{"id":40635,"date":"2021-07-23T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40635"},"modified":"2021-07-23T18:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:58:34","slug":"tram-derailed-in-sheffield-after-collision-with-lorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40635","title":{"rendered":"Tram derailed in Sheffield after collision with lorry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stagecoach Supertram\u2019s Siemens-Duewag tram <strong>105<\/strong> has been derailed close to the stop at Hyde Park on the Yellow route after colliding with a lorry. The tram was heading away from the city with a Yellow route service to Meadowhall when the accident happened.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In a similar incident to that seen back in 2018 when a lorry hit a Citylink tram a little further along the line on the first day of Tram-Train services the force of the collision between the lorry and tram caused the front section of the tram to be pushed off the rails.<\/p>\n<p>The tram was just crossing Bernard Road \u2013 a signalled road junction \u2013 when it was hit by the lorry. The lorry was owned by Bradwell Skips and Police have confirmed that a 60 year old man from Sheffield has been reported for failing to stop at a traffic signal, driving without due care and attention and driving with an insecure load.<\/p>\n<p>A woman in her 20s was taken to hospital with minor injuries while a number of passengers on board the tram were treated at the scene for their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the accident Yellow route services are running in two halves: Meadowhall to Woodbourn Road and Sheffield Station to Middlewood (giving the rare sight of Yellow route trams at Sheffield Station). The Tram-Train service was operating from Rotherham Parkgate to Woodbourn Road.<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened at approximately 1215 and services resumed from shortly before 1730 after investigations and a rescue of the tram took place.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with those involved in the accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stagecoach Supertram\u2019s Siemens-Duewag tram 105 has been derailed close to the stop at Hyde Park on the Yellow route after colliding with a lorry. The tram was heading away from the city with a Yellow route service to Meadowhall when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40635\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40636,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40635\/revisions\/40636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}