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).
Hand-drawn diagram illustrating the scene of a car accident between Vierzon and Bourges.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0030 | |
| Date | 13th August 1924 | |
| ACCIDENT TO 35 PK 13.8.24 BETWEEN VIERZON & BOURGES 49941 POSITION OF CAR AFTER ACCIDENT TO VIERZON Car proceeding from Vierzon to Bourges TRACK OF CAR VISIBLE ON ROAD BYE ROAD SLOPE DOWN TO FORD CART TRACK STEEP BANK DOWN TO CART TRACK Width of road here 18' RIVER BED 15' lower than road level FORD ACROSS RIVER BED CART TRACK FROM FORD BRIDGE OVER RIVER. -> BOURGES 56 yds 25' RIVER. X Car left road here, N/S front wheel hit stone curb (curb about 18" high) ---- Track of O/S wheels on steep bank for about 20 ft. There is no track of N/S wheels, these apparently being in mid air. This track ends at a heap of dirt on the bank, there being no further tracks visible. | ||