List of driver deaths in motorsport
1 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 57 |
2 | Nürburgring | 48 |
3 | Monza | 30 |
4 | Le Mans | 27 |
5 | Daytona International Speedway | 24 |
Due to the inherently dangerous nature of auto racing, many individuals, including drivers, crew members, officials and spectators, have been killed in crashes related to the sport, in races, in qualifying, in practice or in private testing sessions. Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing. However advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced deaths. Spectacular accidents have often spurred increased safety measures and even rules changes. Widely considered to be the worst accident among them is the 1955 crash at Le Mans that killed driver Pierre Levegh and approximately 80 spectators with over 100 being injured in total.
This is a list alphabetically sorted, and structured after the kind of competition, of the more notable drivers, excluding motorcycle riders. In addition, several famous racing drivers have been killed in public road crashes; see List of people who died in road accidents.
Deaths
Name | Date of accident | Discipline | Car | Championship | Circuit | Event | Session | Cause | Source |
July 13, 1958 | Mecánica Nacional Fuerza Limitada | Concordia | Primer Premio Ciudad de Concordia | Race | A broken spindle caused the car to crash and burst into flames | ||||
July 19, 1958 | Dragster | Paradise Mesa Drag Strip | Race | Transmission exploded, car caught on fire, lost control of car and Norris was ejected | |||||
August 23, 1940 | Stock car | Fulton Fairgrounds | Race | Lost control and left the track | |||||
November 9, 1947 | Stock car | Mitchell Speedrome | Qualifying | Spun off the track, plunged over an embankment and overturned | |||||
June 12, 1982 | Stock car | Chevrolet Vega | Wisconsin International Raceway | Race | Car skidded sideways, went into a ditch, flipped upside down, landed on the top and burst into flames | ||||
October 14, 1989 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Lakeland Interstate Raceway | Unknown | Race | Car struck by a backmarker who was two laps down | ||
June 10, 1973 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Englewood Speedway | Unknown | Race | Car burst into flames and slammed into the pit wall entrance | ||
April 16, 1977 | Sports car | Porsche Carrera RSR | Unknown | Hockenheimring | 1977 Jim Clark Memorial Race | Practice | Drove straight into a concrete wall | ||
May 2, 1970 | Touring car | Non-championship | Rallye Paris - Saint-Raphaël Féminin 1970, last special stage, Briançon-Monte Carlo | 28ème Rallye Paris - Saint-Raphaël Féminin | Race | Crashed into a private vehicle | |||
July 14, 1951 | Touring car | Ferrari | Gávea | XII Grande Prêmio da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro | Testing | Crashed into a concrete wall | |||
August 10, 1947 | Stock car | Towanda Fairgrounds | Testing | Lost control, went through a fence and crashed into a building | |||||
September 19, 1948 | Sprint car | Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association | Franklin Speedway | Qualifying heat race | Race | Locked wheels with another car, went through a fence and the other car landed on Adair's car | |||
June 22, 1958 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Rensselaer Raceway | Unknown | Race | Car crashed into the retaining wall | ||
August 20, 2005 | Kart | Unknown | Unknown | Pine Creek | Unknown | Race | Kart slid and crashed into tree | ||
September 24, 1932 | Unknown | Frontenac | Unknown | Fairgrounds Speedway | Unknown | Race | Blinded by dust, ran over the rear wheel of another car, locked wheels, spun, came apart and hit each other again: he was ejected and slid into an iron fence | ||
May 28, 1976 | Sprint car | Unknown | Unknown | Fairmont Raceway | Sprint car consolation race | Race | Right rear tire blew out, car flipped six times, hit a lightpost and landed upside down | ||
November 19, 1989 | Stock car | Oldsmobile Cutlass | 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Atlanta Journal 500 | Race | Equipment failure caused the car to hit the wall hard | ||
June 5, 1949 | Hotrod | Unknown | Unknown | Holbrook Fairgrounds | Unknown | Race | Locked wheels with another car, broke the rear axle, spun and crashed through a guard rail | ||
February 7, 1985 | Stock car | Ford | 1985 ARCA Racing Series season | Daytona International Speedway | ARCA 200 | Practice | Lost control, went airborne and rolled | ||
August 19, 2007 | Touring car | Peugeot 306 Maxi | Mauritius Rally Championship | Rallye à l'Ile Maurice | Rallye Citroën à l'Ile Maurice | Race | Heart attack | ||
May 19, 1963 | Touring car | Austin A40 | Molyslip Saloon Car Championship | Brands Hatch | Molyslip Saloon Car Championship, event 10 | Race | After going off track, he got back on too quickly, rolled four times and went down an embankment | ||
April 29, 2002 | Historical sportscar | Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo | Historic Sportscar Racing | Road Atlanta | HSR Walter Mitty Challenge | Practice | Crashed into concrete barrier, caught fire, flipped over the barrier, rolled and hit two trees | ||
May 25, 2014 | Dragster | Plymouth Duster | Unknown | Maryland International Raceway | Custom T's Doorslammer Nationals | Post-race | Lost control, crossed lanes, struck the concrete wall, rolled and was thrown out | ||
August 23, 1970 | Touring car | Honda S800 | Unknown | Suzuka Circuit | 12 Hours of Suzuka | Race | Hit another car and caught fire | ||
April 20, 1992 | Open wheel | Ralt RT36-Honda | 1992 British Formula Three season | Thruxton Circuit | Race | Hit the back of Elton Julian's car, went airborne, somersaulted, and hit guardrail | |||
August 16, 1930 | Single seater | Miller | Unknown | Orange County Fair Speedway | Unknown | Qualifying | Wheel brake locked, car rolled over several times, hit a guardrail and threw him out onto the track | ||
April 25, 2001 | Sports car | Audi R8 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Testing | Tire failed, car went airborne, somersaulted, roll bar collapsed and crushed him to death | ||||
April 11, 1955 | Open wheel | Maserati 4CLT | 1955 Formula One season | Circuit de Pau-Ville | Pau Grand Prix | Race | Went over a straw barricade and crashed into barriers | ||
September 2, 2007 | Touring car | Subaru Impreza | 2007 European Rally Championship season | Sliven | Rally Bulgaria | Race | Crashed into tree roof-first | ||
October 4, 2001 | Stock car | Pontiac | 2001 ARCA Racing Series season | Lowe's Motor Speedway | EasyCare 100 | Race | Crashed head-on into a wall | ||
May 5, 2018 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet Corvette | NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series | Atlanta Dragway | NHRA Southern Nationals | Race | The car veered to the right across the center line and into the other lane, where it was t-boned at high speed by the car of Bob Mandell III | ||
August 13, 1992 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | 1992 NASCAR Busch Series | Michigan International Speedway | Detroit Gasket 200 | Practice | Seat broke after he spun in turn 3 hitting the wall with the driver side of the car | ||
April 4, 1959 | Open wheel | Epperly | 1959 USAC Championship | Daytona International Speedway | USAC 100-mile race | Race | Crashed into wall, front end sheared off, and flipped | ||
August 14, 1967 | Open wheel | Brabham BT11 | 1967 Formula One season | Silverstone | Testing | Crashed into marshal's box | |||
June 11, 2008 | Classic rally | Volvo 544 | Milligan Vintage Trial | 39th Continental Tyre Milligan Vintage Trial | Crashed head-on into a van | ||||
May 15, 1957 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | 1957 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Andrews stepped into Giuseppe Farina's car for a test run, but crashed. Down the frontstretch, Andrews began to slide, and when he attempted to correct, the car backed into the inside wall separating the pit area. Andrews was crushed to death between the cowl and the fuel tank, but no fire broke out. | ||
October 20, 1962 | Sportscar | Matra Djet | 1962 World Sportscar Championship season | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Practice | Car slid sideways, hit the right embankment, barrel-rolled across the road, smashed against a talus and he was thrown out | ||
May 26, 1955 | Sportscar | Ferrari 750 Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Testing | Crashed and rolled | ||||
July 26, 1925 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo P2 | 1925 Grand Prix season | Autodrome de Montlhéry | 1925 French Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into a fence, rolled and was thrown out | ||
June 16, 1955 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft 500C | 1955 Formula One season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1955 Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Steering broke and he crashed into a wall | ||
July 12, 1954 | Sportscar | D.B. Panhard Monomill | Formula Monomill | Comminges | XVIIIè Circuit Automobile du Comminges | Race | Crash | ||
May 19, 1935 | Huntington Speedway | Race | Blinded by a cloud of dust, lost control, crashed into a wall and was thrown out of his car | ||||||
June 20, 1970 | Single seater | McNamara | Formula Vee | Road America | Sports Car Club of America June Sprints at Elkhart Lake | Race | Car rode over the wheels of another car, flipped several times and landed on the roll bar | ||
July 25, 1953 | Sports car | Ferrari 500 | Non-championship | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | II United States Air Force Trophy | Race | Overturned and rolled on him: walked back to the pits, collapsed and died from a rib puncturing his lung and heart | ||
June 23, 2000 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 2000 ARCA Racing Series season | Toledo Speedway | Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150 | Race | Clipped by another car and crashed into the tire barrier | ||
June 14, 1986 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Michigan International Speedway | Miller American 400 | Qualifying | Spun out and crashed backwards into a wall | ||
September 19, 2004 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 2004 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season | Thompson International Speedway | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Race | Tried to avoid a crash, was hit by another car, slid and crashed into cement blocks | ||
January 3, 1953 | Midget | Unknown | Carrell Speedway | Race | Crashed into the car of Andy Linden and flipped | ||||
May 7, 1967 | Open wheel | Ferrari 312/67 | 1967 Formula One season | Circuit de Monaco | 1967 Monaco Grand Prix | Race | Car skidded, hit straw bales and an iron bollard, caught fire and rolled several times, landing upside down | ||
October 21, 2007 | Modified | Abilene Speedway | Southern Challenge | Race | Car rolled, landed on its roof and burst into flames | ||||
May 23, 1996 | Drag racing | 1927 roadster | Quaker City Raceway | Race | Crashed into guardrail, rolled on a hill, helmet came off during rolls and he sustained massive head injuries | ||||
September 2, 1946 | Open wheel | Shaw - Offenhauser | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta 100-Mile National Championship Auto Race | Race | Hit by the car of George Robson, spun and got hit by another car | |||
June 27, 2004 | Touring car | BMW 328 | Motor Racing Legends | Nürburgring | 2004 Oldtimer Festival | Race | Car rolled at the NKG chicane | ||
March 24, 2006 | Rally | Citroën C2 GT | 2006 World Rally Championship season | Salou, Costa Daurada | 2006 Rally Catalunya | Race | Struck while changing tire by the car of Barry Clark | ||
May 15, 1992 | Stock car | Chevrolet | NASCAR Sportsman Series | Charlotte Motor Speedway | Winston Sportsman 100 | Qualifying race | Tried to avoid a spinning car, got on its side, scraped along the wall driver-side down and caught on fire | ||
June 1, 1958 | Sports car | Ferrari 250 TR | Nürburgring | Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen Nürburgring | Post-race | Kept racing after the checkered flag, tried to pass a slower car, slid and hit trees | |||
August 1, 1964 | Open wheel | Porsche 718 | 1964 Formula One season | Nürburgring | 1964 German Grand Prix | Practice | Left the road at Bergwerk, went down an embankment and hit a tree | ||
July 9, 1955 | Open wheel | Connaught A Type | Wicklow | Leinster Trophy | Race | Crashed down a hill, hit a tree and caught on fire | |||
August 1, 1959 | Sports car | Porsche 718 RSK | AVUS | 1959 German Grand Prix support race | Race | Lost control at the banking, hit a concrete building at the top of the banking, was thrown out and hit a flagpole | |||
September 1, 1985 | Sports car | Porsche 956 | 1985 World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1985 1000 km of Spa | Race | Collided with Jacky Ickx's Porsche 962C and ran off into the barriers | ||
August 23, 1967 | Sports car | Porsche 911 | Nürburgring | Marathon de la Route | Race | Went off the road, fell into a ravine and hit a tree | |||
April 29, 1956 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV | 1956 World Sportscar Championship | Mille Miglia | Mille Miglia | Race | Ivo Badaracco lost control of his car and crash off the road, killing his navigator, Max Berney | ||
May 1, 1966 | Single seater | Cooper T76 - Ford | Formula 3 | Magny-Cours | V Grand Prix de Nivernais | Race | Lost control of the car, went off the road, rolled several times, hit a tree and burst into flames | ||
May 2, 1985 | Rally | Lancia 037 | 1985 World Rally Championship season | Zérubia-Santa Giulia stage, Corsica | Tour de Corse | Race | Car slid, hit a pole, fell down a ravine and crashed into a tree on the right side of the roof | ||
May 12, 1961 | Open wheel | Watson - Offenhauser | 1961 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1961 Indianapolis 500 | Practice | An anchor bolt fell off the front radius rod support, causing the front axle to misalign when braking, which in turn caused the car to turn into the wall, roll along the wall and land upside down in the grass | ||
October 5, 2014 | Open wheel | Marussia MR03 | 2014 Formula One season | Suzuka Circuit | 2014 Japanese Grand Prix | Race | Lost control, crashed into a recovery vehicle suffering a diffuse axonal injury, died on July 17, 2015 after spending nine months in coma | ||
March 30, 1969 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo T33 | 1969 World Sportscar Championship season | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Heures du Mans - essais préliminaires | Testing | Lost control, crashed into a telegraph pole and disintegrated the car into fire | ||
March 13, 1929 | Land speed record | White Triplex | Ormond Beach, Florida | Record attempt | Crashed into a dune after the gas was released too quickly and was thrown from the car | ||||
June 23, 1973 | Open wheel | Chevron B25 | 1973 European Formula Two season | Rouen-Les-Essarts | XXI Grand Prix de Rouen | Race | Front left tire deflated and crashed into the Armco barrier. The Armco parted and Birrell suffered fatal head injuries. | ||
July 4, 1958 | Open wheel | Kuzma - Offenhauser | USAC National Championship | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta 100-Mile Race | Race | Lost control and flipped twice | ||
January 30, 1960 | Sports car | Porsche 718 RSK | 1960 World Sportscar Championship season | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Crashed into the car of Heini Walter and rolled | ||
October 8, 1994 | Touring car | Fiat Cinquecento | Polish Fiat Cinquecento Sporting Cup | Poznań | Polski - Puchar Cinquecento Sporting - trzeci wyścig | Qualifying | Left the road and rolled several times | ||
August 16, 2007 | Stock car | Chevrolet | 2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season | Thompson International Speedway | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Race | Was hit by his brother Jimmy's car and was crushed under the weight | ||
November 11, 2017 | Drag racing | Perth Motorplex | Junior Dragster eliminator | Qualifying | The 8 year old was participating in her first solo run and was attempting to gain her racing license when she lost control of her car and crashed into a concrete wall, Died on the way to hospital. | ||||
October 12, 1958 | Drag racing | Great Lakes Dragaway | Race | Veered left off of the track and plowed through a field | |||||
November 21, 1953 | Sports car | Lancia D24 | 1953 World Sportscar Championship season | Silao, Mexico | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Crashed into the balcony of a house and hit his head on it | ||
May 20, 2015 | Touring car | Ford Escort MkII | Unknown | Rallye du Maroc Historique | VI Rallye du Maroc Historique | Rally | Car lost control, went into ditch; as the driver came out to get back onto the track, he was hit by another car | ||
February 11, 1994 | Stock car | Chevrolet | 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Practice | Spun and slammed head-on into the turn four wall | ||
June 11, 1972 | Sports car | Lola T280 | 1972 World Sportscar Championship season | Circuit de la Sarthe | 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crashed into another car trying to avoid him and rolled into the forest | ||
February 12, 1993 | Stock car | NASCAR Goody's Dash Series | Daytona International Speedway | Florida Dash 200 | Race | Crashed into a car, turned sideways, hit the wall and was hit by another car | |||
April 22, 1928 | Open wheel | Bugatti 35B | Alessandria, Italy | Practice | Car hit a dog, jammed the steering, the car lost control, flew in the air and fell into the Tarano | ||||
April 18, 2003 | Hill climb | Subaru Forester | Cardrona, New Zealand | Race to the Sky | Pre-race recon | Crashed into by another car while trying to avoid it | |||
August 19, 1909 | Open wheel | Knox | 1909 AAA Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race | Race | Suffered a suspected rear-axle failure resulting in his car flipping end over end on the front stretch. | ||
September 10, 1933 | Open wheel | Maserati 8CM | 1933 Grand Prix season | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Italian Grand Prix | Race | Veered of the road, hit the car of Giuseppe Campari and was thrown out | ||
May 21, 1933 | Open wheel | Bugatti T51 | Péronne, Somme | Picardy Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into another car, left the road, crashed into a tree and caught fire | |||
September 1, 1924 | Open wheel | Duesenberg | American Automobile Association National Championship | Altoona Speedway | Fall classic | Race | A tire blew out and he crashed into the upper guardrail | ||
June 21, 1987 | Sprint car | Skagit Speedway | Super Dirt Cup | Race | Touched wheels with another car, car slammed outside wall nose first, flipped six times, slammed the wall again, tail first, it spun in the air and landed upside down | ||||
November 12, 1966 | Sprint car | USAC sprint car | Ascot Park | Race | Crashed into by the car of Dick Atkins after coming off the wall and rolled over | ||||
May 17, 1996 | Open wheel | Lola T9500 | 1996 Indy Racing League season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Rear tire deflated, car spun and slammed into the wall at 230 mph | ||
August 27, 1934 | Open wheel | Maserati 6C-34 | Masaryk Circuit | Masaryk Grand Prix | Practice | Left wheels went into a ditch, failed to control the car, crashed into a tree and was thrown out: the car continued, hit another tree, went into the air and somersaulted | |||
March 22, 1930 | Open wheel | Talbot 700 | Tripoli | Tripoli Grand Prix | Practice | Car bounced on the rough surface of the road, went into the right embankment, hit a small wall, rolled and he was thrown out | |||
June 19, 1960 | Open wheel | Cooper T51 | 1960 Formula One season | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Touched wheels with the car of Willy Mairesse, lost control, crashed into an embankment, rolled and he was thrown into barbed wire | ||
August 8, 2006 | Sports car | Motec Daytona | Australian Targa Championship | Targa West Rally | Quit Targa West Rally 2006 | Race | Skidded on a corner and hit a tree | ||
June 2001 | Auto City Speedway | Race | Heart attack | ||||||
June 6, 1992 | Touring car | Audi Quattro | SCCA ProRally | Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally | Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree after sliding in a curve | ||
April 15, 1990 | Open wheel | Ralt RT-4 | SCCA club race | Indianapolis Raceway Park | Race | Crashed into a guardrail | |||
June 22, 1958 | Sports car | Jaguar D-Type | 1958 World Sportscar Championship season | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Heures du Man | Race | Fatally injured when his Jaguar went out of control just beyond the Dunlop Bridge | ||
October 1, 1912 | Open wheel | Fiat | American Automobile Association National Championship | Wauwatosa road track | Vanderbilt Cup | Practice | Tire blew out, car flipped and he was thrown out | ||
June 19, 1960 | Open wheel | Watson-Offenhauser | 1960 USAC Championship Car season | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne 100-Mile Race | Race | Slid, dug in the dirt, touched the car of Jim Hurtubise, went in the air and flipped end over end | ||
February 20, 1993 | Rally car | Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 | Polish Rally Championship | Winter Lower Silesian Rally | Winter Lower Silesian Rally | Race | Went out of control, left the road and crashed into a tree on the driver's side | ||
July 26, 1959 | Open wheel | Cooper T51 | BP Trophy | Clermont-Ferrand | II Trophée d'Auvergne | Race | Overshot the corner, crashed and was thrown out | ||
April 24, 2004 | Rally | Peugeot 106 Rallye | Swiss Rally Championship | Rallye Critérium Jurassien | 27ème Rallye Critérium Jurassien | Race | Left the road and crashed | ||
July 11, 2004 | Touring car | BMW M3 | Zolder Touring Cup | Circuit Zolder | Zolder Touring Cup, third round | Race | Had a heart attack and crashed into a concrete wall | ||
August 20, 1980 | Sports car | Tiga F280 BMW | 1980 European Formula Two season | Zandvoort | XXVIII Grote Prijs van Zanvoort | Warm-up | Went off the road, hit the guard rail head-on and hit his head on a fence pole | ||
October 5, 1986 | Touring car | Holden Commodore VK SS | Australian Endurance Championship | Mount Panorama Circuit | 1986 James Hardie 1000 | Race | Gust of wind lifted the car up, pushed it onto outside the track and caused the car to hit a tire barrier: the impact caused the engine to go into the cockpit | ||
April 8, 1916 | Sports car | Peugeot | Corona | Corona Road Race | Race | One of the wheels broke, sending the car over the curb, going through a crowd barrier and hitting a telephone pole | |||
May 24, 2013 | Sprint car | Winners Circle Designs | Bloomington Speedway | Race | Crash | ||||
August 25, 1967 | Stock car | Ford Prototipo TC F.100 | Argentinean Turismo Carretera Championship | San Nicolas, Siderurgia | 1967 Argentine Grand Prix | Testing | Car veered to the left, rode over the escape lane, crossed the pavement, climbed an embankment, jumped in the air, caught on fire, flew and landed on all four wheels again | ||
January 11, 1991 | Rally | Mercedes Benz | Dakar Rally | 1991 Paris-Dakar Rally | Race | Shot by Malian rebels | |||
April 3, 2016 | Rally | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | Championnat de France de la Montagne | Bagnols Sabran | 46ème Course de Côte Nationale de Bagnols Sabran | Race | Lost control of the car, hit a light pole and a tree | ||
June 15, 1961 | Formula 1 | Cooper-Ferrari | Formula 1 | Modena Autodrome | Practice | Gearbox failure caused the car to not slow down in a turn, went through a gate to find an escape route, hit a bystander, crossed a street and crashed into the wall of a workshop | |||
August 7, 1984 | Stock car | IKA-Renault Torino | Turismo Carretera | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | Series test | Heart attack | |||
May 26, 1931 | Open wheel | Duesenberg Jones & Maley | Championship | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | 1931 Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Went over the turn 2 wall, hit a tree, split the fuel tank and set the car on fire | ||
September 10, 1900 | Trike | Darracq-Soncin | Circuit Brescia | 1900 Coppa Florio | Race | Slid off of a slippery road, went into a ditch and hit his head on a tree | |||
August 16, 1969 | Dragster | Chrysler | Oklahoma City International Raceway | Pre-race | Dragster was on jacks when the throttle stuck, car fell off the jack, sped off into a fence and crashed into trees: a piece of metal came from the cockpit and entered his helmet | ||||
March 12, 1961 | Sprint car | California Racing Association | Imperial Valley Speedway | Race | Car bumped into the back of another car, ran over the back wheels and went end-over-end several times | ||||
September 10, 1933 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | Monza | 1933 Italian Grand Prix | Race | Car skidded on a patch of oil, hit a stone, flipped and crushed Giuseppe | |||
October 15, 1995 | Open wheel | Lola-T95/50 | 1995 International Formula 3000 season | Magny-Cours | Magny-Cours F-3000 | Race | Car ran over the back of Thomas Biagi's car, flipped and slid upside down on the retaining wall, ripping off the rollbar and striking Campos' head against the wall | ||
March 14, 1957 | Formula 1 | Ferrari 801 | 1957 Formula One season | Modena Autodrome | Testing | Lost control, overturned and slammed into a concrete barrier, throwing Castellotti out | |||
August 15, 2014 | Rally car | Citroën DS3 | 2014 British Rally Championship season | Todds Leap Ulster Rally | 2014 Todds Leap Ulster Rally | Race | Lost control, left the road and crashed | ||
November 28, 1956 | Sports car | Bugatti Type 51 | Albert Park Circuit | The Argus Trophy | Race | Crash | |||
October 6, 1973 | Formula 1 | Tyrrell 006-Ford Cosworth DFV | 1973 Formula One season | Watkins Glen International | 1973 United States Grand Prix | Qualifying | Crash | ||
March 2, 1983 | Formula Atlantic | Fred Opert Racing Ralt RT-1 Cosworth BDA | 1983 Formula Mondial North American Cup | Palm Beach, FL | Pre-season testing | Testing | Crashed into barrier, slid into canal. Drowned while trapped in overturned car. | ||
October 12, 2001 | Rally car | Maruti Gypsy | Raid de Himalaya | 3rd Maruti Raid de Himalaya | Race | Fell into a gorge | |||
April 29, 1975 | Touring car | Polski Fiat 125p | Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski | Rajd Kormoran | VIII. Rajd Kormoran | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
November 25, 1920 | Open wheel | Frontenac | American Automobile Association National Championship | Beverly Hills Speedway | Beverly Hills 200-Mile Race | Race | Crash | ||
February 27, 1960 | Sports car | Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa | Camp Freedom | Gran Premio de Cuba | Practice | Crash | |||
July 7, 1908 | Sports car | Panhard et Levassor | Circuit de la Seine-Inferieure | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | Race | Equipment failure | |||
April 7, 1968 | Open wheel | Lotus 48 Cosworth-FVA | 1968 European Formula Two season | Hockenheim | II Deutschland Trophae | Race | Slipped on wet track, lost control and careened into trees | ||
August 7, 2016 | Midget | Spike Chassis Midget | USAC | Belleville High Banks | Belleville Midget Nationals | Race | Collided with a lapped vehicle while leading and flipped several times and was subsequently hit by another car in the cockpit area, causing serious brain injuries. | ||
March 1, 2002 | Sports car | Lola B2K/40 | Grand American | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Nextel 250 | Practice | Crash | ||
September 19, 2014 | Touring car | TC2000 Colombia Championship | Tocancipá | Testing | Crashed into a wall and went into a lagoon | ||||
April 12, 1971 | Open wheel | March 712M | Silverstone Circuit | Testing | Crash | ||||
June 14, 1953 | Sports car | Ferrari 340 MM Spyder Vignale | 1953 World Sportscar Championship season | Circuit de la Sarthe | 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Lost control after passing a slower car | ||
August 28, 1998 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | ARCA Racing Series | Atlanta Motor Speedway | ARCA Georgia Power 200 | Race | Crash | ||
August 3, 1958 | Open wheel | Ferrari Dino 246 | 1958 Formula One season | Nürburgring | German GP | Race | Crash | ||
August 5, 1995 | Sports car | Pilbeam MP72-Judd CV 3.5 | British Hill Climb Championship | Craigantlet Hillclimb | Craigantlet Hillclimb | Practice | Equipment failure | ||
July 19, 1987 | Modified | NASCAR Modified | Thompson International Speedway | Winston 75 | Race | Equipment failure | |||
July 25, 2008 | Touring car | Holden VZ Commodore | 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | Adelaide Street Circuit | Clipsal 500 | Race | Crash | ||
June 21, 1970 | Open wheel | De Tomaso 505/38 | 1970 Formula One season | Circuit Zandvoort | 1970 Dutch Grand Prix | Race | Crash | ||
October 3, 1934 | Car class | Bugatti | Gávea Street Circuit | Il Grande Premio de Cidade do Rio de Janeiro | Race | Crash | |||
May 2, 1986 | Rally | Lancia Delta S4 | 1986 World Rally Championship season | Tour de Corse | Tour de Corse | Rally | Crash | ||
September 10, 1933 | Open wheel | Bugatti T54 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Monza Grand Prix | Race | Crash | |||
September 6, 1931 | Stock car | Gardner | Arrecifes | Gran Premio de Arrecifes | Race | Flipped after hitting a spectator | |||
October 8, 1933 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo 8C 2600MM | Unknown | Circuito delle Province Meridionali | I Circuito delle Province Meridionali, 1a Coppa Principessa di Piemonte | Race | Hit a horse carriage and hit his head on the axle of the carriage | ||
May 4, 1986 | Truck | Iveco 190/38 | FIA European Truck Racing Championship | Zolder | Truck Super Prix | Race | Truck rolled and he was crushed inside | ||
May 2, 1954 | Sports car | Maserati A6GCS | 1954 World Sportscar Championship | Mille Miglia | Mille Miglia | Race | Car driven by Ferdinando Mancini, crashed into signpoint, killing Dal Cin | ||
March 26, 2006 | Open wheel | Dallara/Honda | 2006 IndyCar Series season | Homestead-Miami Speedway | 2006 Toyota Indy 300 | Practice | Crashed into the disabled car of Ed Carpenter at 176 mph | ||
June 11, 1966 | Midget | Santa Fe Speedway | Warm-up | Crashed into a wall | |||||
February 20, 1965 | Open wheel | Brabham/Climax | 1965 Tasman Series | Sandown Raceway | International 100 | Practice | Heart attack | ||
May 12, 1957 | Sports car | Ferrari 335 S | 1957 World Sportscar Championship | Guidizzolo | Mille Miglia | Race | de Portago's front tyre exploded. He lost control of the car; hit a telephone pole, jumped over a brook, then the car bounced back on to the road, slid over the road, spinning, and ended up, wheels down, in a brook at the other side of the road. Besides de Portago, his navigator Edmont Nelson, ten spectators – among them five children – lost their lives | ||
August 1, 1980 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo 179 | 1980 Formula One season | Hockenheimring | 1980 German Grand Prix | Testing | Suspension failure caused the car to crash into the wall with fatal head injuries | ||
May 11, 1958 | Grand touring car | Ferrari 250 GT LWB | 1958 World Sportscar Championship | Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie | 1958 Targa Florio | Pre-race accident | His car was in a collision with a sand-laden lorry. He died shortly after in hospital | ||
July 26, 1969 | Touring car | Mazda R100 | European Touring Car Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa 24 Hours | Race | Crash | ||
August 8, 1978 | Modified | Len Boehler 3 | NASCAR Modified Series | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson 150 | Practice | Crashed into a sand barrier when the throttle stuck | ||
May 5, 2013 | Touring car | Mini Cooper S | Masters Historic Racing Pre-66 Touring Car Championship | Donington Park | Donington Historic Festival - Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars Race | Race | Crashed into another car | ||
August 19, 1975 | Open wheel | March 751 | 1975 Formula One season | Österreichring | 1975 Austrian Grand Prix | Practice | A tire failure caused the car to crash into the wall and vault over the fence: died of a blood clot in the brain two days later | ||
June 10, 1989 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Lancaster Speedway | 30-lap NASCAR Modified race | Race | Crash - jumped wheels with another car - hit wall driver's side first | ||
June 9, 1968 | Open wheel | Gerhardt/Ford | 1968 USAC Champ Car season | Milwaukee Mile | Rex Mays 150 | Race | Crashed into the car of Bay Darnell, caught fire and was hit by another car | ||
September 24, 1932 | Endurance | Bentley Speed Six | BRDC | Brooklands | BRDC 500 Miles | Race | Car cartwheeled, hit a tree and he was ejected | ||
June 2, 1985 | Touring car | IJsselstein | Race | Lost control and rolled several times | |||||
September 12, 1948 | Stock car | Chariton Speed Bowl | Race | Car bumped from behind and flipped | |||||
June 18, 1952 | Formula 1 | English Racing Automobiles | Formula 1 | MIRA Ltd. | Private test | Lost control, went off the track and rolled several times | |||
February 18, 2001 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | 2001 Daytona 500 | Race | Suffered a basilar skull fracture in crash | ||
January 15, 1978 | Stock car | 1968 Camaro | 1978 Grand American Sportsman Series | Riverside Raceway | 1978 Stock Car Products 300 | Practice | Crash | ||
January 16, 2018 | Modified | Victory Circle Chassis | International Motor Contest Association - Modifieds | Perris Auto Speedway | International Motor Contest Association Modified Winter Heat | Race | He lost control, rode up the retaining wall and flipped. His car was then hit into the drivers side by another car, while it was lying on its roof. | ||
October 10, 1998 | Touring car | BMW M3 | VLN | Nurburgring | 22. DMV-250-Meilen-Rennen, Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring, 9th round | Race | Heart attack | ||
August 30, 1959 | Open wheel | Travelon Trailer Special | 1959 USAC Championship Car season | Milwaukee Mile | Milwaukee 200 | Race | Fuel cell ruptured in crash and he burned to death | ||
August 19, 2007 | Touring car | BMW M3 | National Auto Sport Association | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Unknown | Race | Spun in oil and crashed into a parked car | ||
May 3, 1997 | Sportscar | WR LM97 | Non-championship | Le Mans | 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans | Pre-race test | Part of the rear bodywork of his car came loose, causing it to airborne and exploded in flames | ||
September 6, 2003 | Touring car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Catalan Rallying Championship | Criterium del Berguedà | XXXII Criterium del Berguedà | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
October 24, 1985 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series | Martinsville Speedway | Winn-Dixie 500 modified feature | Practice | Crash | ||
July 24, 1950 | Stock car | Buick | Warner Robins Super Speedway | Qualifying | Rolled and caught on fire | ||||
February 21, 1986 | Formula 3 | Ralt R30 | Formula 3 | Goodwood Circuit | Testing | Left the road because of icy conditions, hit the barriers and rolled | |||
November 15, 1964 | Touring car | Chevrolet Cupé | Turismo Carretera | Tandil | XII Vuelta de Tandil Ciudad de Turismo | Race | Lost control of the car and crashed into a bus, splitting the car in half | ||
August 3, 1986 | Touring car | Lada VFTS | European Rally Championship | Rally Vida | XVI Rally Vida | Rally | Lost control and hit a tree | ||
September 12, 1947 | Midget car | Seekonk Speedway | Race | Overturned and spun into a rail | |||||
May 31, 1952 | Sportscar | Lancia Aurelia B20 | Non-championship | Circuit de Monaco | 1952 Monaco Grand Prix | Practice | Crashed into stone balustrade and thrown out of car | ||
May 4, 2008 | Sports car | Lola T99/50 | Czech Hillclimb Championship | Náměšť nad Oslavou | XXVII Zámecký vrch Mann Filter - Náměšť nad Oslavou | Hill climb | Went off the road, hit a small hill and crashed into a tree | ||
November 13, 2011 | Touring car | Ford Falcon | Turismo Carretera | Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio | Race | Crashed into tire wall and hit by another car on driver's side door | |||
April 22, 1956 | Stock car | Ford | USAC Late Model Championship | Vallejo Raceway | Qualifier | Hit rut, flipped, was partially ejected when the car rolled on him | |||
June 1, 2013 | Touring car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Central Europe Rally Cup Championship | Rallye Templice | 1. Rallye Teplice 2013 | Race | Left the road, rolled and hit a tree | ||
January 13, 2001 | Touring car | BMW M3 | SCCA | Phoenix International Raceway | Unknown | Qualifying | Crashed into wall at turn 4 | ||
November 8, 1987 | Sports car | Nissan 300ZX Turbo | Trans-Am Championship | Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida | Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Race | Accident | ||
April 11, 2014 | Touring car | Lotus Elan | Hockenheimring | Hockenheim Historic – Das Jim Clark Revival | Qualifying | Went out of control and flipped | |||
January 20, 1967 | Stock car | Dodge Charger | NASCAR Grand National Series | Riverside International Raceway | Motor Trend 500 | Practice | Wheel drum broke and crashed into wall when his head struck the barrier | ||
January 25, 1954 | Sports car | Aston Martin DB3 | 1954 World Sportscar Championship season | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Crashed and rolled his car, landing upside in flames. Later died from his injuries | ||
July 12, 2003 | Rally car | Subaru WRX | SCCA ProRally Championship | Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally | Oregon Trail Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
September 19, 1993 | Rally car | Subaru Legacy | 1993 World Rally Championship season | Third rally stage at Mundaring | Rally Australia | Race | Crashed into pine plantation | ||
July 25, 1964 | Touring car | Lancia Flavia | Non-championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 24 Hours of Spa | Race | Went off the road and rolled | ||
July 29, 1950 | Freikaiserwagen | Blanford Circuit | 1950 Blandford Hillclimb | Practice | Crashed off of road | ||||
February 12, 1969 | Sports car | Toyota 7 | Fuji Speedway | Testing | Car went off-road and crashed into sign | ||||
December 28, 1991 | Stock car | Holden Torana | Tasmanian Super Sedan Championship | Derwent Valley Speedway | Race | Bounced off of a wall, stuck the throttle and slammed head on into the inside wall | |||
August 19, 1962 | Stock car | Unknown | Lake Region Racing Association Championship | Weetown Outlaw Speedway | Unknown | Race | His car flipped and his seat belt was ripped away from its moorings | ||
May 9, 1984 | Stock car | Ford Falcon SP221 | Campeonato Argentino de Turismo Carretera | Punta Alta | IV Vuelta de la Ciudad de Punta Alta | Test | Tried to avoid a truck, lost control, hit an embankment, rolled several times, crashed into a small wall and was thrown out | ||
September 1, 2000 | Touring car | Honda Civic | Non-championship | Nicolosi-Etna | 37° Corsa dell'Etna | Hillclimb | Crashed into a wall to avoid another car and died 34 days later | ||
May 20, 2001 | Sports car | Chevrolet Corvette | Trans-Am Series | Mosport International Raceway | Trans-Am Series 125 | Race | Spun out, stalled and hit by another car | ||
May 16, 1990 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division | Lowes Motor Speedway | Unknown | Practice | Hit by the car of Peter Gibbons in the rear and then hit broadside by the car of Steve McEachern | ||
August 8, 1975 | Midget | Unknown | USAC National Midget Series | Indianapolis Speedrome | Unknown | Race | Struck a concrete wall, flipped over it, and slammed into a light pole: caused by a stuck throttle | ||
December 3, 1916 | Open wheel | Premier | Uniontown Speedway | Universal Trophy | Race | Crashed into grandstand | |||
May 26, 1991 | Touring car | Citroën 2CV | Citroën 2CV National Championship | Lydden Hill | Race | Seat collapsed after the car went off the road | |||
June 1, 2002 | Dragster | Chevrolet Camaro | Jet funny car | Atlanta Dragway | Race | Hit two walls, flipped and caught fire | |||
October 3, 1946 | Midget | Ford | Phoenix Speedway | Race | Crash | ||||
March 15, 1953 | Sprint car | WCRA Sprint Cars | Clovis Speedway | Race | Hit car of George Amick, hit wall and flipped | ||||
June 1, 1986 | Sports car | Porsche 962C | 1986 World Sportscar Championship season | Le Mans | 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crashed into the concrete barrier on Mulsanne Straight, somersaulted, hit a phone pole and caught fire | ||
June 30, 2001 | Stock car | Wall Township Speedway | Race | Heart attack | |||||
July 22, 1934 | Open wheel | Bugatti T51 | 1934 Grand Prix season | Dieppe | 1934 Grand Prix de Dieppe | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
May 4, 1991 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | ARCA RE/MAX Series | Talladega Superspeedway | Poulan Pro 500-K | Race | Flipped several times and was hit by another car | ||
January 10, 1971 | Sports car | Ferrari 312PB | 1971 World Sportscar Championship season | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1971 1000 Kilómetros de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires | Race | Crashed into the stopped car of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, somersaulted and caught fire | ||
July 14, 2002 | Open wheel | Arrows Footwork FA17 - Ford | Euroboss | Autodrom Most | Race | Hit curb, somersaulted and was destroyed | |||
August 30, 1968 | Sportscar | Fiat-Abarth 1000SP | Non-championship | Nürburgring | ADAC 500 km-Rennen | Practice | Left the road while overtaking another car and was thrown out | ||
March 23, 1957 | Sports car | Arnolt-Bristol Bolide | 1957 World Sportscar Championship | Sebring International Raceway | 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy | Race | Crashed at the esses, flipped his car several times. He died instantly of a fractured skull and broken neck | ||
May 12, 1957 | Sports car | Triumph TR3 | 1957 World Sportscar Championship | near Florence | Mille Miglia | Race | He crashed his car near Florence and died of his injuries in a hospital | ||
November 29, 1978 | Stock car | AMC Gremlin | Reading Fairgrounds Speedway | Schmidt's 200 | Race | Hit by another car roof first | |||
June 16, 2018 | Open wheel | Lola T300 | Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | Race | Made hard contact with wall outside turn 8 | |||
May 10, 1952 | Sports car | Rennstrecke Dessau | 3.Dessauer Wagen- und Motorradrennen | Practice | Engine failure resulting in crash and got thrown out | ||||
October 20, 1990 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Lernerville Speedway | 150-lap enduro race | Race | Skidded in a turn, was hit by another car and overturned | ||
June 30, 1961 | Stock car | 1955 Chevrolet | 1961 NASCAR Championship | Daytona International Speedway | 1961 Daytona 500 | Practice | Crashed into wall and rolled | ||
June 21, 1948 | Midget | Kurtis-Offenhauser | Los Angeles Coliseum | Race | Crashed into a wall and flipped | ||||
May 5, 1950 | Touring car | Lincoln | Non-championship | Chihuahua | 1950 Carrera Panamericana | Race | Rolled while trying to pass another car and was launched through the window | ||
April 7, 1986 | Touring car | Mercedes 190E | Japanese Touring Car Championship | Sportsland SUGO | Test | Crashed into a barrier and burst into flames | |||
October 27, 2013 | Touring car | Datsun 260Z | Victorian State Circuit Racing Championship | Phillip Island | Unknown | Race | Crashed into a stalled Lamborghini Gallardo | ||
August 26, 1934 | Open wheel | Maserati 8CM | Championship | Bremgarten | 1934 Swiss Grand Prix | Race | Left wheel broke, overcorrected the turn, hit a tree, slid and hit another tree | ||
April 6, 2008 | Midget | NorthEastern Midget Championship | Thompson International Speedway | Icebreaker 2008 | Race | Throttle stuck, tangled with another car and hit a loose banner billboard | |||
March 5, 1995 | Touring car | Ford Mondeo | Championship | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship | Race | Crashed into a wall, went into the track and got hit by the car of Mark Adderton | ||
April 2, 1966 | Sportscar | Ford GT Mk II A | 1966 World Sportscar Championship season | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Heures de Mans - Essais Prelimiaires | Test | Crashed into a barrier that was placed in an escape road | ||
September 12, 1971 | Dragster | Chevrolet Vega | AHRA top fuel | Golden Horseshoe Dragway | Race | Crashed into a light pole after the chutes did not open | |||
May 15, 1938 | Open wheel | Maserati 4CM | Mellaha | XII Gran Premio de Tripoli | Race | Overturned after the car of Giuseppe Farina clipped his left wheel | |||
February 17, 1972 | Stock car | Chevrolet | 1972 NASCAR Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | 1972 Daytona 500 | Qualifying | Spun in a pile-up and was hit head-on by another car | ||
January 26, 1969 | Fuji Speedway | 100 km of Fuji | Race | ||||||
May 26, 1969 | Sportscar | Lola T70 Mk3B | British Sportscar Championship | Oulton Park | Tourist Trophy | Race | Lost control, went up an embankment, hit a tree and caught fire | ||
April 14, 1972 | Open wheel | Leda-Tui AM29 | 1972 European Formula 2 Championship | Hockenheimring | VI Deutschland Trophäe, Jim Clark Gedächtnisrennen | Practice | Hit by another car and pushed into a guardrail, where he caught on fire | ||
April 29, 1955 | Sports car | HWM-Jaguar | 1956 World Sportscar Championship | near Ravenna | Mille Miglia | Race | He came off the wet road before Ravenna and overturned into a ditch. He died the next day from his injuries in a local hospital | ||
October 5, 1991 | Midget | USAC Western States Midget | Cajon Raceway | USAC Western States Midget | Race | Ran over ripple strips, flipped the car, hit a concrete wall, was hit by another car, went over a wall and hit a signboard before it fell on a dirt embankment | |||
May 16, 1948 | Open wheel | Kurtis 200 Novi | American Automobile Association National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Practice | Went into the grass, overcorrected and hit the wall at a 45-degree angle | ||
July 29, 1956 | Sports car | Monopole-Panhard X86 | Non-championship race | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Heures du Mans | Race | Héry over - turned his car at Maison Blanche and succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital | ||
July 31, 1982 | Open wheel | March-Cosworth | 1982 Championship Auto Racing Teams | Milwaukee Mile | Tony Bettenhausen 200 | Practice | Crash | ||
September 20, 2018 | Sprint Car | Maxim | World of Outlaws | BAPS Speedway | BAPS 410 Winged Sprint Car Series | Race | Lost control due to mechanical failure in steering and hit a pit entrance wall. | ||
August 9, 1925 | Open wheel | 350cc AJS | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1925 Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Crash | |||
October 10, 1948 | Open wheel | Horn-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Duquoin 100 Mile Race | Race | Equipment failure | ||
August 22, 1964 | Open wheel | Kuzma-Offenhauser | United States Auto Club | Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack | Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100 | Race | Crash | ||
April 13, 1980 | Open wheel | Maurer MM80 | 1980 European Formula Two season | Hockenheimring | Jim Clark Rennen | Race | Debris | ||
July 10, 1955 | Open wheel | Offenhauser | American Automobile Association Sprint Car Championship | Oklahoma City State Fairgrounds | Race | Crash | |||
August 31, 2019 | Open wheel | Dallara F2 2018 | 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round | Race | After crashing into a barrier, hit broadside at high speed by Juan Manuel Correa who could not have avoided the collision | ||
March 26, 1960 | GT | Lotus Elite | FIA GT Cup | Sebring International Raceway | 1960 Tenth Annual Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy | Race | The Lotus Elite suffered a brake failure and headed for the escape road, only to found a photographer standing here, complete with tripod. Hughes tried to avoid him, but rolled his little Lotus, striking the photographer and killing them both. | ||
October 4, 1992 | Touring car | BMW M3 | Australian Touring Cars | Mount Panorama | Tooheys 1000 | Race | Heart attack | ||
October 9, 1988 | Touring car | Renault 5 | Swiss Rally Championship | Rallye de Court | Rallye de Court | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
July 8, 1948 | Roadster | Englewood Speedway | Race | Rolled after locking wheels with another car | |||||
August 5, 1934 | Garden State Racing Association | Woodbridge Speedway | Five-mile qualifying race | Race | Skidded, spun, hit a guard rail, was hit by another car, was thrown out and run over | ||||
March 16, 1958 | Sports car | Jaguar C-Type | Orizaba | Test | Hit a stone and rolled after trying to pass a truck | ||||
October 21, 1973 | Touring car | Chevrolet Opala 4 | Rio Grande do Sul State Division 3 Championship | Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã | 6a. etapa do Campeonato Gaúcho de Divisão 3 | Race | After hitting another car, both went up an embankment, drivers were launched into the air and both slammed to the ground. Iglesias's car exploded upon impact. | ||
March 30, 1923 | Stock car | Rosario-Santa Fe-Rosario | Test | Crash | |||||
July 2, 1948 | Midget | American Racing Drivers Club Midget Championship | Hinchliffe Stadium | Consolation race | Race | Spun trying to avoid a crash, hit a car and flipped | |||
September 20, 1997 | Touring car | Fiat Cinquecento Sporting | Campionato Italiano Rally 2 Litri | Rally San Martino di Castrozza | Rally San Martino di Castrozza | 1997, seventh special stage, Valnevera | Slid off the road, fell down a ravine and crashed against a tree | ||
August 24, 1958 | Sports car | Ferrari | Holland Hill Climb | Holland Hill Climb | Practice | Lost control, hit concrete posts, car flipped and driver was thrown out | |||
June 21, 1974 | Sprint car | Rocky Mountain Raceway | Copper Cup | Race | Crashed into walls and fuel tank ruptured | ||||
August 14, 1940 | Midget car | United Midget Racing Association | Balboa Stadium | Race | Crash | ||||
January 28, 1946 | Roadster | Sportsman Park | Race | Rolled the car | |||||
September 8, 1935 | Gilmore Red Lion/Garnant Special | Oakland Speedway | Feature race | Race | Locked wheels with another car and somersaulted several times | ||||
August 21, 1911 | Touring car | Staver-Chicago | AAA National Championship | Elgin Road Course | Elgin National Trophy | Practice | Tire deflated, car veered into a ditch, rear wheel collapsed and the car rolled, crushing him | ||
April 23, 1972 | Open wheel | Ipoh Temporary Circuit | 3rd BP Kart Prix | Race | Crash | ||||
July 7, 2000 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | Winston Cup Series | New Hampshire International Speedway | thatlook.com 300 | Practice | Stuck throttle caused him to crash into the wall | ||
June 11, 1992 | Sprint car | Manzanita Speedway | Race | Slid into a wall | |||||
August 13, 1977 | Stock car | Chevrolet Nova | NASCAR Late Model Sportsman | Hickory Motor Speedway | 1977 late model sportsman race | Post race | Heat exhaustion | ||
March 6, 1982 | Open wheel | Formula Three | Suzuka Circuit | Practice | Hit while walking away from crash | ||||
September 14, 1997 | Touring car | Datsun 510 | Sports Car Club of America Pacific Coast Championship | Sears Point | GT-4 race | Race | Struck by debris from another car | ||
October 5, 1968 | Dragster | Chevrolet | National Hot Rod Association | Coastal Plains Raceway | Race | Car overturned and he was ejected | |||
November 18, 1916 | Open wheel | Marmon | American Automobile Association National Championship | Santa Monica | 1916 American Grand Prize | Race | Went off the track, hit several palm trees and a lemonade stand | ||
February 17, 1983 | Stock car | Chevrolet | Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | UNO twin 125 qualifiers | Qualifying | Lost control, flipped and the roll cage failed; Jacobi died almost four years after the crash | ||
May 31, 2002 | Rally car | Peugeot 206 XS Sport | 2002 World Rally Championship season | Rallye Alsace-Vosges | French Rally Championship | Race | Crashed heavily after losing control of the car | ||
July 9, 1981 | Touring car | Renault 5 Turbo | International Motor Sports Association | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | IMSA private testing | Testing | Crashed into a sandbank | ||
August 2, 1974 | Touring car | Mini | 1974 World Rally Championship season | 1000 Lakes Rally | 1000 Lakes Rally | Race | Crashed head on into a railing bridge | ||
April 22, 1990 | Stock car | Pontiac Sunbird | NASCAR Modified | Stafford Motor Speedway | Coors Spring Sizzler 200 | Race | Crashed into turn one wall | ||
March 22, 1987 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Martinsville Speedway | Miller 200 | Race | Stuck throttle caused the car to hit inner curb, spin, hit another car, and slam into wall | ||
September 15, 1935 | Midget | Milwaukee Mile | Race | Car locked wheels with another car, flipped and crushed him | |||||
May 7, 1934 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo 8C | Ingolstadt autobahn | Testing | Went out of control and flipped | ||||
July 27, 1930 | Open wheel | Frontenac-Ford | Jungle Park Speedway | Race | Spindle broke on the right front axle and car went through a fence into the woods | ||||
June 20, 1925 | Excelsior | Nideggen | III Eifelrundfahrt | Race | Left road, hit tree and was hit by another driver | ||||
August 26, 1940 | Studebaker | Oakland Speedway | Practice | Went out of control, hit a guardrail and flipped four times | |||||
August 31, 1996 | Drag racing | NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Indianapolis Raceway Park | Mac Tools US Nationals | Qualifying | Connecting rod broke, cut a tire, sent the car into the left guardrail and came back to hit the right retaining wall | |||
June 23, 2018 | Sprint Car | Maxim | World of Outlaws | Beaver Dam Raceway | 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series | Race | Lost control while racing for lead with Daryn Pittman, flipped out of track and hit an advertising billboard. | ||
March 23, 2014 | Mini stock car | Bubba Raceway Park | Time trial | Crash | |||||
February 11, 1990 | Stock car | Pontiac | ARCA Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona ARCA 200 | Race | Crashed and was hit by five other cars | ||
July 19, 1959 | Open wheel | Kurtis - Offenhauser | USAC national championship | Williams Grove Speedway | Indianapolis Sweepstakes | Race | Hit by the car of Joe Barzda and flipped | ||
July 21, 1973 | Touring car | BMW 3.0 CSL | European Touring Car Championship | Spa-Francorchamps | 24 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps | Race | Crashed into guardrail and was hit by the car of Roger Dubos: both drivers died in the crash | ||
July 8, 1966 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Superior Speedway | Unknown | Race | Hit by another car while getting out of his burning car | ||
May 24, 1994 | Touring car | Ferrari F40 | Unknown | Stuart Highway | Northern Territory Cannonball Run | Race | Lost control, hit two officials at a checkpoint, went onto the gravel and hit a parked Jeep | ||
June 21, 2008 | Drag racing | Toyota Solara funny car | NHRA Funny Car | Old Bridge Township Raceway Park | 2008 NHRA Lucas Oil Supernationals qualifying | Race | Engine exploded, damaged parachutes and crashed at the end of the sand trap | ||
April 30, 1983 | Stock car | Buick Regal | ARCA Racing Series | Talladega Superspeedway | 1983 Permatex 500 | Race | Lost control and crashed into the infield guardrail | ||
June 2, 1974 | Sports car | Chevron B26 - BMW | Fuji Grand Champion Series | Fuji Speedway | Fuji Grand Champion Series, 2nd round, 2nd race | Race | Crashed into the two leaders of the race and caught fire | ||
June 15, 1929 | Open wheel | Miller "Simplex Piston Ring" | Altoona Speedway | Altoona 200-Mile Race | Race | Crashed into a loose piece of guardrail, rolled several times and caught fire at the bottom of the track | |||
November 19, 1961 | Open wheel | Philipps - Offenhauser "Konstant Hot" | Arizona State Fairgrounds Track | Race | Right wheel got caught in a rut, car spun, rolled broadside several times and landed upside down on a chain link fence | ||||
June 24, 1988 | Open wheel | Dallara 388 | German Formula Three Championship | Norisring | 200 Meilen von Nurnberg | Practice | Brakes failed, hit a guardrail, was thrown into the air and landed upside down | ||
June 30, 1954 | Midget | Cincinnati Race Bowl | American Automobile Association Midget Championship | Race | A broken radius rod caused the car to crash into a wall and he was thrown out of the car: he was then run over by the car of Jack Turner | ||||
September 2, 2007 | Sprint car | Williams Grove Speedway | Race | Flipped several times and was hit by another car | |||||
October 17, 1965 | Stock car | Plymouth | Grand National Series | Lowe's Motor Speedway | 1965 National 400 | Race | Crashed into the wall while trying to avoid an accident | ||
February 14, 1980 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | 1980 Daytona 500 | Qualifying | Car's hood flew up, car lost control, crashed into the outside wall, was hit by the car of Blackie Wangerin and spun into the inside retaining wall | ||
October 6, 1974 | Open wheel | Surtees TS16/3 - Ford | Formula 1 | Watkins Glen International | 1974 United States Grand Prix | Race | Deflated right tire caused the car to crash head-on into crash mesh: the car went straight under the guardrail and he was decapitated | ||
September 27, 2003 | Touring car | Toyota Yaris | European Rally Championship | ELPA Rally | ELPA rally | Race | Crashed into phone pole and electrical transformer fell on car | ||
September 22, 1912 | Open wheel | Opel | Unknown | Elenino-Klin-Elenino | First Russian Automobile Club Moscow 100 km | Race | Explosion | ||
July 5, 2014 | Touring car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Unknown | ADAC-Grabfeldrallye | 21. Nationalen ADAC-Grabfeldrallye 2014 | Race | Went off the road and into a ditch | ||
May 6, 2000 | Rally car | Toyota Celica All-Trac | Sports Car Club of America Div ProRally Championship | Sawmill Club Rally | Sawmill Club Rally | Rally stage | Crash | ||
September 20, 2003 | Touring car | Renault Clio | Non-championship | Rallye Světlá | Rallye Světlá | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
July 14, 1996 | Open wheel | Reynard 96l - Toyota | 1996 IndyCar season | Toronto Road Course | 1996 Molson Indy Toronto | Race | Struck the back of another car and was launched into streetpole; also killed a marshal | ||
August 9, 2006 | Sprint car | Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville Nationals | Race | Crash | ||||
July 24, 1971 | Touring car | Polski Fiat 125p | Non-championship | Rajd Festiwalowy | 2. Rajd Festiwalowy | Race | Left the road and crashed | ||
April 1, 1951 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo 1900 | Giro de Sicilia | XI Giro Automobilistico de Sicilia | Race | Gearbox trouble caused the car to hit the wall of a house | |||
October 2, 1981 | Sports car | Lola T298 | Val d'Anapo-Sortino | Val d'Anapo-Sortino - Trofeo Giovanni Oddo Hillclimb | Test | Hit another car, slid, destroyed a small wall, crashed through a gap between two guard rails and went up in flames | |||
September 19, 1988 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Magic City Speedway | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
September 8, 1963 | Dragster | LaPlace Dragway | Race | Went off the track and rolled | |||||
November 15, 1964 | Sports car | Austin-Healey 3000 | American Road Racing Championship | Riverside International Raceway | American Road Race of Champions, D production sports car race | Race | Spun, hit by another car, went up an embankment and flipped twice | ||
June 13, 1981 | Sports Car | Rondeau M379 C Ford Cosworth | 1981 World Sportscar Championship season | Circuit de la Sarthe | 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Suspension failure caused the car to slam into the right-hand barrier and come back into the other barrier: the car was completely destroyed | ||
May 30, 1970 | Sports Car | Porsche 908 | 1970 World Sportscar Championship season | Nürburgring | 1970 1000km of Nürburgring | Qualifying | Car had a blow over, crashed heavily against the pavement and rolled again; the car then caught fire | ||
September 24, 1938 | Sprint car | American Automobile Association Sprint Car Championship | Allentown Fairgrounds | Race | Crashed into a concrete wall | ||||
September 29, 1940 | Stock car | Winchester Speedway | Crash | ||||||
October 31, 1913 | Talbot 25 hp 4.5-liter | Brooklands | Land speed record | Record attempt | Rear tire disintegrated, went up an embankment, rolled and he was thrown out | ||||
June 1961 | Touring car | Ferrari 250GT | Faucille | Course de Côté de La Faucille | Post race | Lost control and rolled | |||
August 13, 1939 | Open wheel | Maserati 6CM | Pescara Circuit | XV Coppa Tito Acerbo | Race | Went off the road and rolled | |||
June 14, 1923 | Sports car | Fiat 804 | Faucille | Course de Côte de La Faucille | Practice | Crashed into a curbstone, went off the road, hit an embankment and overturned | |||
June 1976 | Touring car | Alpine Renault A110 1800 | Ronde limousine | Ronde limousine | Race | Crashed into a tree after going off the road | |||
August 27, 2000 | Dragster | Chevrolet | 2000 National Hot Rod Association Division 1 | Cecil County Dragway | Race | Crossed the center line, slid down the guard wall and hit a telephone pole | |||
April 29, 1989 | Open wheel | Kalamazoo Speedway | Race | Crashed into another car, went airborne and hit the outside wall | |||||
April 21, 1979 | Rally car | Opel Kadett GT/E | Polish Rally Championship | Rajd Krakowski | IV Rajd Krakowski - Krokusy | Rally stage | Crashed when it left the road | ||
January 30, 2002 | Sprint car | American Sprint Car Series | East Bay Raceway | Fourth King of The 360 | Race | Crashed into outside wall, flipped and was hit by another car | |||
May 10, 1970 | Sports car | Porsche 907 | Säckingen-Eggberg | Säckingen-Eggberg Bergrennen Hillclimb | Race | Crashed into a tree | |||
June 16, 2008 | Pick-up truck | Zhengzhou | Transorientale | Trans-oriental Rally | Marathon race | Tow cable snapped and hit him in the face when he was helping another car | |||
April 29, 2006 | Rally car | Trabant 1.1 | German Rally Series | Sachsen-Rallye | 40 AvD Sachsen-Rallye | Rally stage | Went off the road, flipped over in a ditch and crashed into a tree | ||
June 11, 1966 | Sprint car | Dunseth Sprinter | USAC Sprint Division | Reading Fairgrounds Speedway | Race | Crashed into another car, rolled and hit a fence | |||
July 21, 1973 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo GTAm | European Touring Car Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1973 Spa 24 Hours | Race | Lost control, hit the barrier head on and rolled several times | ||
June 23, 1951 | Touring car | Ferrari 212 Export C | Non-championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Left the track, jumped an embankment and crashed into a barbed wire barricade | ||
November 19, 1967 | Touring car | Lotus 41 | Unknown | Guia Circuit | XIV Grande Prêmio de Macau | Race | Lost control, crashed into the Mandarin bend and caught on fire | ||
March 20, 1959 | Sports car | Maserati 300S | 1959 World Sportscar Championship | Sebring International Raceway | 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy | Practice | |||
September 10, 1962 | Infinity | Bonneville Salt Flats | Land speed record | Record attempt | Car exploded on the flats | ||||
January 2, 1939 | Open wheel | MG P-type | Lobethal | 1939 Australian Grand Prix | Race | Crash | |||
June 12, 2013 | Sprint car | Tri-State RaceSaver Series 410 Sprint Car Championship | Bridgeport Speedway | Night of Wings 2013 | Qualifying | Front suspension failed, causing the car to hit a wall and flip several times | |||
July 19, 1936 | Open wheel | ERA R3B | Deauville | Grand Prix de Deauville | Race | Crashed into the car of Giuseppe Farina, flipped and he was thrown out | |||
June 11, 1955 | Sports car | Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR | World Sports Car Championship | Le Mans | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crash | ||
June 21, 2008 | Touring car | Škoda Fabia 2000 | Czech Rally Championship | Horácká Rally | XIX Horácká Rally | Rally stage | Went off the road on a jump and hit a tree | ||
October 19, 1958 | Open wheel | Vanwall VW57 | 1958 Formula One season | Ain-Diab Circuit | 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix | Race | Engine seizure led to crash, caught fire on impact | ||
October 13, 1989 | Open wheel | Martini Mk.53-Volkswagen | Formula Atlantic | Road Atlanta | SCCA National Championship Runoffs | Race | Crash | ||
April 19, 1959 | Open wheel | Kurtis-Offenhauser | United States Auto Club National Championship | Trenton Speedway | Trenton 100-Mile Race | Race | Crash | ||
April 13, 1985 | Stock car | Chevrolet Camaro | All Pro Super Series | DeSoto Speedway | Keene Brothers Trucking 125 | Race | Crash | ||
October 11, 1964 | Sports car | Jaguar E-Type Lightweight | 1964 World Sportscar Championship season | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Race | Collided with the Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero of Franco Patria in the pit lane on lap 83 of the race | ||
October 27, 2002 | Dragster | Chevrolet Cavalier | NHRA sports compact | Pomona | Mazda NHRA Sport Compact World Finals | Race | Crash | ||
May 29, 2004 | Touring car | Renault Clio | Renault Clio Cup | Thruxton Circuit | Renault Clio Cup, 9th Round | Race | Left the road and crashed into a tire wall | ||
May 22, 1932 | Open wheel | Bugatti T54 | Non-championship | AVUS | Internationales AVUS Rennen | Race | Car swerved, crossed the straight, cut through three trees and hit a railway wall | ||
April 25, 1928 | Land Speed | Stutz Blackhawk Special | Daytona Beach | Record attempt | Car cut tire, lost control, rolled multiple times and was ejected. | ||||
July 12, 2003 | Rally car | Subaru WRX | Sports Car Club of America ProRally Championship | Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally | Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally | Rally stage | Crash | ||
August 19, 1962 | Open wheel | Lotus 22 | Italian Formula Junior Championship | Pergusa | XI Gran Premio Pergusa | Race | Crash | ||
August 17, 1975 | Stock car | Dodge | 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Talladega Superspeedway | 1975 Talladega 500 | Race | Crash | ||
June 2, 1985 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | Automobile Racing Club of America | Atlanta International Raceway | Race | Crash | |||
November 19, 1971 | Open Wheel | Lotus 47 | Non-championship | Guia Circuit | Guia Race of Macau | Qualifying | Crashed into a street lamp after losing control | ||
May 30, 1964 | Open wheel | Thompson 63-Ford | 1964 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1964 Indianapolis 500 | Race | Lost control of the car, hit the wall, exploded and was hit by the car of Eddie Sachs | ||
July 14, 1957 | Sports car | Lotus Eleven | Formula Two Non-Championship | Reims-Gueux | Coupe Internationale de Vitesse | Race | Went off the road, rolled and he was thrown out | ||
August 23, 1936 | Sports car | Crager | American Automobile Association | Milwaukee Mile | 25 mile feature event | Race | Two wheels went into the dirt, causing the car to flip and land on the safety bank | ||
April 15, 1961 | Sports car | Cooper T43 | Formula Two | Levin Circuit | 1961 April Levin Meeting | Race | Two wheels went into the dirt, causing the car to flip and land on the safety bank | ||
February 22, 1969 | Stock car | Mercury Comet | NASCAR Sportsman Division | Daytona International Speedway | Sportsman 300 | Race | Crashed into a wall, sheared the front end of the car off and was hit head on by another car | ||
May 30, 1993 | Open wheel | 1993 Mexican Formula Three season | Autódromo Monterrey | Fórmula Dos championship | Race | Rock launched from another car went into his visor, ran off the track, hit an embankment, went airborne and hit a commentating box | |||
January 26, 1958 | Sports car | Maserati 300S | 1958 World Sportscar Championship | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | 1958 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Car overturned following an accident | ||
September 18, 1955 | Sports car | Elva-Climax Mk.1 | 1955 World Sportscar Championship | Dundrod Circuit | RAC Tourist Trophy | Race | lose control of his car and crash off the track | ||
May 14, 1972 | Open wheel | Eagle-Offenhauser | United States Auto Club National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Practice | Lost control and crashed into the wall at 186 mph | ||
June 30, 2013 | Sports car | Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 | 2013 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Season | Paul Ricard Circuit | Blancpain Race Weekends au Circuit Paul Ricard | Race | Crashed into a wall near the pit lane | ||
May 15, 1992 | Open wheel | Lola T91/00-Cosworth | 1992 IndyCar season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Crashed into a wall backwards and hit his head on the cockpit | ||
February 25, 1950 | Touring car | Ford V8 | 1950 Turismo Carretera season | Casilda | II Vuelta de Santa Fe | Race | Overturn | ||
June 26, 1949 | Sports car | Aston Martin DB2 | Circuit de la Sarthe | 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Lost control of the car, hit an embankment and flipped | |||
July 31, 1954 | Open wheel | Maserati 250F | 1954 Formula One season | Nürburgring | 1954 German Grand Prix | Practice | Careened down a hill | ||
April 30, 2011 | Rally car | Subaru Impreza WRX | Rally America | Olympus Rally | Olympus Rally | Rally special stage 6 | Went off the road and hit a tree | ||
November 27, 1964 | Open wheel | Lotus-Ford | USAC Championship | Phoenix International Raceway | Testing | Suddenly turned into the wall and crashed head on | |||
October 9, 2002 | Stock car | Chevrolet | ARCA Re/Max Series | Lowe's Motor Speedway | EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 | Practice | Hit by the car of Deborah Renshaw on the driver's side | ||
September 9, 1928 | Sports car | Talbot 700 | Monza | Gran Premio d'Italia e d'Europa | Race | Touched the rear wheel of another car, swerved to the left, jumped over a fence and went into the crowd | |||
August 10, 1969 | Sports car | Honda R1300 | Suzuka Circuit | 12 Hours of Suzuka | Race | Crashed into a guardrail and burst into flames | |||
February 28, 1964 | Open wheel | Cooper T70-Climax | 1964 Tasman Cup | Longford Circuit | South Pacific Trophy | Qualifying | Lost control of the car, landed crooked, launched into a group of trees and was thrown out | ||
September 18, 1955 | Sports car | Cooper-Climax T39 | 1955 World Sportscar Championship | Dundrod Circuit | RAC Tourist Trophy | Race | hit a concrete pillar and the car immediately burst into a ball of flame. Mayers would have been killed instantly | ||
November 6, 1949 | Open wheel | Kurtis 2000 - Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Del Mar | Del Mar 100-Mile Race | Race | Hit a rut, flipped, was thrown out and run over | ||
August 9, 2003 | Touring car | Volkswagen Golf | 2003 Australian GT Performance Car Championship | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Australian GT Performance Championship, sixth round | Practice | Crashed into a wall | ||
August 11, 1991 | Stock car | Pontiac | 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Watkins Glen International | 1991 Budweiser at The Glen | Race | Lost brakes and a wheel, crashed into a tire barrier at full speed, flipped and landed upside down | ||
November 6, 1955 | Open wheel | Kurtis 4000-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Bobby Ball Memorial Race | Race | Axle broke and car flipped | ||
June 2, 1970 | Sports car | McLaren M8D-Chevrolet | Goodwood Circuit | Testing | The rear part of the bodywork failed, the car went onto the grass and crashed into a marshal's post | ||||
March 26, 1966 | Sports car | Ford GT40 | 1966 World Sportscar Championship season | Sebring International Raceway | 12 Hours of Sebring | Race | Lost a wheel in a hairpin, rolled several times, crashed into a telephone pole and exploded | ||
March 19, 2007 | Funny car | Ford Mustang | NHRA POWERade Series | Gainesville Raceway | Testing | Tire went flat and came apart, causing the car to shake violently, which in turn caused his helmet to hit the roll cage | |||
March 16, 1975 | Rocket dragster | Gainesville Raceway | Gatornationals | Exhibition run | Crashed into guardrail and was thrown from the car after the chute was deployed without having time to inflate | ||||
May 18, 1933 | Sports car | Mercedes-Benz SSKL | AVUS | 1933 Avusrennen | Practice | Car aquaplaned, crashed against a cement milestone, rolled and he was thrown out | |||
June 7, 1959 | Sports car | Auto Union RS1080 | 1959 World Sportscar Championship | Nürburgring | ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen | Race | Meyrat was being lapped by Stirling Moss, when both their cars lightly touched, Meyrat lost control of his car and crashed heavily, with fatal consequences | ||
February 3, 1991 | USAC Silver Crown | Phoenix International Raceway | Copper World Classic | Race | Locked wheels with another driver and hit the wall at a flat angle, shattering the right side | ||||
August 17, 1966 | Sports car | Ford GT J | International Championship for Makes | Riverside International Raceway | Testing | Car went out of control, spun into the infield and went over an embankment, where he was thrown out | |||
May 15, 1953 | Open Wheel | Kurtis FD-Novi | American Automobile Association National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Practice | Car went into the dirt, Miller overcorrected and slammed into the wall | ||
October 29, 1995 | Modified | Caraway Speedway | Southern Modified Feature | Race | Crashed into a wall | ||||
October 10, 1965 | Sports car | Kansai Sports Car Club | Suzuka Circuit | ||||||
August 30, 1969 | BMW-Dornier 269 | 1969 Formula Two | Nürburgring | 1969 Großer Preis von Deutschland | Practice | Front suspension failure caused a wheel to fall off, which caused a crash | |||
July 6, 2008 | Touring car | Renault Clio | Campionatului Naţional de Viteză în Coastă | Reşiţa Rally | Campionatului Naţional de Viteză în Coastă de la Reşiţa | Race | Crashed into a tree | ||
August 15, 1934 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2900 | Formula Libre | Pescara Circuit | X Coppa Tito Acerbo | Race | Tried to overtake the car of Ernst Henne, lost control of the car, hit the parapet of a bridge, somersaulted and flung Guy out | ||
October 31, 1999 | Open wheel | Reynard 99-Mercedes | 1999 CART season | California Speedway | 1999 Marlboro 500 | Race | Jumped loose coming off of turn two, became inverted, and crashed top first into concrete barrier | ||
May 19, 2012 | Mini stock car | Auburndale Kid's Club | Auburndale Speedway | Race | Crash | ||||
November 22, 1992 | Stock car | Chevrolet | Argentinean Turismo Carretera Championship | Lobos | 3a Vuelta de Lobos - Premio Policia de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | Race | Crash | ||
June 30, 2013 | Rally car | Toyota Starlet | Dunlop National Rally Championship | Carrick-on-Suir Ravens Rock Stages Rally | Carrick-on-Suir Ravens Rock Stages Rally 2013 | Rally stage | Crash | ||
May 24, 1981 | Sports car | Porsche 908/03-81 Turbo | 1981 World Sportscar Championship | Nürburgring | 1000 km von Nürburgring | Race | Crash | ||
September 1, 1969 | Dragster | Chrysler | NHRA top fuel | Indianapolis Raceway Park | NHRA U.S. Nationals | Race | Crash | ||
March 23, 1990 | Mooncraft MC041B-Mugen | All-Japan Formula 3000 Championship | Fuji Speedway | Testing | Crash | ||||
April 14, 1956 | Sports car | Jaguar XK120 | SCCA | Marlboro Motor Raceway | Racing school | Left the road and rolled onto roof | |||
September 15, 1924 | Open wheel | Miller | American Automobile Association National Championship | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse 150-Mile Race | Race | Crash | ||
July 6, 1958 | Open wheel | Ferrari Dino 246 | 1958 Formula One season | Reims | 1958 French Grand Prix | Race | Tire deflation | ||
September 2, 1957 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Grand National Series | Darlington Raceway | 1957 Southern 500 | Race | Crash | ||
May 26, 1973 | Stock car | Chevrolet Corvette | Wisconsin Dells Motor Speedway | Qualifying | Stuck throttle caused the car to crash into the wall | ||||
May 3, 1966 | Touring car | Fuji Speedway | Gust of wind picked up the car and was thrown over the barriers | ||||||
July 22, 1959 | Rally car | Triumph TR3A | European Rally Championship | Adriatic Rally | Race | Went off the road, went down a ravine, hit a tree roof first and caught fire | |||
October 21, 2012 | Sports car | Nissan Fairlady Z33 | Super Taikyu Series | Suzuka Circuit | Super Taikyu Suzuka | Race | Crashed into a barrier on the first turn | ||
November 23, 1973 | Sports car | Chevron B23 | Grand Champion Series | Fuji Speedway | Fuji Victory 200 Kilometers | Race | Spun out, crossed the track, was hit by other cars and the car exploded | ||
May 25, 1930 | Sports car | Course de Côte à Fontainebleau | Hillclimb | Went off the road and somersaulted | |||||
August 13, 1970 | Dragster | Island Dragway | Qualifying | Crashed into a ramp, flipped and hit a wall | |||||
May 17, 1969 | Harz | Harz-Bergpreis | Practice | Crashed | |||||
May 1, 1955 | Sprint car | Nyquist-Offenhauser | Langhorne | Race | Veered into the wall, swerved, hit the wall again, went partway through it, rolled several times and caught fire: he was thrown out of the car | ||||
July 15, 1922 | Fiat 804 | Strasbourg | XVI Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | Race | Threw a rear wheel, hit a tree and rolled several times | ||||
March 28, 1970 | Rally car | Peugeot 404 | International Championship for Manufacturers | Safari Rally | 18th East African Safari Rally | Race | Drowning | ||
July 25, 1997 | Dragster | NHRA National Championship Drag Races | Sears Point | NHRA Autolite Nationals | Warm-up | Throttle stuck | |||
February 6, 1959 | Midget | Claremont Speedway | Race | Crashed into another car, rolled several times, belt broke and was thrown out | |||||
August 28, 1932 | Woodbridge Speedway | Race | Crash | ||||||
May 1982 | March 742 | Cagnotte | Course de Côte de Cagnotte | Race | Skidded, went off the road and crashed | ||||
August 8, 2004 | Touring car | Mini Cooper S | John Cooper Challenge | Silverstone | Race | Crashed into another car and into a barrier | |||
October 10, 1959 | Stock car | Mansfield Motorsports Speedway | Post-race | Ran into the rear tire of another car, went up an embankment, the shoulder straps broke and caused him to hit his helmet on the rollcage | |||||
September 15, 1978 | Touring car | Trabant 601 | East Germany Touring Car Championship | Frohburger-Dreieck | DDR Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Race | Crashed and somersaulted | ||
October 24, 1953 | Sports car | Allard-Chrysler | Sports Car Club of America National | Turner Air Force Base | Strategic Air Power Trophy Race | Practice | Car rolled over | ||
September 13, 1981 | Gourdon Caussols | Course de Côte de Gourdon Caussols | Hillclimb | Struck by another car while in the parking lot | |||||
May 4, 1991 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | 1991 NASCAR Busch Series | South Boston Speedway | 1991 Carquest 300 | Race | Heart attack | ||
May 12, 1957 | Sports car | Ferrari 335S | 1957 World Sports Car Championship | Guidizzolo | Mille Miglia | Race | Alfonso de Portago's front tyre exploded. He lost control of the car; hit a telephone pole, jumped over a brook, then the car bounced back on to the road, slid over the road, spinning, and ended up, wheels down, in a brook at the other side of the road. Besides de Portago, his navigator Nelson, ten spectators – among them five children – lost their lives | ||
August 31, 1963 | Hartford Speedway Park | Race | Rolled over | ||||||
March 16, 1997 | Truck | Chevrolet | Craftsman Truck Series | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Race | Lost control and crashed into the wall on the driver's door | |||
July 6, 1957 | Stock car | Ford convertible | ARCA Racing Series | Toledo Raceway Park | Race | Crashed into retaining wall, slid, rolled and was ejected | |||
May 8, 1993 | Rally car | Nissan Sunny GTI-R | European Rally Championship | Rally Zlatni Piassatzi | 24th International Rally Zlatni Piassatzi | Race | Crashed into a rock after going off a road and down an embankment | ||
June 28, 1992 | Sportscar | Porsche 911 Carrera | Belgian Procar | Chimay Street Circuit | Race | Clipped another car, slid, rolled several times and caught fire | |||
May 23, 1987 | California Racing Association - sprint car | Ascot Park | Salute to the Indy 500 | Race | Slid and crashed into a wall | ||||
June 9, 1946 | International Motor Contest Association | Milwaukee Mile | Barney Oldfield Race | Race | Crashed through a fence and overturned | ||||
April 9, 1969 | Dragster | Orange County International Raceway | Race | Thrown out of the car | |||||
January 18, 1960 | Rally car | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI | European Rally Championship for Drivers | Rallye de Monte-Carlo | 29ème Rallye de Monte-Carlo | Race | Crashed into a truck | ||
July 11, 2010 | Dragster | National Hot Rod Association | Seattle International Raceway | Northwest Nationals | Post race | Crashed into nets after parachutes were ripped off car and | |||
October 11, 1964 | Stock car | Eldora Speedway | Race | Hit wall, bounced back onto the track, ran over a competitor's wheel and flipped over the track wall | |||||
July 10, 1932 | Ho-Ho-Kus Speedway | Practice | |||||||
April 27, 1980 | Kart | Talladega Super Speedway | Crash | ||||||
September 16, 1922 | Sports car | Arlington Park | Race | Crashed through a fence | |||||
August 1, 2004 | Stock car | Pontiac Grand Prix | Desafío Corona | Autódromo Monterrey | Desafío Corona, 4ta. fecha | Race | Swerved to avoid hitting a wall, went into a gravel trap, went onto track again and was hit by another car | ||
January 15, 1926 | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Practice | Crashed through a fence and overturned | ||||||
August 24, 1957 | Midget car | United States Auto Club National Midget Championship | Milwaukee Mile | Race | Rear wheels locked up, car skidded, jack-knifed, seat belt snapped and was thrown out | ||||
May 30, 1958 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | 1958 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1958 Indianapolis 500 | Race | Hit the car of Jimmy Reece, flipped, skidded, hit a wall and caught fire | ||
November 25, 1920 | Open wheel | Duesenberg | American Automobile Association National Championship | Beverly Hills Speedway | Beverly Hills 200-Mile Race | Race | Crashed into the car of Gaston Chevrolet | ||
September 10, 1995 | Touring car | Nissan Primera | Super Tourenwagen Cup | AVUS | AVUS Rennen | Race | Equipment failure caused the car to hit a wall and spin: he was then hit by the car of Frank Biela on the driver's door | ||
May 24, 1992 | Open wheel | Mugen Honda | Japanese F3000 | Suzuka Circuit | Million Card Cup Race round two | Race | Crashed into the car of Andrew Gilbert-Scott, flew into the gravel trap and hit a pole supporting a fence | ||
August 7, 1965 | Sportscar | Merlyn-Climax | Sports Car Club of America | Candlestick Park | Third annual Candlestick Park Road Races | Qualifying | Flipped over a guard rail | ||
December 15, 1985 | Stock car | Pontiac Sunbird | Daytona International Speedway | Testing | Car flipped over | ||||
June 23, 1923 | Open wheel | Curtiss | Roby Speedway | Qualifying | Crash | ||||
October 14, 2000 | Dragster | National Hot Rod Association | Indianapolis Raceway Park | Pre-race | Car suddenly accelerated, crashed and rolled over | ||||
April 14, 1957 | Sports car | Maserati A6 | Giro di Sicilia | XVII Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia | Race | Skidded, crashed into a concrete wall and burst into flames | |||
April 7, 1974 | Open wheel | F2000 Brabham | Suzuka Circuit | Testing | Crashed into a guard rail | ||||
July 10, 1977 | Touring car | Škoda 130RS | East Germany Touring Car Championship | Sachsenring | Sachsenring Rennen | Race | Crashed into two other cars and into a concrete pole | ||
October 21, 1962 | Sports car | Ferrari 250 GTO | World Sportscar Championship | Autodrome de Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Race | Crash | ||
June 12, 1970 | Stock car | Modified super stock car | Sportsman Park | Qualifying | Fire | ||||
February 14, 1994 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | 1994 Daytona 500 | Practice | Crash | ||
August 13, 2011 | Open wheel | Swift Cooper SC-10 Ford | Formula Ford | Castle Combe Circuit | Castle Combe August Cup | Qualifying | Heart attack | ||
May 23, 2005 | Modified | Unknown | International Motor Contest Association | Afton Speedway | Unknown | Race | Rolled over | ||
October 1, 1960 | Midget | Unknown | United States Auto Club National Midget Championship | Fairfield | Unknown | Qualifying | Steering broke, car flipped over a wall and hit a tree | ||
September 16, 1951 | Midget | Unknown | Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association | Englewood Speedway | Unknown | Race | Locked wheels with another driver and flipped into a parking lot | ||
May 1, 1997 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Wisconsin International Raceway | US96/Goldstar Racing Supply Fox River Racing Club event | Qualifying | Spun out and hit a wall | ||
May 18, 1997 | Kart | Unknown | Kart | Sarno | Non-championship race | Race | Hit another competitor and rolled as the kart ran over him | ||
June 7, 1953 | Sportscar | Ferrari 340MM Touring Spyder #0268AM | Non-championship | Hyères | Les Douze Heures d'Hyères | Race | Lost control of car in the rain, crashed and was ejected | ||
June 13, 1982 | Open wheel | Osella FA1C-Cosworth | 1982 Formula One season | Montreal | 1982 Canadian Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into the stalled car of Didier Pironi and caught fire | ||
June 14, 2009 | Stock car | Ford Fusion | 2009 NASCAR Corona Series season | Puebla | Race | Hit by another car and slammed into a containment wall | |||
September 18, 2005 | Rally car | Peugeot 307 WRC | 2005 World Rally Championship season | Wales Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree | |||
June 11, 2010 | Dragster | 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series season | Old Bridge Township Raceway Park | 2010 United Association NHRA SuperNationals | Parachute did not deploy, went through a gravel trap, went through safety nets and hit water barrels | ||||
March 3, 1927 | Land speed record | Babs | Pendine Sands | Car slid, flipped, landed on its wheels and caught fire | |||||
October 11, 1964 | Sports car | Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | 1964 World Sportscar Championship season | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Race | Hit by the Jaguar E-Type lightweight of Peter Lindner in the pit lane on lap 83 of the race | ||
April 22, 1934 | Open wheel | Maserati 8CM | Circuito Pietro Bordino | Circuito di Alessandria Gran Premio Pietro Bordino | Race | Crashed into a parapet on a bridge, somersaulted, hit a wall and he was thrown out | |||
May 4, 2007 | Stock car | Spartan Speedway | Race | Crashed and had a heart attack | |||||
September 10, 1978 | Open wheel | Lotus 78 - Cosworth | 1978 Formula One season | Monza | 1978 Italian Grand Prix | Race | Hit by the car of James Hunt, spun into a wall and caught fire: died of a fat embolism the next day | ||
May 12, 2000 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 2000 NASCAR Busch Series | New Hampshire International Speedway | Sta-Green 200 | Practice | Stuck throttle caused the car to crash into the turn 3 wall | ||
October 6, 1995 | Stock car | Oldsmobile Cutlass | NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Winston 100 NASCAR Sportsman Series | Race | Was hit by another car and launched roof first into the wall, while trying to avoid a spinning car. The roof and roll cage were sheared away exposing Phillps' body to the fence and a caution light. This has been deemed the most gruesome crash in NASCAR history. | ||
June 30, 2007 | Stock car | Lonesome Pine International Raceway | Race | Crash | |||||
April 29, 1956 | Touring car | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL | 1956 World Sportscar Championship | Montemarciano | Mille Miglia | Race | Car hit a wall, killing him instantly | ||
November 25, 1990 | Touring car | Nissan Sunny | Monomarca Nissan Sunny | Roca Roja | Race | Crash | |||
May 12, 1973 | Open wheel | Eagle-Offenhauser | 1973 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | International Motor Speedway | Practice | Crash | ||
October 6, 2006 | Touring car | Holden Commodore | V8 Supercar Championships | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst 1000 | Race | Crash | ||
May 2, 1954 | Touring car | Citroën 15 Six | 1954 World Sportscar Championship | Vigenza | Mille Miglia | Race | Crashed into signpoint, killing both himself and his navigator, F. Saisse | ||
September 17, 1989 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Pocono Raceway | Sunoco Race of Champions 250 | Race | Crash | ||
February 19, 1970 | Stock car | Dodge Daytona | NASCAR Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | Twin 125 | Race | Crash | ||
March 5, 1977 | Open wheel | Shadow DN8 | 1977 Formula One season | Kyalami | 1977 South African Grand Prix | Race | Hit in the head by a fire extinguisher | ||
March 2, 2007 | Dragster | De Carlo | Unknown | Luján de Cuyo | Las Picadas de Lujan de Cuyo | Exhibition | Engine exploded and debris hit him | ||
July 16, 1965 | Devil's Bowl Speedway | Race | Crushed inside car after crash | ||||||
June 8, 1947 | Stock car | Ohio Speedway Association | Ravenna Fairgrounds | Race | Crashed through a guard rail and was impaled on it | ||||
April 28, 2001 | Stock car | Northern California Modifieds Association | Kings Speedway | Post-race | Heart attack | ||||
July 14, 1948 | Stock car | Owosso Speedway | Race | Hit by a car after crash | |||||
August 28, 1954 | Sports car | Quinn Special V8 | Formula Libre | The Curragh | Wakefield Trophy and O'Boyle Trophy Handicap | Race | Crashed into spectator enclosure and rope wrapped around his neck | ||
October 18, 1924 | Clearfield Driving Park | Race | Crashed through a fence | ||||||
March 21, 1980 | Sports car | Porsche 911 | World Challenge for Endurance Drivers | Sebring International Raceway | 28th Annual Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance | Qualifying | Crashed and somersaulted | ||
October 10, 1999 | Rally car | Toyota | Peruvian National Rally Championship | Caminos del Inca | XXIX Gran Premio Nacional de Carretreras "Caminos del Inca" | Rally Stage | Crashed against a rock to avoid crashing into the sea | ||
June 22, 1930 | International Motor Contest Association | Milwaukee Mile | Race | Crashed into two stalled cars and was ejected | |||||
July 4, 1940 | Stock car | Jalopy | Unknown | Hawkeye Downs Speedway | Jalopy race | Race | Blinded by dust, car lost control and crashed through a fence: a jagged piece of fence severed his jugular vein | ||
July 30, 1967 | Open wheel | Brabham BT14-Ford Lotus LF | 1967 European Formula Two season | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Grote Prijs van Zandvoort | Race | Crash | ||
July 4, 1969 | Midget | Unknown | United Auto Racing Association | Waukegan Speedway | Unknown | Race | Smashed against a concrete wall, flipped and skidded on the track for 50 feet | ||
November 13, 2004 | Stock car | Holden Commodore | Sprintcar Association of Tasmania Nu-Tech Systems Sprintcar Series - Super Sedan class | Cranes Combined Carrick Speedway | Super Sedans, first round, second heat race | Race | Clipped by another car and slammed head-on into the pit lane wall | ||
July 8, 1977 | Touring car | VAZ-2101 | European Rally Championship | Rajd Polski | 1977 Rajd Polski | Rally stage | Left the road, fell into a ravine and hit a tree with the driver-side door | ||
October 19, 1958 | Sports car | Triumph | Non-championship | Ain-Diab Circuit | 2 Heures de Casablanca | Race | Car skidded and turned over | ||
April 30, 1994 | Open wheel | Simtek S941-Ford | 1994 Formula One season | Imola | 1994 San Marino Grand Prix | Qualifying | Crashed into the wall head on due to a front wing failure | ||
July 25, 1987 | Stock car | Chevrolet | Automobile Racing Club of America | Alabama International Motor Speedway | ARCA Permatex 500 | Race | Crashed into another car and hit an earthen embankment | ||
September 28, 1958 | Open wheel | Kurtis 500G-Offenhauser | 1958 USAC Championship Car season | Trenton Speedway | Trenton 100 | Race | Touched a dirt part of the track, went up the track, hit a fence and was thrown out | ||
August 15, 2010 | Open wheel | Reynard 01L-Mugen Honda | European Hill Climb Championship | Saint-Ursanne - Les Rangiers | 67ème Course de Côte Internationale Saint-Ursanne - Les Rangiers | Hillclimb | Slid and crashed into a tree | ||
September 12, 1971 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 | Interserie | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 6 Hours of Imola | Race | Spun, crashed backwards into the wall, burst into flames and was thrown out | ||
May 24, 1903 | Sports car | Renault | Paris-Madrid | Paris-Madrid - VIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | Marathon race | Wheel got stuck in a rut and crashed into a tree | |||
October 22, 2003 | Open wheel | G-Force-Toyota | Indy Racing League | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Testing | Spun, went airborne into the catch fence and disintegrated | |||
September 2, 1924 | Sports car | Sunbeam | Brooklands | Record attempt | Tire puncture caused the car to go backwards through a fence and catch fire | ||||
March 22, 1974 | Open wheel | Shadow DN3 Ford-Cosworth | 1974 Formula One season | Kyalami | 1974 South African Grand Prix | Testing | Lost control, slid, crashed into the barriers and caught fire | ||
July 31, 1982 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | Automobile Racing Club of America | Alabama International Speedway | Talladega 200 | Race | Crashed into inside wall, went across track and hit other wall | ||
June 11, 1966 | Sprint car | USAC Sprint Division | Reading Fairgrounds | Race | Crashed into the car of Jud Larson and both cars flipped over a wall | ||||
September 5, 1970 | Open wheel | Lotus 72C Ford-Cosworth DFV | 1970 Formula One season | Monza | 1970 Italian Grand Prix | Qualifying | Right front brakeshaft broke apart, causing the car to veer left and hit the guardrail: the car went under the guardrail and he was pulled into the cockpit | ||
May 24, 1964 | Stock car | Ford Galaxie | 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series | Charlotte Motor Speedway | World 600 | Race | Hit the wall trying to avoid another wreck from Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett, rolled over and burst into flames; died 39 days later | ||
May 30, 1939 | Open wheel | Wetteroth-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Race | Crash | ||
July 24, 1965 | Stock car | Ford | Lincoln Speedway | Race | Crash | ||||
November 23, 1954 | Sports car | Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina | 1954 World Sportscar Championship | Carrera Panamericana | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Accident | ||
February 7, 1988 | Stock car | Pontiac Trans Am | Phoenix International Raceway | 1988 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic | Race | Pneumonia | |||
September 2, 1946 | Open wheel | Wetteroth-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta 100-Mile National Championship Auto Race | Race | Crash | ||
May 14, 1966 | Open wheel | Watson-Ford | United States Auto Club | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1966 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes | Qualifying | Crash | ||
September 11, 1999 | Open wheel | Lola B99/00 | 1999 CART season | Laguna Seca | Honda Grand Prix of Monterey | Qualifying | overshot the braking point, car left the track slamming into a concrete barrier at the entry of the Corkscrew corner and flipping over the wall. | ||
July 11, 1971 | Sportcar | Ferrari 512M Berlinetta | Interserie | Norisring | 200 Meilen von Nürnberg | Race | Crash | ||
November 1, 1962 | Open wheel | Lotus 24-Climax | 1962 Formula One season | Magdalena Mixchuca | 1962 Mexican Grand Prix | Practice | Crash | ||
October 13, 2000 | Stock pick-up truck | Ford truck | 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Texas Motor Speedway | O'Reilly 400 | Race | Crash | ||
January 28, 1938 | Auto Union | Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn | Record attempt | Crash | |||||
October 7, 1956 | Sports car | Ferrari 750 Monza | Sportscar, non-championship | Linas-Montlhéry | Coupe du Salon de l'Auto de Paris | Race | Crash | ||
June 27, 2004 | Dragster | NHRA top fuel | Gateway International Raceway | Sears Craftsman Nationals | Race | Mechanical failure | |||
July 1, 1962 | Open wheel | Lotus 22-Ford | Formula Junior | Reims | Coupe Internationale de Vitesse des Juniors | Race | Crash | ||
May 30, 1964 | Open wheel | Halibrand-Ford | 1964 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1964 Indianapolis 500 | Race | Crashed into the flaming car of Dave MacDonald and caught fire | ||
October 20, 2007 | Touring car | Honda Civic | Ralis Kauno Ruduo | Ralis Mega – Kauno Ruduo 2007 | Race | Crash | |||
May 2, 1954 | Touring car | Citroën 15 Six | 1954 World Sportscar Championship | Vigenza | Mille Miglia | Race | Car driven by Andre Pouschol, crashed into signpoint, killing both the driver and his navigator, F. Saisse | ||
September 26, 1987 | Open wheel | Juan Larroquette JL-04 - Renault | 1987 Chilean Formula 3 Championship | Las Vizcachas | Round 8 of the 1987 Chilean Formula 3 Championship | Race | Crashed into another car, both veered off the track and hit the inside pit wall | ||
May 30, 1973 | Open wheel | Eagle-Offenhauser | 1973 USAC National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1973 Indianapolis 500 | Race | Car veered off of track, hit wall and caught fire: died in hospital 33 days later from kidney infection | ||
June 8, 1968 | Hill climb | Porsche 910/68 Bergspyder | European Hillclimb Championship | Roßfeld-Höhenring-Straße | Internationaler Alpen-Bergpreis Berchtesgaden | Race | Went off-road, fell into a ravine, crashed into trees and was thrown out | ||
May 13, 1960 | Open wheel | Cooper-Climax | Non-championship Formula One | Silverstone | 1960 BRDC International Trophy | Practice | Car got sideways in the mud, flipped over, slid through a safety barrier and hit a wall of breeze blocks, which fell on the car | ||
September 20, 1952 | Open wheel | AAA Eastern Championship | Allentown Fairgrounds | Race | Hit a loose wheel from another car, crashed through a fence, went down an embankment and crashed into a ticket booth | ||||
July 7, 1968 | Open wheel | Honda RA302 | 1968 Formula One season | Rouen-Les-Essarts | 1968 French Grand Prix | Race | Lost control of the car, slammed into an embankment, flipped and burst into flames | ||
November 11, 1984 | Stock Car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS | NASCAR Grand National Series | Atlanta International Raceway | Atlanta Journal 500 | Race | Crashed into a dirt bank | ||
May 8, 2004 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | Unknown | Mille Miglia | XXII Mille Miglia Storica | Rally | Tried to overtake a car, both cars were hit by a car coming the opposite direction; the Alfa rolled, hit a tree and went into a ravine | ||
November 19, 1953 | Sports car | Ferrari 375 MM Pininfarina Berlinetta | 1953 World Sportscar Championship season | Tehuantepec, Mexico | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Tire burst causing the car to leave the road at about 240 km/h, he was the navigator | ||
May 19, 1958 | Sports car | Lister-Jaguar | Sportscar, non-championship | Spa-Francorchamps | Grand Prix de l'Automobilclub de Francorchamps | Race | Crash | ||
June 25, 1939 | Open wheel | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 1939 AIACR European Championship | Spa-Francorchamps | 1939 Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Went off the road, crashed into a tree and caught fire | ||
October 27, 2013 | Touring car | Nissan Sunny | Japan Classic Car Association | Tsukuba Circuit | JCCA Classic Car Festival - TS Cup class race | Race | Went out of control and crashed into the barrier at the last corner | ||
May 1, 1994 | Open wheel | Williams FW16-Renault | 1994 Formula One season | Imola | 1994 San Marino Grand Prix | Race | Struck by debris after crash | ||
September 4, 1982 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Oswego Speedway | Oswego Modified 200 | Race | Crash - turn 2 - struck in driver's door by Ron Shepherd | ||
May 31, 1999 | Open wheel | Van Diemen RF99/Solus-Ford | British Formula Ford Championship | Oulton Park | Round 5 of the 1999 British Formula Ford Zetec Championship | Race | Crash | ||
March 11, 1985 | Dragster | Chevrolet Camaro | NHRA pro stock | Ardmore Raceway | Race | Crash | |||
October 24, 1971 | Open wheel | BRM P160 | Formula One, non-championship | Brands Hatch | 1971 World Championship Victory Race | Race | Crash | ||
June 22, 2013 | Touring car | Opel Astra OPC | Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 44th Adenauer ADAC Trophy | Race | Heart attack | ||
June 22, 2013 | Sports car | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | FIA World Endurance Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crash | ||
September 13, 1965 | Stock car | Ford | NASCAR Grand National Series | Darlington Raceway | Southern 500 | Race | Crash | ||
April 8, 2011 | Touring car | Citroën C2 S1600 | Czech Rally Championship | Mogul Rallye Šumava Klatovy | 46. Mogul Rallye Šumava Klatovy 2011 | Rally | Crashed into a tree after losing control | ||
May 15, 1982 | Open wheel | March 82C-Cosworth | USAC Gold Crown Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1982 Indianapolis 500 | Qualifying | Crash | ||
August 12, 1973 | Stock car | Mercury | NASCAR Grand National Series | Talladega Super Speedway | Talladega 500 | Race | Crash | ||
September 18, 1955 | Sports car | Connaught AL/SR | 1955 World Sportscar Championship | Dundrod Circuit | RAC Tourist Trophy | Race | lose control of his car, following another accident and hit Jim Mayers | ||
August 19, 1956 | Sports car | Triumph TR3 | Sports Car Club of America | Arcata Airport | Race | Crash | |||
July 27, 1969 | Hill climb | McLaren M6B-Chevrolet | non-championship hillclimb | Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve | Race | Crash | |||
September 10, 1950 | Open wheel | Cooper Mark IV | non-championship Formula 3 | Cadours | Grand Prix de l'Haute Garonne | Race | Crash | ||
April 3, 2011 | Pick-up truck | Chevrolet Montana | Chevrolet Montana Cup | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | Race | Crash | |||
March 30, 1933 | Open wheel | Miller | AAA National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1933 Indianapolis 500 | Race | Crash | ||
May 7, 1968 | Open wheel | Lotus 56-Pratt & Whitney | USAC National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1968 Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Crash | ||
December 9, 2007 | Stock car | Chevrolet Astra | Brazilian Light Stock Cars Championship | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | Practice | Crash | |||
June 19, 1960 | Open wheel | Lotus 18-Climax | 1960 Formula One season | Spa-Francorchamps | 1960 Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Crash | ||
November 19, 1953 | Sports car | Ferrari 375 MM Pininfarina Berlinetta | 1953 World Sportscar Championship season | Tehuantepec, Mexico | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Tire burst causing the car to leave the road at about 240 km/h | ||
May 26, 1994 | Sprint car | Hoffman | USAC Sprint Car Championship | Winchester Speedway | Race | Crash | |||
April 28, 1968 | Sports car | Porsche 911 | Deutsche Automobil Rundstrecken Meisterschaft | Norisring | Norisringrennen | Race | Lost control of the car and hit a steel bridge pillar | ||
March 25, 2017 | Sprint car | Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series | Desoto Speedway | Unnamed race | Race | Flipped over competitor's rear tire and into retaining wall cockpit-first | |||
August 3, 2013 | Stock car | Chevrolet Impala SS | Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour | Oyster Bed Speedway | Exit Realty PEI 100 | Race | Car flipped; Stevens unbuckled his head and neck restraints while upside-down and landed on his head | ||
March 19, 1977 | Open wheel | Lola T400-Chevrolet | Rothmans International Series | Calder Park Raceway | Calder F5000 race | Qualifying | Crash | ||
July 5, 1980 | Open wheel | March 80A-Ford Cosworth | SCCA-CASC Formula Atlantic Championship | Lime Rock Park | Warm-up | Crash | |||
August 24, 1983 | Sports car | Porsche 935 replica | International Motor Sports Association | Riverside International Raceway | Los Angeles Times Grand Prix | Race | Crash | ||
July 5, 1997 | Touring car | Opel Kadett C | ADAC-Grabfeldrallye | 4. Nationalen ADAC-Grabfeldrallye 1997 | Race | Left the road, crashed into a tree and fell into a ravine | |||
July 19, 2009 | Open wheel | Williams JPH1-Audi | FIA Formula Two Championship | Brands Hatch | Rounds 7 & 8 of the FIA Formula Two Championship | Race | Hit in the head by an untethered wheel causing severe head injuries | ||
May 30, 2009 | Touring car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Czech Rally Open Cup | Rallye Posázaví | XII Rallye Posázaví | Race | Went off the road and crashed into a tree | ||
June 17, 1956 | Sprint car | Kuzma-Offenhauser | USAC Sprint Car Championship | Salem Speedway | Race | Crash | |||
June 5, 1931 | Sports car | Bugatti T35C | Unknown | Rome Urbe Airport | VII Gran Premio Reale di Roma | Practice | Lost control, went over a small wall and rolled down a hill | ||
March 11, 1999 | Sports car | Toyota Supra GT500 | All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship | TI Circuit | Testing | Technical failure caused the car to crash into a tire wall | |||
May 11, 1941 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | High Point Motor Speedway | Unknown | Qualifying | Right rear wheel came off, causing car to flip several times and he was pinned beneath it | ||
October 23, 1983 | Sports car | MCS 4 - BMW | Fuji Grand Champion Series | Fuji Speedway | Fuji Masters 250 Kilometres | Race | Spun out, flipped into the air and crashed into the wall roof first | ||
June 2, 1962 | Open wheel | Lola Mk5 - Ford | Formula Junior | Circuit de Monaco | IV Grand Prix de Monaco Junior | Race | Skidded, crashed into a tree and bounced off a barrier coming out of the tunnel | ||
August 7, 1966 | Open wheel | Brabham BT11 - BRM | 1966 Formula One season | Nürburgring | 1966 German Grand Prix | Race | Ran into the back of Jacky Ickx's car, crashed and caught fire | ||
February 11, 1959 | Open wheel | Kurtis-Kraft KK500D "Sumar Streamliner Special" | Daytona International Speedway | Testing | Crashed into wall, flipped and he was thrown out still attached to the seat | ||||
September 28, 2007 | Touring car | Lada Riva | Mulgi Ralli | Mulgi Ralli | Race | Crashed into a stack of wood | |||
Tommy Thompson | September 23, 1978 | Open wheel | Lola T324 | USAC Mini-Indy Series | Trenton International Speedway | Race | Crashed into a wall with John Barringer. Thompson succumbed to his injuries on 28 September 1978, Barringer made a full recovery. | ||
August 8, 1970 | Sports car | Pontiac Firebird | Trans Am Series | Road America | Practice | Mechanical failure caused crash | |||
May 2, 1986 | Rally car | Lancia Delta S4 | World Rally Championship | Tour de Corse | Tour de Corse | Race | Plunged down ravine after hitting small wall, crashed into a tree and caught fire | ||
July 5, 1975 | Sports car | McLaren M8E | Pontiac, Michigan street course | Wide Track II | Race | Rear halfshaft broke, cutting the rear brake line, which caused the car to go under an Armco barrier | |||
January 23, 1989 | Rally car | Lancia Delta Integrale | World Rally Championship | Monte Carlo Rally | Race | Spectating when the Lancia Delta Integrale of Alessandro Fiorio-Luigi Pirollo went off the road, overturned and killed him and his co-driver | |||
October 8, 2006 | Hillclimb | Reynard F.3000 | Campeonato Vasco de Montaña | Urraki | XXIV Subida a Urraki | Race | Crashed backwards into a tree | ||
April 26, 1953 | Sports car | Jaguar C-Type | World Sports Car Championship | Mille Miglia | XX Mille Miglia | Race | Car rolled in a field and he was thrown out | ||
September 24, 1949 | Open wheel | Maserati 6CM | Formula 1, non-championship | Brno | Velká Cena Československa | Practice | Crash | ||
August 20, 1965 | Sports car | Dome Karasu | Suzuka | Testing | Crashed into a lamppost and was thrown from car | ||||
May 17, 1959 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft | 1959 USAC Championship Car season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1959 Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Crashed in turn 4 and died of injuries and burns | ||
March 17, 2001 | Touring car | Renault Megane | Basque Rallysprint Championship | Rallysprint Ikasberri | II Rallysprint Ikasberri | Race | Broken neck in a minor crash | ||
June 14, 1965 | Eau Claire Raceway | Post-race | Heart attack | ||||||
November 9, 2014 | Touring car | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Czech Rally Championship | Rally Krkonoše | 2014 Rally Krkonoše | Rally stage | Went out of control and hit the wall of a house | ||
August 29, 1954 | Oldsmobile | Mecánica Nacional Fuerza Libre | Las Rosas | XI Premio Las Rosas de Santa Fe - Copa Vito J. Requena | Race | Went off the track and overturned | |||
May 30, 1971 | Open wheel | Estonia 15M | USSR Championship | Borovaya | USSR Championship, round 1 | Race | Crash | ||
June 25, 1950 | Sprint car | Unknown | Mississippi Valley Automobile Racing Association Big Car Championship | Mendota Fairgrounds | Unknown | Race | Lost control in a curve, hit another car, went over a fence and crashed into a tree | ||
July 1, 1948 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo 158 | 1948 Grand Prix season | Bremgarten | 1948 Swiss Grand Prix | Practice | Lost control, hit a barrier and flipped | ||
July 17, 2005 | Stock car | BMW M3 | Peruvian National Championship | Lima | I Copa Alcalde de Lima | Race | Lost control of the car and crashed into a wall | ||
July 27, 2018 | Open wheel | Van Diemen RF01 | SCCA Formula Continental | Road America | Cat's Meow Majors | Practice/test session | Crashed into the barriers in "the kink" after high-speed suspension failure | ||
September 18, 2000 | Open wheel | Coloni CN1 | 2000 Open Telefonica by Nissan season | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Pre-season test | Crashed into the barriers | |||
May 8, 1982 | Open wheel | Ferrari 126 C2 | 1982 Formula One season | Zolder | 1982 Belgian Grand Prix | Qualifying | Crashed into the car of Jochen Mass, barrel-rolled and was thrown out | ||
October 27, 2006 | Touring car | Audi Quattro | Non-championship | Rally Střela | Rally Střela | Race | Crashed into a fence | ||
July 21, 1990 | Sprint car | Salem Speedway | ESPN Thunder | Race | Hit another car and crashed into a fence | ||||
September 10, 1961 | Open wheel | Ferrari 156 | 1961 Formula One season | Monza | 1961 Italian Grand Prix | Race | Car went sideways, went up a hill, flipped and he was thrown out | ||
May 30, 1955 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft | 1955 Formula One season | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 1955 Indianapolis 500 | Race | Hit by the car of Johnny Boyd, went over the back wall and hit a civilian car | ||
November 25, 1990 | Sprint car | Mesa Marin Raceway | Practice | Crashed into a wall | |||||
January 5, 1965 | Stock car | Mercury | 1965 Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | Testing | Blown tire caused the car to crash: the seat launched the driver into the steering wheel, killing him | |||
May 23, 1965 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | 1965 World Sportscar Championship season | Nürburgring | 1000 km Nürburgring | Race | Went off the road and went into a ravine | ||
August 9, 2014 | Sprint car | Empire Super Sprint Series race | Canandaigua Motorsports Park | 2014 race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park | Race | Hit by Tony Stewart while standing on track | |||
July 21, 1991 | Open wheel | Reynard 90D | 1991 British Formula 3000 season | Oulton Park | Gold Cup | Race | Steering locked, crashed into the barriers and was thrown out | ||
October 10, 1968 | Fuji Series - Champions Class | Fuji Speedway | |||||||
September 30, 1994 | Touring car | Holden Commodore VP | CAMS Group 3A | Mount Panorama Circuit | 1994 Tooheys 1000 | Practice | Crash | ||
January 19, 1964 | Stock car | Mercury | NASCAR Grand National Series | Riverside International Raceway | Motor Trend 500 | Race | Crash | ||
February 25, 2013 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV | Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Australia Italian Challenge Race Series | Lakeside International Raceway | Top Gear Classic Race Meeting | Race | Throttle stuck which caused the car to go off the track and crashed into an embankment | ||
April 13, 2008 | Open wheel | Lotus 20 | Historic Sports Car Club | Cadwell Park | Race | Heart attack | |||
October 16, 2011 | Open wheel | Dallara IR-05 | 2011 IndyCar Series season | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | IZOD IndyCar World Championship | Race | Involved in a 15 car crash on the 11th lap of the final race of the season. Wheldon's car was launched into the air and impacted the catch fencing cockpit first, causing fatal head injuries. The race was abandoned after news of Wheldon's death was announced. | ||
October 17, 2002 | Bonneville Salt Flats | Land Speed Record | Equipment failure | ||||||
September 21, 1958 | Saloon car | Jaguar 3.4 litre | Non-championship race | Tour de France | 1958 Tour de France | Race | Crashed off a bridge into a 30-foot ravine at Lasalle, near Nîmes after overturning twice, with his half-brother Graham Whitehead at the wheel. Graham escaped with serious but not life-threatening injuries, but Peter was killed instantly. | ||
September 4, 1923 | Open wheel | Duesenberg | American Automobile Association National Championship | Altoona Speedway | Altoona 200 Mile Race | Race | Crash | ||
May 22, 1953 | Sports cars | Allard J2X Le Mans | SCCA National Sports Car Championship | Bridgehampton | Bridgehampton Sports Car Races | Qualifying | Crash | ||
February 17, 1979 | Stock car | Chevrolet Chevelle | NASCAR Late Model Sportsman | Daytona International Speedway | Sportsman 300 | Race | Crash | ||
August 29, 1973 | Open wheel | March 731 - Ford | Formula One | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 1973 Dutch Grand Prix | Race | Asphyxiation from fire and smoke from crash | ||
January 12, 1980 | Stock car | Chevrolet Camaro | NASCAR Grand American | Riverside International Raceway | NASCAR Stock Car Products 300 | Race | Crash | ||
August 24, 2015 | Open wheel | Dallara DW12 | 2015 IndyCar Series season | Pocono Raceway | ABC Supply 500 | Race | Struck in the head by debris from the crashed car of Sage Karam | ||
January 28, 1949 | Open wheel | Simca-Gordini 10GCT15 | Palermo | Gran Premio General Perón | Practice | Crash due to spectators crossing the track | |||
August 11, 1985 | Sports car | Porsche 962C | 1985 World Sportscar Championship season | Mosport International Raceway | Budweiser GT 1000km | Race | Crash | ||
October 27, 2012 | Sprint car | Calistoga Speedway | 75th Anniversary Race | Race | Crash | ||||
June 14, 1969 | Sports car | Porsche 917 | 1969 World Sportscar Championship season | 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crash | ||
July 7, 1968 | Sports car | Morgan | Sports Car Club of America National | Cotati Raceway | Race | Equipment failure | |||
June 27, 1976 | Dragster | I-55 Raceway | Time trial | Crash | |||||
October 8, 1972 | Stock car | Chevrolet Camaro | Automobile Racing Club of America | Texas World Speedway | Royal Triton ARCA | Race | Crash | ||
October 15, 1994 | Touring car | BMW M3 | Austrian Touring Car Championship | Zeltweg Air Base | Saisonfinale Österreichring | Race | Crash | ||
September 14, 1924 | Hawthorne Race Course | Dreamland Derby | Post-race | Crash | |||||
July 16, 1965 | Open wheel | Brabham BT16 | Formula Libre | Dunboyne | Leinster Trophy | Practice | Hit by another car, struck an electricity transmission ESB pole and somersaulted into a field | ||
May 13, 1951 | Bell Timing Association | El Mirage Lake | Land speed record | Crash | |||||
June 13, 1964 | Dragster | American Hot Rod Association | U.S. 30 Dragway | Race | Crash | ||||
April 5, 1987 | Open wheel | Van Diemen RF86 Ford | Snetterton Formula Ford 1600 Championship | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | Champion of Snetterton FF1600 series | Race | Hit by another car and flipped onto barriers upside down | ||
August 6, 1972 | Touring car | Ford Anglia SRC | Oran Park Raceway | Race | Crashed into pit lane | ||||
July 29, 1960 | Sprint car | International Motor Contest Association | Scotland County Speedway | Race | Went over a bank, plunger over and rolled | ||||
November 16, 2012 | Touring car | Chevrolet Cruze | Guia Circuit | 59th Macau Grand Prix | Qualifying | Clipped a barrier on the inside of a turn and smashed into a wall on the outside of the turn | |||
October 19, 1997 | Open wheel | Dallara F396 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Fuji Speedway | 1997 Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Race | Crashed into another car, went airborne and hit the gantry carrying a signboard | ||
September 2, 1963 | Sports car | Jaguar D-Type | Formule Libre, non-championship | Johore | Johore Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into a wall, car broke in two and the front fell off of a cliff to the beach below | ||
July 19, 1995 | Sprint car | Unknown | World of Outlaws | Knoxville Speedway | Sprint car event | Race | Flipped nine times | ||
September 22, 1985 | Dragster | Unknown | International Hot Rod Association | Bristol Dragway | Fall Nationals | Race | Crashed into guard rail and support post and was thrown out | ||
February 13, 1987 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series | Daytona International Speedway | Komfort Koach 200 | Race | Hit by another car after a multi-car crash | ||
November 23, 1954 | Touring car | Chevrolet Bel Air | 1954 World Sportscar Championship | Carrera Panamericana | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Accident | ||
September 22, 1968 | Dragster | Cadillac Eldorado | Blue Grass Dragway | Race | Rolled over and the roll cage collapsed | ||||
July 4, 1971 | Touring car | Dodge Dart | Rally da Integração Nacional | I Rally da Integração Nacional | Rally | Crash | |||
September 19, 1982 | Kart | Cosenza | 1° Memorial Gilles Villeneuve - Circuito di Cosenza | Post-qualifying | Crashed head-first into a metal tube from a barrier at 81 mph | ||||
August 30, 1987 | Dragster | Chevrolet Monza | Lebanon Valley Dragway | Race | Went out off control, flipped, hit a tree and landed in a creek bed | ||||
June 8, 1996 | Rally car | Nissan Micra | Eindhoven Luik Eindhoven Rally | 33rd Eindhoven Luik Eindhoven Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree | |||
October 8, 1937 | Stock car | Mercedes-Benz SSK | Turismo Carretera | Casilda | Gran Premio Ciudad de Casilda | Practice | Slid on the track, hit a fence and was thrown out | ||
April 1, 1903 | Hillclimbing | Mercedes | La Turbie | Course de Côte Nice-La Turbie | Race | Crashed into a small rock and was thrown out | |||
October 19, 1924 | Open wheel | Mercedes M72/94 | Monza | 1924 Italian Grand Prix | Race | Went off the road and crashed into a tree | |||
May 13, 1977 | Touring car | Polski Fiat 125p | Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski | Rajd Kormoran | X. Rajd Kormoran | Race | Crashed into a tree trying to avoid a bus | ||
June 13, 1913 | Open wheel | Peugeot EX3 | 1913 Grand Prix season, non-championship | Amiens | 1913 French Grand Prix | Testing | Crashed into a horse cart and was thrown out | ||
March 13, 1966 | Touring car | Fiat Abarth 850 TC | Monza | Coppa Fisa 1966 | Race | Hit a barrier and somersaulted several times | |||
September 20, 1975 | Modified | Unknown | NASCAR super modifieds | San Jose Speedway | Weekly race | Practice | Rear axle broke and tore open the fuel tank |