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.
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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. |
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Formula One | Barrel-rolled after losing control on oil and was ejected from the car. |
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Sportscar testing | Ejected from the car after a double somersault. |
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Le Mans 24 Hours | Crashed into crowd, killing himself and 83 spectators. |
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Formula One | Car veered into grass bank before catching fire. Eight spectators were killed by flying debris. |
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Formula One | Crashed into trees and died instantly. |
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Formula One | Lost control and span into the trackside trees, getting thrown from the car. |
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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. |
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Mille Miglia | Passenger in Castellotti's crash. |
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Formula One Testing | Crash during testing. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Targa Florio | Car slipped off the road during a thunderstorm. |
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Marathon de la Route | Car dug into a ravine and burst into flames. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Collided with the wall, resulting in his car disintegrating. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. | |
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Formula One | Heavily crashed during qualification at Ostkurve. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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 257 km/h (160 mph). The car then burst into flames, with the ill-equipped marshals unable to extinguish the flames in sufficient time to prevent Herbert succumbing from his injuries and smoke inhalation. |
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Formula One | On Lap 50, the Williams of Tom Kristensen attempted to lap Tracy and went up the inside of the high-speed Abbey corner. Tracy closed the door on Kristensen and this sent both cars into the wall. Tracy caught air, was flipped upside down and his head struck the barrier protecting the outside of the corner. He was taken to hospital but doctors were unable to save his life. He was 25 years old. |
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Testing | Left rear tyre explosion caused the car to flip over - killing Alboreto instantly. |
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FIA Formula Two | Suffered a severe head impact from a competitor's loose wheel. Pronounced dead later that day from his injuries. The Henry Surtees Trophy is named in his honour. |
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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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RoLFS | Pitched into a roll by Tristan Jung before being struck by Tanner Jason. |
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Africa Racing League | Suffered a stroke at the wheel and colliding with the rear of Salva Al-Bashir at full speed. |