Keywords: Mary Ward (scientist).jpg Mary Ward April 1827 - 31 August 1869 was an Irish scientist who was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins As the unfortunate event occurred in 1869 she is the world's first motor vehicle accident victim en wikipedia 2006-04-07 Andromeda321 wikipedia en PD-old original upload log page en wikipedia Ward_mary jpg 2006-04-07 20 38 Andromeda321 182×235×8 13152 bytes <nowiki></nowiki> 1827 births 1869 deaths People of County Offaly Deaths from road accidents Female scientists Scientists from Ireland |