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).
Internal report detailing a motor car accident involving a Bentley 25 HP.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\1\ scan0156 | |
| Date | 12th July 1933 | |
| XC199- To D/L. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/2/KT.12.7.33. MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT. (1) Bentley. 25 HP. (2) 2.B.IV. (3) 10.7.33. About 2 pm. (4) 11.7.33. Self. (5) Stony Stratford. (6) I was proceeding into Stony Stratford at a speed of approx. 45 m.p.h. behind Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} who was driving the first production Bentley chassis. Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} pulled up behind a horse-drawn baker's van. Another car which had been masked by the baker's van then appeared, blocking up the whole of the road. Upon applying the brakes the car got into a rear wheel skid. Being unable to stop there was no alternative but to hit one of the three vehicles or a telegraph pole. The latter alternative was chosen with considerable damage to 2.B.IV. car. The surface of the road which was slightly down-hill was wet tar Macadam. (7) Yes. (8) 2 ft. (9) - (10) 45 m.p.h. (11) Electric. Yes. (12) - (13) Self. (14) - (15) - (16) (a). 41347. County of Derby. (b). No. (c). See works records. (d). See works records. (e). No. (f). 33. (g). See (6) (h). Yes. (17) See works estimate. (18) At works. (19) At works. (20) Test purposes. (21) Yes. (22) Self. Address:- Park Leys, Duffield. Mr. A.J. Lidsey. Address :- "Fairfield" Horwood Avenue, Derby. (23) None. No third party involved. (24) No. (25) Yes. Constable took particulars - number unknown. (26) Yes. (a) A.J. Lidsey. "Fairfield" Horwood Avenue, Derby. (b) Yes. (c) Dr. Harvey. Wolverton. (d) Bruised forehead. (27) Damaged telegraph pole. Negligible. (28) No other vehicle involved. (29) Tar Macaden road surface. Slightly downhill. Weather stormy. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||