Passengers travelling on the tram that left seven people dead when it derailed suffered fatal or serious injuries because they were ‘ejected’ through broken windows, a new report reveals.

Seven people were killed and another 51 were injured when the tram came off the rails on a sharp bend near Sandilands on November 9 last year.

Six of the seven who died were either flung through the tram’s windows during the crash or partially ejected.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) published its second interim report, after the first that was published on November 16, this morning.

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It reads: “Initial indications are that a number of passengers with fatal or serious injuries had been ejected, or partially ejected, from the tram through broken windows, both in the body-side and the doors.

“Of the seven passengers who died: one was found inside the tram; two were found partially inside the tram; three were found underneath the tram; and another was found on the track close to the tram.

“Work to understand the detailed sequence of events, and the means by which passengers received their injuries, is ongoing.”

The tram involved in the fatal derailment was travelling at 46 mph, almost four times the speed limit of 12.5 mph, when it entered the sharp left-hand bend as it approached Sandilands.

Investigators previously thought, from analysis of the on-tram data recorder (OTDR), that the tram was travelling at three times the speed limit.

The RAIB has also confirmed it is examining reports of other trams that travelled above the speed limit round the bend.

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It received reports that such an event occurred on October 31, just over a week before the crash.

Investigators will look into whether or not Tram Operations Limited were notified at the time, and how they handled the report.

The report added: “It [the investigation] will also try to establish whether any of the same factors may have applied to the accident on November 9, 2016.”

Mike Brown MVO, London's transport commissioner, said: “Our thoughts remain with all those affected by the tragic tram derailment and we continue to do all we can to offer our support.

“We continue to work with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) and will take on board all recommendations from this and other investigations, including our own, that are underway.”

Transport for London installed additional speed restrictions and signs near the crash site in November at three different locations on the tram network.