مقاله:The world’s first automobile fatality
The world’s first automobile fatality
Isabelle Fallon, Desmond O’Neill
.Department of Medical Gerontology, Trinity College Dublin, Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin, Dublin 24, Ireland
Received 4 February 2005; accepted 24 February 2005
Accident Analysis and Prevention 37 (2005) 601–603
Abstract
The first recorded automobile fatality occurred in a small town in the Irish Midlands in 1869. MaryWard, a celebrated microscopist, artist, astronomer and naturalist, fell from a steam carriage and died after crush injuries from its heavy iron wheels. The story of first automobile fatality characterizes the individual tragedy that is each premature death. It also illuminates the story of a remarkable Victorian scientific family. Among their many achievements was the building of a reflector telescope in the heart of rural
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Keywords: Automobiles; Accidents; Traffic; History of medicine