Bridget Driscoll was the first person who died in a car accident (1896)

On the morning of August 17^th 1896, Bridget Driscoll, aged forty-four, accompanied by her two daughters, was crossing the grounds of the Crystal Palace, on the way to a dancing display, when a motor vehicle knocked her down and killed her instantly. She was the first person to be killed in a motor accident.

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