Accident report detailing a collision between a test car and a cyclist in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0096 | |
| Date | 7th February 1929 | |
| To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} From G.W.H. Y4199 Hotel de France Chateauroux(French test region) Indre 7/2/29 [STAMP: RECEIVED 11 FEB 1929] Copy of report From Mr Reynolds Mr Hancock. Whilst testing car 19 EX today I had the misfortune to meet with an accident. I was travelling in the direction of Blois from Tours on the left side of the river& I had slowed down to 35 to 40 M.P.H. when a cyclist appeared from a side turning & turned into the centre of the road. I swerved to avoid him but the approach of another car from the opposite direction apparently made him swerve sharply to the right & I caught him with my N/S ( English) front wing. He was badly shaken & his left leg was hurt but not broken. The man's bicycle was badly damaged, front forks, wheel etc. The N/S wing of the car was slightly damaged. Man's Name:- M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Hermé Cresny Entre Pont Amboise Indre Witnesses:- J. {Mr Johnson W.M.} Pepper ( en car) Rolls Royce Test Dept. M Raymond Claveau 78 rue de Commerce Blois Indre Car No 510 Z 48 Signed E Reynolds 9122 Test Dept. | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).