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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).
Accident report detailing the damage sustained by two vehicles, naming a passenger, and describing the weather and road conditions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\4\  scan0030
Date  3rd December 1936 guessed
  
portions of the cars came into impact:
The damage sustained to 1BIV was
N/S Front wing damaged
N/S Front headlight glass broken & spider damaged
2 bolts of front number plate support broken.

The damage to the 10HP Standard was
N/S Front dumb iron bent
N/S Head lamp glass broken
N/S Front spring leaves deranged
Front number plate broken
Front bumper damaged
Radiator guard slightly damaged
N/S Front mud guard damaged.

Passenger in 1BIV was G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Titley, apprentice Check No. 2530
The weather was misty & visibility was approximately 50 yards. The surface of the road on the scene of the accident was covered with ice.
  
  


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