This November 9th will be the 4th anniversary of the #Sandilands tram crash, which killed 7 and injured 62. I committed at the time to ensure that all causes were properly investigated. Last Oct I wrote to RAIB to raise serious concerns about their report. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KOia-0i3Ldzgo-dOFGMLEwNW25_1sIUu/view?usp=sharing

The core problem: RAIB said fatigue risk management was “not a factor in the accident at Sandilands junction”, despite finding that the driver may have fallen asleep, fatigue was endemic among tram drivers, and there were failings in the operator's fatigue risk management system.

RAIB responded in detail, taking my letter point by point, but failing to address my evidence and arguments (except in one case, where it admitted that its report contained an error - of which more below). Here is their letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UJ7E1--hGjXYiOfYIJIXRd6YbGnPPeyR/view?usp=sharing

In the one instance they agreed they had made an error, they updated one of their Recommendations. But instead of telling anyone, it looks liked they just sneaked a new version 2.1 of their report onto their website in place of 2.0, without telling anyone. https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/overturning-of-a-tram-at-sandilands-junction-croydon

I did not bother to answer to RAIB's obfuscatory letter. I trust the coroner to unravel all this, and have ensured my information is available. But last week I heard that RAIB is claiming my failure to write back means I was satisfied. So I wrote again: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nFOyjwt1HG8p6rQx5NA5gtImQmFMci38/view?usp=sharing

In my letter, I reject RAIB's responses, point by point, and pose some direct questions as to whether they did or did not review specific documents at the time of their investigations. I still believe their report is deeply flawed and sadly lets down the families of the victims.