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| {{AUT}} [[Niki Lauda]]
| {{ITA}} [[Ferrari]] 312T
| {{URS}} Bikernieki Circuit, Riga, Soviet Union
| [[1976 Alternate Formula One season|Formula One]]
| Made contact with [[Vittorio Brambilla]]'s right rear, being flown up into the air just before the braking point. The Ferrari went straight on and made contact with the wall lining the track head-on. Lauda was pronounced dead after several hours of attempted resuscitation at the nearby hospital.
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Revision as of 12:02, 23 July 2017

The following is a list of fatal accidents that have claimed the life of a driver in canon.

List

Year Driver Car Location Series Cause
1951 Flag of Italy svg.png Luigi Fagioli Flag of Italy svg.png Maserati 4CL Template:BEL Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Formula One Skidded on oil at Burnenville and slid into an earth bank before subsequently rolling twice. Died the following day from massive head and chest injuries.
1951 Template:FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Template:FRA Gordini T15 Template:GBR Silverstone, United Kingdom Formula One Barrel-rolled after losing control on oil and was ejected from the car.
1955 Template:FRA Pierre Levegh Flag of Germany svg.png Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Template:FRA Le Mans, France Le Mans 24 Hours Crashed into crowd, killing himself and 83 spectators.
1956 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Dries van der Lof Template:GBR Lotus 10 Template:FRA Rouen-les-Essarts, France Formula One Car veered into grass bank before catching fire. Eight spectators were killed by flying debris.
1956 Template:BEL André Milhoux Template:FRA Gordini G-953 Flag of East Germany svg.png Rostock, East Germany Formula One Crashed into trees and died instantly.
1956 Flag of Spain (1945-1977) svg.png Paco Godia Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari R560 Template:GBR Edinburgh, United Kingdom Formula One Lost control and span into the trackside trees, getting thrown from the car.
1956 Template:GBR Tony Brooks Template:GBR BCMA C-01 Template:GBR Edinburgh, United Kingdom Formula One Collided with a lamppost and killed instantly.
1957 Flag of Italy svg.png Eugenio Castellotti Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 315 S Flag of Italy svg.png Near Brescia, Italy Mille Miglia Car hits a ditch and is sent into a crowd, killing Castellotti, his co-driver Edmund Nelson and nine spectators.
1957 Template:USA Edmund Nelson Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 315 S Flag of Italy svg.png Near Brescia, Italy Mille Miglia Passenger in Castellotti's crash.
1976 Template:AUT Niki Lauda Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 312T Flag of the Soviet Union svg.png Bikernieki Circuit, Riga, Soviet Union Formula One Made contact with Vittorio Brambilla's right rear, being flown up into the air just before the braking point. The Ferrari went straight on and made contact with the wall lining the track head-on. Lauda was pronounced dead after several hours of attempted resuscitation at the nearby hospital.