A man has died in a collision with a moving tram in Nottingham.
Police were called to the David Lane tram stop and the Basford crossing in the north of the city at about 11.10pm on Monday.
The man, who was in his 50s, died at the scene. The police said the full circumstances had not yet been established, but the death was not believed to be suspicious.
A spokesman for Nottingham Express Transit said: “We can confirm a tram was involved in a fatal collision with a man between Basford and David Lane. The incident happened shortly before 11pm last night and emergency services were called to the scene.
“Late-night services were disrupted as a result of the incident and the police have launched an investigation. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch have been informed and we are not able to make any further comment at this stage.”
Although trams are considered green and safe, research by the Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research suggested that for each kilometre travelled, trams were 12 times more likely than a car to be involved in an accident resulting in a fatality or serious injury.
Nottingham has 20 miles of tramway. The first section opened in 2004 and a second section, which more than doubled the size of the network, opened in August 2015.
