World's first car crash! 1769

[Striplights1980]

0:27 It's a wonder he didn't end up getting 3rd degree burns.

[Striplights1980]

I wonder how much it cost to insure???

[eb62224]

one small little problem............the was no video cameras in the 1700 hundreds!!

[reliantregal]

@eb62224 - Hence why this is a reconstruction of thta event!! ;)

[deccno]

@eb62224 its the 18th century.

[eb62224]

@deccno it was the 18th century but it's the 17- hundreds

[deccno]

@eb62224 yeah right sorry

[ghamdi070]

well. they are french so its a normal french reactions and bitch screams to a fucking 1MPH car crash, you can actually see the driver rising his hands in surrender.

french are cowaring chickens lol

[McLarenMercedes]

@ghamdi070

Yes, that's why they won the 100 years war, colonized major parts of the world, including the Americas and why Napoleon defeated all the pan-European coalitions against him for almost two decades. Ask the German soldiers in the trenches of World War One if they considered their French foes "cowards".

[SMGJohn]

I can understand he crashed with all that black smoke in his face.

[leonel1982]

Oh man, Ye Olde Geico isn't going to like this!

Geico; So easy, a peasant can do it!

[TheSomethingIsh]

I still dont get how they cant handle this slow miserable shit if its easy to ride...

[JBofBrisbane]

@TheSomethingIsh - Maybe the f#$%ing heavy boiler hung out ahead of the front wheel had something to do with that.

[Horserider4561]

is this video from 1769?

[TheSomethingIsh]

Why in the fuck did he scream like a girl when the crash came

[Horserider4561]

@TheSomethingIsh prbly cuz he is gay.

[leonel1982]

@TheSomethingIsh Something to do with the blazing hot steam pipes he grabbed?

[Danik468]

werry good :D

[dinox4]

Too much smoke, i believe the driver was high

[dalailamos525]

0:24 :DDDD

[maicwand]

damn, he screamed like a 12 year old girl!

[TheHoesdose]

this is a steam engine or a train on road

[hunterziegelmann]

I wouldnt consider this french "thing" a car mainly because A. No flywheel. B.The only video ive seen of one even working was only 5 mins long 3 mins of staring it 2 mins of it breaking down 3 times. as for the 1884 petrol cycle its a motorcycle not a car.

[CaptBubble]

@hunterziegelmann My Trojan car has no flywheel, but it is a car and I drive it freely on roads and motorways! Film, Video and photography did not exist when Cugnot's Carriage became the first ever self-propelled car. It was indeed primitive by OUR standards, but revolutionary in its time. 32 years Trevithick and others had made vast improvements to steam engines and carriages making them into useful vehicles, but everything has to start somewhere!

[stingraystud]

you mean first woman driver

[benzyeap]

that time have camera?

[JAJAJAX]

lol 0:23 forward WEIRD

[carib0055]

ja ja ja ja ja ja ja !!!! scream like little girl!!!!

[Aqwert76]

that's why you should always wear a seatbelt, kids.

[motlencore89]

most epic crash ever at 2mph.

[benzyeap]

1769yrs have video camera?



[roadyrider]

@benzyeap Yes, but they were very, very large and were steam-driven!

[bugattisupersport100]

@benzyeap its probably satelite XD

[KenMacMillan]

How in the hell do you get run over by this thing?

[Reinzy007]

probably there frenshies they scream like little girls when the crash in the wall

[ThaMasterOfDisaster2]

What a bunch of assholes, Look at all that pollution.. XD

[superbug9748]

@ThaMasterOfDisaster2 its called a steam engine for a reason. thats steam coming out, aka water vapor (not pollution)

[superbug9748]

@ThaMasterOfDisaster2 its called a steam engine for a reason. thats is steam coming out....aka water vapor (not pollution)

[Aqwert76]

The first motion picture device was invented in 1884

[McLarenMercedes]

@Aqwert76

true, but the first REAL film camera the way we use them TODAY was by the Lumiere Brothers in 1895. That is the general consensus among historians.

[bboybeng]

hmmmmm... popcorns.. =D

[jhonsebastiantv]

wow thats a lot of polution

[MrKuwaitwolf]

What the heck is this? At 0:34, it got bad signal. But, pretty stupid of the guy to crash without noticing. ,_,

[fundreamer1]

Cugnot built the car in 1769, and crashed it in 1771. It is on display in paris.

[Martin55190]

C'est nul, l'accident n'est pas prouvé et allez le voir au musée! Il devait y avoir de bon carrossier à l'époque...

[Aqwert76]

5 star EURONCAP Safety rating

[jib1000]

Why would anyone bother to film a recreation of this crap?

[rabia413]

lol...thats how they got the idea of building a bulldozer.....lol

[CaptBubble]

Trevithick's 1st steam carriage was driven on the roads in 1801. In 1802 his 2nd was used to carry passengers in London. There were many steam cars and carriages BEFORE the Benz, and there was even Siegrfired Markus's PETROL powered car in Austria before the Benz. Benz did NOT invent the car, but they were the first to put cars into production.

[reliantregal]

@CaptBubble - You're right. In the UK in 1884 there was also Butler's Petrol Cycle that was exhibited two years before Benz and was also the first usage of the word "Petrol".

[JBofBrisbane]

@CaptBubble - the Benz trcycle is usually described as the first car designed to be driven by an internal-combustion engine, as opposed to a formerly horse-drawn carriage fitted with one.

[CaptBubble]

@JBofBrisbane That's right, but a car does not need to have an IC engine to be a car! Throughout the car's history they have been powered by steam, electricity and even jet and rocket engines. The type of engine does not define a car. If it is powered, has more than 2 wheels and carries a person on land then it is a car, "car" being short for carriage. There's no denying the historical importance of Benz, but he did not invent cars. 

[TheEggdude16]

looks more like a train then a car

[Oilasor925]

How does someone traveling at 1 mph not see a fucking wall infront of them?

[Starfighterking]

Wow, this first Car is great. Cugnot 1769!

[slamuraiify]

my definition of car is anything that moves under its own power and doesnt use a track

[jib1000]

@slamuraiify So a ball rolling down a hill is a car?

[fairyheli2]

@slamuraiify a plane is a car?

[lms264t]

WOW! I have seen photos of this vehicle, but never a video of it in operation. Is this a replica?

[kreigsmann]

only as the story goes

it never stopped.

it went through the wall and kept going until they disconnected some hose.

and i like how that guy sounded like a baboon.

[karzwell]

0:27 I like how he throws hands up and leans back like its a high speed impact

[karzwell]

UH OH.. Better get Maco!

[karzwell]

1886 was the first motor car in the world.. thanks to Mr. Benz

[Bufa491us]

@karzwell No, it was the first Gasoline powered car in the world. 1769 was the first car with Steam power.

[karzwell]

@Bufa491us

Thanks :o) I didnt know this

[karzwell]

Hope he had insurance

[Ypsilon941]

this is a vehicle but the first car that worked and i a way we now today, was invented in 1886 (Benz Patent Motorwagen)

[reliantregal]

@Ypsilon941 - There was also the Butler Petrol Cycle in 1884

[HolyGK]

So that means french invented the first cars ?

[reliantregal]

@HolyGK - It depends on what you define as a car. ;o) Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a clockwork tyoe powered 3-wheeler in 1478

[FrenchPropagandaV1RR]

@reliantregal it was only plans, not a machine, the Fardier of Cugnot was the first

[reliantregal]

@FrenchPropagandaV1RR - This is the the Fardier of Cugnot. ;o)

[TheTruemouse]

@HolyGK Stands to reason, the fastest production car ATM comes from the French stables of Bugatti.

(I know folks are going to argue that Bugatti is now owned by VW France . . . it's Vee-Dub money, but the design and manufacture still happens in Château Saint Jean in Molsheim, Alsace, France.)

French built the first car, the first front wheel drive car, even the first alloy wheel. Something to keep in mind when you hear someone slagging off French cars.

[TheTruemouse]

Actually this car was designed to haul cannon around the field of battle. That's why the engine and boiler were hung so far forward to counterbalance the heavy field artillery it was supposed to pull.

A lot of people didn't like the idea of a horseless carraige, remember we're talking pre-revolutionary France.

The powers to be demanded that the first test be carried out without the load. Little wonder that it wrecked.

First came the car, then came the first fraudulent insurance claim.

[WankstaProductions]

Where did this film come from?

[reliantregal]

@WankstaProductions - I'm not sure, it was something I've had on my hard drives for years from a motor museum though I can find no trace of them now.

[JackOfBlades434]

First car 1769, didn't work. 1801 the very beggingng year of 19th century, dust devil, worked.

[FelixTheHouseFreak]

They should have really put that boiler in the back. Having your face completely covered in smoke while you drive doesnt seem very fun.

[MyNikeKicks]

0:20 LOL

[jaguarkid140]

I couldn't stop laughing at this. It had no brakes, so it was dangerous even at 2 mph.

[ichmalealsobinich]

@jaguarkid140 and even not a functionable steering. French high technology LOL

[blaster2012]

If that drummer trips over,he's had it!

[MrCooldude400]

I thought cars were invented in the 1800s!

[reliantregal]

Petrol cars were, steam powered vehicles were invented a lot earlier.

[boorelius]

Hahahahahahah hahah hah ashah ah hah asduhasdhsdjhds i laughed so much at this

[tomcatfranks]

You could cook ALOT of Top Ramen in that thing!!!

[tomcatfranks]

A Thomas!!

[annr8]

LOL! Need for Speed part 4 !

[deranaloge]

The French people don´t needed a brake in their car. I am also suffering a lot with my French car !! I had 3 AUDI 100 the last 20 years with maximum 1/2 million kilometres !! Last night I dreamed of having again an old AUDI 100 again !! It was a very nice dream !!

[ILOVETHE1700s]

OMG how did they film that in 1769? I thought they invented the film camera in the late victorian times.

[bak2basses]

did it end up as a cat D or C lol

[black200sxser]

SHIT HE WAS DRIFTING

[EnerG15]

What is that at 0:23? weird!!!- It looks like George Washington screaming!

[astrastyle]

How do you crash something that goes 5Mph? :d

[TiKondaRoga]

Lol Ricers...

[WolfStorms44]

i find it to be kinda scary looking

[AIKevorkian]

Wow, like, they had video cameras back in 1769. That's cool.

[WolfStorms44]

no they did not

[juango00]

What the???????

[TehNoobinShow]

That car must've been the one to cause global warming....

[killedkenny07]

wtf is that thing at :24 scary

[Joshywuff]

WHy am I laughing retardedly loud and long every time I watch this?

[jukalord1]

i wouldnt call that a car. plus they cant see were there going.. to much steam.. no wonder threy crashed... lol funny video

[tarvaca29]

is this true?

[Bufa491us]

yes, it was called a Cugnot...it was made in 1769. Invented by Nick Cugnot

[tarvaca29]

thaks

[mariekitu]

Lol, it was called THE "fardier" ("de/of" Cugnot if you like), A cugnot being the name of a Christmas biscuit from the Lorraine region. And the inventor's name was NICOLAS-Joseph Cugnot, often just called Joseph Cugnot. (No such abbreviation as "Nick" in French, which, pronounced with a French accent, means "fuck". :))

[moorech11]

yes it was a true movie

[mariekitu]

To answer your question, the engine was taken out for a test on the year of its creation in 1770, and couldn't be stopped and crashed into a wall :)

It was repaired 6-7 months later but the project was abandonned anyway.

[WeirdDude551]

wow that car is so old

[skipi72]

fucking idots they idnt haver cameras on that time

[reliantregal]

D'oh!! If you read the text, it states "A reconstruction of the world's first "car" crash in 1769" I should hope everyone knows they didn't have cameras in 1769!!!!

[enyceckk101]

Haha u need to learn how to read =]

[bent8rover]

oh my.

[Pharmaecopia1]

This wasn't even the first steam powered vehicle. If you say the first car, it should at least have a combustion engine thus making Benz's invention the first car. The first steam propelled vehicle was already built over 50 years before this which only the French believe to be the first car

[DeLorean4]

So electric cars, despite dating back to before Benz's invention, aren't worthy of the recognition?

[Pharmaecopia1]

If you actually read my comment you would see, that "If you say the first car, it should at least have a combustion engine thus making Benz's invention the first car" As it is most usually stated: Benz invented the first modern automobile.

[DeLorean4]

Yes I read your comment, I just find it a shame that after gasoline won over electricity and steam sometime around the 1910s that the words "Internal Combustion" and "modern automobile" are so closely intertwined. Quite possibly, with the gradual shift to electricity, Benz will lose the recognition of having invented the first modern car. Isn't it ironic how 100 years later the debate has re-ignited into essentially the same thing? Electricity vs. Water based propulsion vs. Gasoline

[Pharmaecopia1]

True. It is kinda funny. And to some extent you are right about the whole thing. It always depends on how you define things.

[rocketlauncher2]

Well it's better gasoline won over steam. Steam is terrible.. but electric cars should've won out anyways. By now we'd probably all be driving electric cars as we would've actually focused more time on electric cars..

[blaster2012]

@Pharmaecopia1,why do you say that the first car should have a combustion engine? The word car is an abbeviation of the word carriage,and Cugnot's machine is a type of carriage is it not?Clumsey,yes,but also very clever in the way that it worked.I think people are all too quick to give Benz the credit for the first car.

[lolikspoliksq]

That scream was LOL :D:D:D:D:D

[zombie19844891]

There is something right! that is indeed the oldest car!

[12081985]

stupid brits

[reliantregal]

They were French! ;o)

[bobman958]

@12081985 yeah. they where French. who's stupid now.

[scootron2000]

0-3MPH in less than 60 seconds!

[NoiteraD]

@scootron2000 Holycrap who the heck needs to go that fast? Would scare the shit outta me

[kukidude70]

There went his insurance rates!

[Suazovic]

Fast and the Furious: 1769

[TaTikiTahiti]

silly rabit...tricks are for kids

[popupwool]

What's the name of this car? Would it be legal to drive on public roads?

[79Datson]

I do not know the name of that car. But you could not drive it on the road today. Unless you put lights on it. install A windshield. And a few other things.

[Suazovic]

The Cugnot Steamer! you can buy one at your local Cugnot dealer!

[popupwool]

What a piece of shit! LOL

[Kekzor1337]

HAHAHA FAIL

[TomMinderson]

Got Geiko?

[JohnMGilbert]

Their next invention was the brake

[JohnMGilbert]

Their next invention was the brake

[jimmy101112000]

Damn the EPA would have had a field day. I would probably crash too if I had exhaust in my face.

[Amoneth]

imagine that-it would be a weapon to destroy!

[rangiemadharry]

and thus... the bull dozer was born....