Bridget Driscoll

Bridget Driscoll (* 1851, † August 17 1896 in London) is the first person who died in a traffic accident in which a car was involved.

The 44 - or 45 -year-old Bridget Driscoll and her five year old daughter May were crossing a street on the site of the Crystal Palace in London, as a car of the Anglo - French Motor Car Company at a speed of approximately 4 mph ( approx. 6.4 km / h ) Ms. Driscoll came to the ground. She suffered a serious head injury and died a few minutes later. The speed of the car was described by eyewitnesses as " reckless pace, almost like a fire truck ."

The car was driven by Arthur James Edsall, as a passenger on the merits of this automobile demonstrating ride there was Alice standing on the passenger seat. She later claimed that Edsall would have modified the engine so that the car could go faster, but this claim was refuted by expert page.

An introduced after the accident lawsuits resulted after six hours of negotiation the outcome, the death had occurred due to an accident. The coroner Percy Morrison said at the end of the process, he hoped that such a thing will never happen again. There was no prosecution.

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