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).
Accident report from high-speed wobble testing where the steering lever broke at 70 mph.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\1\ Scan258 | |
| Date | 12th November 1926 | |
| To D/L. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Y457 Y735 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LG12.11.26. Accident on Fosse Rd., Oct. 22nd, 1926. Y4198 I was carrying out experimental tests in connection with high speed wobbles on the Fosse Rd. at Six Hills, and when travelling at 70 m.p.h. the pendulum steering lever broke which caused the car to leave the road and finish in the ditch. Slight damage was done to the car and hedge. We consider 10/- is a reasonable claim to damage to hedge. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||