List of fatal accidents

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The following is a list of fatal accidents that have claimed the life of a driver in canon. This list also includes fatal accidents that take place outside of canon series.

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 Flag of Italy svg.png Alberto Ascari Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 750 Monza Flag of Italy svg.png Monza, Italy Sportscar testing Ejected from the car after a double somersault.
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.
1958 Flag of Spain (1945-1977) svg.png Alfonso de Portago Flag of Italy svg.png Ferrari 246 Flag of Italy svg.png Modena, Italy Formula One Testing Crash during testing.
1958 Flag of Italy svg.png Giulio Cabianca Flag of Italy svg.png O.S.C.A. F158 Template:FRA Reims, France Formula One Slid on an oil slick from Umberto Magioli's car, then struck a stray wheel from the wreckage of José Froilán González's Rob Walker Lotus. This caused the O.S.C.A. to swerve at high speed into the earth bank on the other side of the road, striking it head on and also launching over it, with the car landing in a nearby farm. Cabianca was thrown out of his car in the accident, and suffered major head and neck trauma, which resulted in him being pronounced dead.
1958 Template:FRA Jean-Marie Brussin Template:GBR Jaguar D Type Template:FRA Le Mans, France Le Mans 24 Hours Spun in the wet at the Dunlop Curve, being ejected from the car. The Jaguar was then struck by the Ferrari of Bruce Kessler causing both cars to burst into flames. Brussin perished immediately whereas Kessler sustained extensive burns.
1966 Flag of Italy svg.png Francesco Fausti Flag of Italy svg.png Maserati Tipo 61 Flag of Italy svg.png Sicily, Italy Targa Florio Car slipped off the road during a thunderstorm.
1967 Template:BEL Georges Berger Flag of Germany svg.png Porsche 911 Flag of Germany svg.png Nürburgring, Germany Marathon de la Route Car dug into a ravine and burst into flames.
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.
1979 Template:FRA Ouragan Flag of Italy svg.png Dywa-002 Flag of Italy svg.png Circuito di Pergusa, Italy Dywa GP Was punted off violently while being lapped by Amalure Arrigorriagakoa. Survived the crash itself, but died overnight from side-effects of an undiagnosed head trauma.
1979 Flag of Vietnam svg.png Mike Zhen Hong Flag of Italy svg.png Dywa-002 Template:GBR Thruxton Circuit, United Kingdom Dywa GP Collided at high speed with the stricken car of Stefano Spaghetti, only to be hit by Ben Dover's car at 134mph, tearing Zhen Hong's car apart. He was pronounced dead at hospital.
1979 Template:GBR Tom Pryce Template:GBR Tyrrell 011 Flag of Germany svg.png Hockenheimring, Germany Formula One Heavily crashed during qualification at Ostkurve.
1991 Template:GBR Paul Warwick Template:GBR Reynard 90D Template:GBR Oulton Park, United Kingdom British F3000 Front wishbone failure caused Warwick to leave the circuit at Knickerbrook and slam into the Armco barrier at around 230km/h. The car disintegrated and Warwick was ejected from it.
1994 Flag of Germany svg.png Bernd Schneider Template:GBR Simtek S941 Template:GBR Imola, Italy Formula One Front wing detached and became stuck underneath the car, lodging underneath the car and sending Schneider into the wall at Villeneuve at 314.9 km/h (195.7 mph).
1994 Template:GBR Johnny Herbert Template:GBR Williams FW16 Template:GBR Imola, Italy Formula One On lap 6 of the San Marino Grand Prix, Herbert's Williams left the racing line at Tamburello, ran in a straight line off the track and struck an unprotected concrete barrier at 211 km/h (131 mph).
2013 Template:GBR Dave McFaste Template:GBR FAT-HART FAT01 Flag of China svg.png Shanghai, China F1RWRS Struck the wall at high speed, his head colliding with an unknown object. Died from a cerebral haemorrhage later that evening.
2015 Flag of Japan svg.png Nobushige Fukuda Template:GBR Scaven S15 Flag of Japan svg.png Kyoto Ring, Japan RoLFS Pitched into a roll by Tristan Jung before being struck by Tanner Jason.
2019 Flag of Russia svg.png Jaropolk Petrovich (Leonhard von Gottorp) Template:GBR Lola B05/52 Flag of South Africa svg.png Killarney Motor Racing Complex, South Africa Africa Racing League Suffered a stroke at the wheel and colliding with the rear of Salva Al-Bashir at full speed.