2007-02-21 05:56:20 · 5 answers · asked by mymagicshowuk 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
First fatality
The first fatality in a steam-driven vehicle may have been Mary Ward who on 31 August 1869 fell under a steam car in Ireland.
In the UK, the first person to die in a petrol-driven car collision was a pedestrian, Bridget Driscoll, in 1896. The first driver/passenger deaths occurred on 25 February 1899. A 6 HP Daimler, driven by thirty-one-year-old engineer Edwin Sewell, crashed on Grove Hill, a steeply graded road on the northern slope of Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, now in north-west London. A rear wheel collapsed after breaking its rim and the car hit a sturdy brick wall. Sewell was killed immediately when he and his passenger, a Major Richer, were thrown from the vehicle. Richer died 3 days later in hospital. The spot is now marked with a commemorative plaque.
2007-02-21 06:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by Indiana Jones 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first recorded automobile fatality was Henry Bliss on September 13, 1899 in New York, New York. Follow the link below and under the SAFETY section, read the first paragraph.
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/a/au/automobile.html#Safety
2007-02-21 14:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
where did you all get these totally unmatching answers.i recon it was when Rod Taylor fellout of the time machine.
2007-02-21 20:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by billybus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crystal palace in London august 17Th 1896. the speed was 4mph!
2007-02-21 14:07:54 · answer #4 · answered by samfisher 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
near my grandpa's pad at Detroit
2007-02-22 03:47:17 · answer #5 · answered by quilm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋