Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor credited with creating one of the first full-scale, self-propelled mechanical vehicles. He is noted for his 1771 incident where he lost control of his steam-powered vehicle and crashed into a wall, marking one of the earliest recorded automobile accidents.
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is noted for testing the first steam vehicle, which was involved in the first recorded road accident.
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