Driver's report form detailing a motor car accident.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\4\ scan0112 | |
| Date | 18th January 1938 | |
| 1002 ROLLS ROYCE, LIMITED. Driver's Report on Motor Car Accident. Make of car: Bentley HP. 4 1/4 Chassis No.: B.56.BN {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} Reg. No.: BHA 211 Date and time of accident: 18. 1. 38. at 4.40 p.m. Place where accident occurred: Osmaston Rd just opposite Cotton lane Speed limit of area, if any: 30 m.p.h. Speed limit of Vehicle, if any: Nil m.p.h. Width of road: How far was car from n/s kerb?: 6 ft State of weather: Dry State of Road: Good At what speed was car travelling?: 25 m.p.h. Speed at time of impact: 25 m.p.h. Did you sound horn?: No Kind of horn sounded, if any: What lamps were lit, if any?: Side lamps Who in your opinion was to blame?: The other car Did anyone admit they were to blame, if so, whom?: The drivers of the other car Did anyone intimate that a claim would be made against the Company, if so, whom?: NO Name of driver of Company's car: I. A. {Mr Adams} Leslie Age: 29 Department in which employed: Expt Number of years driving: 12 Were you injured, if so, to what extent?: No Did you receive medical treatment, if so, from whom?: N.O. Were you sober at the time?: YES Particulars of damage to car: Bent front axle. O.S. front and rear wings - running board. Cross and side steering tubes. Scratches on body. Where is car lying and in whose charge?: Expt. Garage Purpose for which car was being used and whether on Company's business: Company's business Names of occupants of car (also addresses if not Company's servants) and particulars of any injuries received: Nil Names and addresses of all independent witnesses and statements made by them: Nil If no names of witnesses given above, state reason why: Police took measurements of other car. No. of Police Constable in attendance, stating whether he was an actual witness: P.C. 78. Not a witness of impact. Did the Constable intimate that you would be prosecuted: NO P.T.O. | ||
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).