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 a collision involving an experimental Bentley car.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 138\3\ scan0487 | |
| Date | 20th October 1941 | |
| To: D/L. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1162 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/h.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 20.10.41. ACCIDENT REPORT. A truck, driven by Mr. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} JOHNSON, of 20 LYCOTT GROVE, EAST DULWICH, registration Number BGH 911, backed into 9BV, the experimental Bentley car which I was driving on Saturday, October 18th at 12.45 p.m. Mr. Johnson is working for Wiggs & Son., S.E.15. Damage sustained was a buckled wing and a bent head-lamp and radiator. Derbyshire P.C. No. 70 witnessed the accident. My car was stationary at the time. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||