TRAM: British and Australian (American usually streetcar also trolley) noun [C] An electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road. (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary)
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NOTTINGHAM TRAM ASSAULTS UP
Nottingham Express Transit – Sunday 16th September 2007
New figures revealed this week have shown that physical assaults on the Nottingham Express Transit system have risen slightly in the first seven months of this year.
The figures show that 18 physical assaults took place in the first seven months of 2007 as opposed to 29 in the complete year in 2006. Also revealed are figures that 21 passengers suffered injuries whilst travelling on the trams and there have been 23 accidents between cars and trams.
Ray Harris, operations manager of the Nottingham Tram Consortium, said: “Every time that a passenger gets injured on our tram it is of concern to us and we'll always investigate the cause of those incidents whether it be having to apply the emergency break for a car pulling out or whatever it's for, we will always investigate thoroughly and attempt to stop it happening again - so overall it's a very safe system. We're always looking for underlying trends and we haven't actually found an underlying trend. All of our drivers are trained to a very high standard and they're trained in defensive driving and we've not actually managed to find an underlying trend."
