The first traffic accident of the world with victims among people was registered on August 17, 1896 in London, England. Arthur Edsell – the driver hit a 44 years old mother of two children, Englishwoman Bridget Driscoll. Here is how the first hitting of the pedestrian by a car took place with a result of a lethal outcome. There were just a few small collisions with carriages and pedestrians before that, however, all the damages were minimal due to the slow speed of the cars of that time. According to the witnesses the car rushed on the victim with a very high speed.

The lack of the driving experience (Edsell had just 3 weeks’ driving experience), driver distracting factors and the violation of the speed limit – here are the main factors of the car accidents even nowadays.