The first recorded car related death happened back in 1869, when Mary Ward was taking a ride in a steam powered car built by her cousins. Unfortunately, the car veered off course and crashed into a wall, killing Mary instantly at just 15 years old. This sad event is believed to be the first car-related fatality ever reported. It's remarkable that only 50 years after cars had been invented they were already causing fatalities and it would take another 30 years before motor vehicle laws began to be enforced by police departments across Europe and North America. As time went on the number of people killed from vehicle accidents continued to rise until today where millions of lives are lost every year due to traffic accidents - making vehicular deaths one of the leading causes of death worldwide for adults aged between 15–29years old.