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Collision at Crystal Palace

When
17 August 1896
Where
Crystal Palace grounds
Part of
Bridget Driscoll killed by a Benz car at Crystal Palace, the world's first motoring fatality

Bridget Driscoll was struck by a motor car on Dolphin Terrace in the Crystal Palace grounds while crossing with companions.

Driscoll was crossing Dolphin Terrace in the grounds of the Crystal Palace in London when she was struck by the driver of a car belonging to the Anglo-French Motor Carriage Company. The car was being used to give demonstration rides. She was in the company of her teenage daughter May and her friend Elizabeth Murphy.

Sources

  1. Death of Bridget Driscoll Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-13

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