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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).
The scene of a car accident, including measurements and an assessment of the cause.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 181\M10\  img069
Date  20th April 1928 guessed
  
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road onto the outside
camber. The tree is in
exactly the position one
would probably be in
after a couple of violent
skids, that is 120 to 150
yards from the corner.
The whole scene would
instinctively make one
say "Error of judgment
accentuated by the
road conditions."
The tree leans at about
15º and is 1ft in dia.
at the very bottom, it
and the marks on the
road where the front
half of the car came to
rest <strike>the</strike> 25-30 yards
from the tree show what
  
  


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