M&D's theme park, the scene of Sunday afternoon's crash which left nine children and two adults injured, will be under severe scrutiny in light of its health and safety record of recent years.

A catalogue of dangerous equipment failures have been logged at the theme park over the last five years, with this incident the eighth at the Motherwell attraction since 2011.

The ride in question, the Italian-built Tsunami ride, first operated in Spain and France before coming to the UK in October 2003 at the Hull Fair.

It was then transported to the Millennium Dome in London, where it spent the Christmas season before being dismantled and transported north to M&D's at Strathclyde Park in 2004.

On July 3, 2011, nine people had to be rescued from the Tsunami ride after being trapped for up to eight hours when it suffered mechanical failure.

It was classified as "a dangerous occurrence" by the Health and Safety Executive.

The HSE said of the accident: "The ride was operating normally when the chain failed causing the safety braking mechanism to operate.

"The normal retrieval system did not operate and the people within the car were removed safely by the emergency services. No persons were injured."

In March of this year, eight people had to be rescued from the Tornado ride at the park after it became stuck 20ft off the ground.

A cherry picker was used to lift five youths, a man and two women to safety.

In April, a Freedom of Information request was submitted to the Health and Safety Executive, asking for reports into previous investigations into equipment failures at the Strathclyde Park attraction.

In their response, the Health and Safety Executive confirmed only four of the seven accidents at the theme park had resulted in an investigation by its officers.

None resulted in a prosecution.

Asked why it did not investigate all accidents at M&D's, the HSE replied: "HSE investigates incidents in accordance with its publicly available incident selection criteria and does not investigate all incidents that are reported to it.

"The incident selection criteria is available on the HSE website.

"HSE would not give assurances to parents as it is for duty holders (in this case ride operators) to assure customers that the particular rides are well maintained and safe.

"Where there are failings, HSE will take appropriate action and if necessary submit a report to Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) for consideration of further legal action."