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).
Extract from a statement of claim detailing particulars of negligence in an accident at Hinckley.
Identifier | Morton\M10\ img133 | |
Date | 10th October 1930 guessed | |
COPY ACCIDENT AT HINCKLEY EXTRACT FROM STATEMENT OF CLAIM. PARTICULARS OF NEGLIGENCE. --------- The defendants, their servant or agent, drove at an excessive speed; on the wrong side of the road; gave not any warning of his approach or of his intention to pass across the front of the said "Willys Knight" motor car; failed to pull up or stop or to slacken speed or to do ought to manoeuvre the said motor car safely past the said "Willys Knight" motor car; attempted to pass in front of the said "Willys Knight" motor car when there was insufficient room and/or time to do so; failed to avoid the said "Willys Knight" motor car and collided with it. ---- | ||