the-ordinary accident - the tram and
bus have ended up quite a way from each other.

http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/...an-killed-tram....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-horrific-bus...


A pretty horrendous accident. The first link is to the Croydon
Advertiser (aka This is Croydon Today) article, which provides the
most information, whilst the Daily Mail story has the pictures.

A bus swerving to avoid a car would appear to be the genesis of the
accident. Two things in the story caught my eye in particular - first
off, the possibility that the traffic lights (which also control tram
movements) had failed, though it's important to note that this is in
no way confirmed (just because a copper on the scene says so to a
local hack doesn't mean it was so). Secondly, the apparent reason why
the bus travelled so far being that the driver had been knocked
unconscious.

The Mail story says that Police Collision Investigation officers are
looking in to the accident. It's interesting to consider where the
emphasis of investigation of incidents falls when a tram is involved,
given that HMRI is the safety regulator (for want of a better phrase)
of the tram system, and BTP is responsible for policing the system.
This incident would appear to be more of a road traffic accident and
thus fall within the domain of the local (Met) police, however *if*
(and that is a big if) the traffic signals had in some way
malfunctioned then things would become more interesting given the
interface between highway and tramway signalling.