The Runfold Tragedy
The only serious accident to befall the company occurred on 2 September 1952 when the Farnham to Guildford service was involved in a collision with a lorry near the Princess Royal pub at Runfold. Three female passengers were killed and eight other people, including the conductor, were injured. The lorry was found to have defective steering and its driver was subsequently tried for manslaughter. The driver was found "not guilty", but was convicted on a lesser charge of dangerous driving for which he was banned from driving for 3 years and fined £15.
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“You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)