I think she probably set up traps along the way to the manor outside the city, and since the carriage is so shabby, prob its to invite bandit into attacking her
Edit: wait a sec, lemme think again, what is more logical, bandit attacking shabby and poor looking carriage or grandiose and rich looking carriage? Hmm, it depends whether it has guards or not, but most bandit usually target the rich looking carriage right.... Eh w/e i dunno