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12 February 2010

The first traffic fatality

The first recorded traffic fatality was that of a 44-year-old mother of two in 1896.

The woman stepped off the footpath near the Crystal Palace in London and was struck by a Peugeot travelling at 4mph.

She died of head injuries.