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| 1976 | | 1976 |
Revision as of 11:45, 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 |
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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 | ![]() |
Template:FRA Le Mans, France | Le Mans 24 Hours | Crashed into crowd, killing himself and 83 spectators. |
1956 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Formula One | Crashed into trees and died instantly. |
1956 | ![]() |
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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. |
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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 | ![]() |
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Mille Miglia | Passenger in Castellotti's crash. |
1958 | ![]() |
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Formula One Testing | Crash during testing. |
1967 | Template:BEL Georges Berger | ![]() |
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Marathon de la Route | Car dug into a ravine and burst into flames. |
1976 | Template:AUT Niki Lauda | ![]() |
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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. |
2013 | Template:GBR Dave McFaste | Template:GBR FAT-HART FAT01 | ![]() |
F1RWRS | Struck the wall at high speed, his head colliding with an unknown object. Died from a cerebral haemorrhage later that evening. |
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Template:GBR Scaven S15 | ![]() |
RoLFS | Pitched into a roll by Tristan Jung before being struck by Tanner Jason. |