After an earlier FOI request turned up some very interesting information held on a particular bit of road, the existence of a database of all the tram injuries reported to the council and the value of claims became apparent. A quick follow-up and we now have it.
The total value paid out including solicitors costs etc so far is in the order of £1.25M with some very large claims in there too.
Interestingly, the earlier spreadsheet I was given for one junction did have the estimated claim values which they say they don't hold (i.e. what a solicitor has initially intimated and is ongoing). That was around £0.25M for one junction so I'd expect the level of claims to continue to increase.
It would be good to get this into the local (or even national) press. Perhaps one for Spokes or other organisations to take forward with an appropriate release
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/tram_line_cycling_incidents#incoming-2122175
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