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).
Witness statement regarding a car accident involving an 18 GIV vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M10\ img152 | |
| Date | 5th June 1933 guessed | |
| For File Accident 18 GIV XH199a. Previous to the accident R.{Sir Henry Royce} Clark had taken over the car. R.{Sir Henry Royce} Clark had been driving the car for 20 Mls. When near the Cross Road sign he sounded his horn & eased up a little. I then saw a car coming along the road on the right hand side approaching the Cross Roads. This I pointed out to Clark who immediately braked heavily the car going over to the left hand side, the O.S. hub striking the Dumb irons of the other car. 18 GIV then went straight in to a bank 2ft high & finished on the grass by the side of the road. My opinion is had he not braked so heavily he may have had more chance of avoiding the accident possibly getting through. He may have been under the impression that the car was giving him the right of way. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Atkinson. | ||