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Bus / Luas crash

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  • 16-09-2009 3:25pm
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    markpb
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    RTE are reporting a DB / Luas crash on O'Connell st. Looks like a 16 from the traffic cameras they're showing. There's a thread in AH too.

    Edit: nasty photo
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    AndyP
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    Just on RTE a minute ago. Happened at the Abbey St junction. It is obviously going to caue chaos so try to avoid at all costs.


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    BrianD
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    More frm Twitter

    http://twitpic.com/hxkzr


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    Terrontress
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    I suppose it has to be expected where you have mixed use roads although a bus hitting a luas would be preferable to today's luas hitting a bus!


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    ohnoigotsick
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    Terrontress wrote: »
    I suppose it has to be expected where you have mixed use roads although a bus hitting a luas would be preferable to today's luas hitting a bus!


    not for the driver

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0916/luas.html

    There is an unconfirmed report that the Luas driver went through the window of his cabin and into the bus. The driver had to be cut out of the wreckage by members of Dublin Fire Brigade and has been taken to hospital.

    hope all are ok


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    Terrontress
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    ohnoigotsick wrote: »
    not for the driver

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0916/luas.html

    There is an unconfirmed report that the Luas driver went through the window of his cabin and into the bus. The driver had to be cut out of the wreckage by members of Dublin Fire Brigade and has been taken to hospital.

    hope all are ok

    Well, it would be preferable for the driver that it is bus hits luas and not vice versa. The bus driver has a steering wheel to hold on to. The luas has no seat belt, no steering wheel. No crash protection at all.


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    lostexpectation
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    rte puts o'connell bridge traffic cam on live streaming at http://www.rte.ie/live/ can't see much though


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    Riskymove
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    Terrontress wrote: »
    The luas has no seat belt,.

    why ever not?


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    Carroller16
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    4 threads on this now


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    lostexpectation
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    seat belt for the driver?


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    Oliver1985
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    There is a thread over in Dublin city section for this now to! Can someone Merge them? Mods?


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    Terrontress
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    lostexpectation wrote: »
    seat belt for the driver?

    Any time I have observed a Luas driver they have not put on a seatbelt. That is not to say they do not exist in the cab but I have often wondered about the safety element of it. A sudden stop would, at the very least, send the driver straight into the dashboard.


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    BrianD
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    It's kind of weird that they don't have a seat belt or a lap belt.

    Another forum has a post from a cyclist who says he is 99% sure the lights were green when he passed through with the bus behind.

    Is it possible for a tram to break a stop signal? Do they have automatic circuits to prevent this?

    there's a lot of photos online - hard to work out what's happened other that the tram seems to have come off the worst. The bus must have been half way across the tracks as the front isn't damaged.

    Also stories that testing down on the docklands may have caused a signal malfunction.


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    I.S.T.
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    BrianD wrote: »
    there's a lot of photos online - hard to work out what's happened other that the tram seems to have come off the worst. The bus must have been half way across the tracks as the front isn't damaged.

    There is one photo taken from the side which shows the front of the Luas went right inside the passenger compartment of the bus. If there was anyone sitting in the seats where the tram hit I reckon they are in a bad way.


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    Oliver1985
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    That could be one of the three who are serious! Mad stuff that this is happening! Where it crashed is also the wheelchair bay on the bus!!


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    DWCommuter
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    A right balls up alright. Whatever the reason, don't expect anyone to be held accountable.

    Hope everyone involved is okay.


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    monument
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    Photos here.


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    BrianD
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    Ireland.com have a lot of overhead photographs.

    One Twitter "eye witness" is claiming that the bus ran a read light and ended up being side swiped by the tram.


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    Oliver1985
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    There is a few other people on other threads saying the same that the bus ran it!!


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    c7
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    Not to take away from the awful incident but I thought it would be best to post this in C&T in this thread rather than drag another one up...

    How will this effect traffic tomorrow morning? There's a notice on Dublin Bus since 5.30 saying that cross-city services will be disrupted. I'm trying to get from UCD to the airport tomorrow and changing in O'Connell St. to get the 16 with friends. I would take the 746 but I've to be at the airport at 9. Anyone have any insights??


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    Victor
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    c7 wrote: »
    Not to take away from the awful incident but I thought it would be best to post this in C&T in this thread rather than drag another one up...

    How will this effect traffic tomorrow morning? There's a notice on Dublin Bus since 5.30 saying that cross-city services will be disrupted. I'm trying to get from UCD to the airport tomorrow and changing in O'Connell St. to get the 16 with friends. I would take the 746 but I've to be at the airport at 9. Anyone have any insights??
    Everything should be back to normal, but allow extra time (a) because its the airport (b) just in case.


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    rameire
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    both vehicles will be moved within the next couple of hours

    heavy lifting equiptment is in position.

    🌞 3.8kwp, 🌞 Split 2.28S, 1.52E. 🌞 Clonee, Dub.🌞



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    Our man in Havana
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    BrianD wrote: »
    Is it possible for a tram to break a stop signal? Do they have automatic circuits to prevent this?

    Yes they can break a stop signal. Trams don't have CAWS or ATP.


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    shltter
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    BrianD wrote: »
    Ireland.com have a lot of overhead photographs.

    One Twitter "eye witness" is claiming that the bus ran a read light and ended up being side swiped by the tram.

    I heard it different but this is only rumour as well that the bus was on a green and the driver behind him confirmed it. Either way the bus has a camera at the front facing forward so it should have captured the lights one way or the other.

    Btw the bus was driven back to Santry Garda station about an hour ago with a Garda escort.


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    BrianD
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    shltter wrote: »
    I heard it different but this is only rumour as well that the bus was on a green and the driver behind him confirmed it. Either way the bus has a camera at the front facing forward so it should have captured the lights one way or the other.

    I know there's onboard cameras but where's the one at the front? I'm guessing that the bus was in lane 1 when the incident occured?

    The red light running was a tweet from a journalist who may have witnessed the event. Not sure if they did but they have a good view of the aftermath.
    Btw the bus was driven back to Santry Garda station about an hour ago with a Garda escort.

    Built well then! Has the tram been removed?


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    Shamanic
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    nope, i just passed it a few minutes ago, still in the exact same place, off the line and in the air etc with no sign at all of it being moved. Just a lot of floodlights in place and a lot of people standing around scratching their heads looking at it. Tbh i saw no heavy lifting equipment.


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    c0mpliant
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    shltter wrote: »
    Btw the bus was driven back to Santry Garda station about an hour ago with a Garda escort.

    Jesus thats a well built vehicle, I saw it myself and it was in bits!


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    Kila
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    I drove past the area a short while ago. Road was still blocked off by garda cars and the luas was still there. I'll be finishing up in town around 12pm, and passing the area again, so I'll try to post and say if it's still there when I'm leaving town.


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    Messed Up Mind
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    Just thought I'd offer my insight into what happened. I work in a shop on O'Connell street across from where the accident happened.

    What I heard happening was a Garda car going up the street distracting both Tram and bus drivers, the bus followed the garda car and the tram went into the side of the bus. I'll never forget the shrill scream that I heard after the loud bang on impact. I ran across the road to try and assist. There were just loads of people taking pictures with their camera phones. I was really disgusted.

    At the time I imagined that there must have been a few people that died in the incident including the luas driver... It was really awful. I'm still very shaken over it.


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    westtip
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    DWCommuter wrote: »
    A right balls up alright. Whatever the reason, don't expect anyone to be held accountable.

    Hope everyone involved is okay.

    Hey Derek just think how many level crossings there are on the N17/18 - makes you shudder about the u no WOT! Same sentiments about everyone involved BTW.


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    BrianD
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    Shamanic wrote: »
    nope, i just passed it a few minutes ago, still in the exact same place, off the line and in the air etc with no sign at all of it being moved. Just a lot of floodlights in place and a lot of people standing around scratching their heads looking at it. Tbh i saw no heavy lifting equipment.

    In derailments they use loads of wooden blocks and small hydraulic blocks to get the tram back onto the track. As part of the tram is so far off the track, I'd imagine it would have to be lifted which could mean removal of the the overhead cables. I'm guessing that once back on track it can be towed back to the Red Cow.

    There's another posting elsewhere that refers to a lot of Garda vehicular activity before the incident.


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