History
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March 2009
Opening day SAW – The Ride opens
The world's first horror-film-themed roller coaster.
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June 2015
Incident SAW closed as a precaution after the Smiler crash
Closed "for the foreseeable future" following the accident at Alton Towers.
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October 2016
Incident Eight riders stranded for 1 hour 45 minutes
Riders were manually evacuated.
Specification
| Measure | as built | 14 March 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 30.5 m | 30 m |
| Length | — | 720 m |
| Top speed | — | 89 km/h |
| Inversions | — | 3 |
| Ride time | — | 100 s |
| Track | steel | steel — unchanged |
Records held
first horror-film-themed roller coaster in worldsince 1 March 2009
Sources
- BBC News, BBC — Incident reporting.