Who Was the First Person Ever to Die in a Car Crash?
Every year, around 1.3 million people die of road traffic accidents worldwide.
Furthermore, road accidents are the leading cause of death among those in the 5–29 age demographic.
Traveling by car is staggeringly unsafe, with flying being far safer than driving in almost all metrics.
By now, tens of millions of people have lost their lives in car accidents.
This begs the question: who was the first person to die in a car crash?
Answering this question is more complicated than it may seem.
Firstly, we must define what we mean by a “car crash.”
Do we mean the first car-pedestrian accident?
Or the first car-car accident?
Or do we perhaps mean the first accident where the driver was killed?
Let’s look at a few of these scenarios.
