List of Formula One fatal accidents

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This is a list of Formula One fatal accidents, which consists of all the drivers who have died during a FIA World Championship race weekend, or elsewhere while driving a Formula One car. It does not include track marshals and other race attendees, or F1 races held before the inauguration of the World Championship in 1950. Forty-five drivers have died in this fashion, 24 during a World Championship Grand Prix race weekend, 8 during Indianapolis 500 races when it was part of the F1 World Championship,[1] 9 during a test session and 4 during a non-championship Formula One event.

Fifteen drivers died in the 1950s; twelve in the 1960s; ten in the 1970s; four in the 1980s and two in the 1990s. No driver has suffered a fatal accident since 1994, making this the longest period in F1 history without a driver fatality. Drivers from the United States of America have had the most fatal accidents with ten drivers from that country having died, although seven of these were while participating in the Indy 500 during the 1950s when it was part of the FIA World Drivers' Championship.

Contents

Accidents

Driver Date of accident Race Circuit Car During
United States Chet Miller 01953-05-15May 15, 1953 1953 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Practice
Belgium Charles de Tornaco 01953-09-18September 18, 1953 Test Modena Autodrome Ferrari Test
Argentina Onofre Marimón 01954-07-31July 31, 1954 1954 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Maserati Practice
United States Manny Ayulo 01955-05-16May 16, 1955 1955 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kuzma Practice
United States Bill Vukovich 01955-05-30May 30, 1955 1955 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Race
Italy Eugenio Castellotti 01957-03-14March 14, 1957 Test Modena Autodrome Ferrari Test
United States Keith Andrews 01957-05-15May 15, 1957 1957 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Practice
United States Pat O'Connor 01958-05-30May 30, 1958 1958 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Race
Italy Luigi Musso 01958-07-06July 6, 1958 1958 French Grand Prix Reims-Gueux Ferrari Race
United Kingdom Peter Collins 01958-08-03August 3, 1958 1958 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Ferrari Race
United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans 01958-09-19September 19, 1958 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix Ain-Diab Circuit Vanwall Race
United States Jerry Unser 01959-05-17May 17, 1959 1959 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Kurtis Kraft Pre-race test
United States Bob Cortner 01959-05-19May 19, 1959 1959 Indianapolis 500[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway Cornis Pre-race test
United States Harry Schell 01960-05-13May 13, 1960 International Trophy[2] Silverstone Cooper Qualifying
United Kingdom Chris Bristow 01960-06-19June 19, 1960 1960 Belgian Grand Prix[3] Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Cooper Race
United Kingdom Alan Stacey 01960-06-19June 19, 1960 1960 Belgian Grand Prix[3] Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Lotus Race
Italy Giulio Cabianca 01961-06-15June 15, 1961 Test Modena Autodrome Cooper Test
Germany Wolfgang von Trips[4] 01961-09-10September 10, 1961 1961 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza Ferrari Race
Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez[5] 01962-11-01November 1, 1962 1962 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Lotus Practice
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking 01962-12-21December 21, 1962[6] 1962 Natal Grand Prix Westmead Circuit Lotus Practice
Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort 01964-08-02August 2, 1964 1964 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Porsche Practice
United Kingdom John Taylor 01966-08-07August 7, 1966[7] 1966 German Grand Prix Nürburgring Brabham Race
Italy Lorenzo Bandini 01967-05-07May 7, 1967[8] 1967 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco Ferrari Race
United Kingdom Bob Anderson 01967-08-14August 14, 1967 Test Silverstone Brabham Test
France Jo Schlesser 01968-07-07July 7, 1968 1968 French Grand Prix Rouen-Les-Essarts Honda Race
Germany Gerhard Mitter 01969-08-02August 2, 1969 1969 German Grand Prix Nürburgring BMW[9] Practice
United Kingdom Piers Courage 01970-06-07June 7, 1970 1970 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Zandvoort De Tomaso Race
Austria Jochen Rindt[10] 01970-09-05September 5, 1970 1970 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza Lotus Qualifying
Switzerland Jo Siffert 01971-10-24October 24, 1971 1971 World Championship Victory Race[11] Brands Hatch BRM Race
United Kingdom Roger Williamson 01973-07-29July 29, 1973 1973 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Zandvoort March Race
France François Cevert 01973-10-06October 6, 1973 1973 United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Tyrrell Qualifying
United States Peter Revson 01974-03-30March 30, 1974 1974 South African Grand Prix Kyalami Shadow Pre-race test
Austria Helmuth Koinigg 01974-10-06October 6, 1974 1974 United States Grand Prix Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Surtees Race
United States Mark Donohue 01975-08-19August 19, 1975 1975 Austrian Grand Prix Österreichring Penske Practice
United Kingdom Tom Pryce[12] 01977-03-05March 5, 1977 1977 South African Grand Prix Kyalami Shadow Race
Australia Brian McGuire 01977-08-29August 29, 1977[13] 1977 Shellsport Championship Round 11[14] Brands Hatch Williams Practice
Sweden Ronnie Peterson 01978-09-11September 11, 1978[15] 1978 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza Lotus Race
France Patrick Depailler 01980-08-01August 1, 1980 Test Hockenheimring Alfa Romeo Test
Canada Gilles Villeneuve 01982-05-08May 8, 1982[16] 1982 Belgian Grand Prix Zolder Ferrari Qualifying
Italy Riccardo Paletti 01982-06-13June 13, 1982 1982 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Osella Race
Italy Elio de Angelis 01986-05-15May 15, 1986 Test Circuit Paul Ricard Brabham Test
Austria Roland Ratzenberger 01994-04-30April 30, 1994 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Simtek Qualifying
Brazil Ayrton Senna 01994-05-01May 1, 1994 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Williams Race

By circuit

Circuit Fatal accidents
Total First Last
United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway 7 1953 1959
Germany Nürburgring 5 1954 1969
Italy Modena Autodrome 3 1953 1961
Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 1961 1978
Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 1960 1960
United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 1960 1967
Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort 1970 1973
United States Watkins Glen International 1973 1974
United Kingdom Brands Hatch 1971 1977
South Africa Kyalami 1974 1977
Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1994 1994
France Reims-Gueux 1 1958
Morocco Ain-Diab Circuit 1958
France Charade Circuit 1959
South Africa Westmead Circuit 1962
Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1962
Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1967
France Rouen-Les-Essarts 1968
Austria Österreichring 1975
Germany Hockenheimring 1980
Belgium Zolder 1982
Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1982
France Circuit Paul Ricard 1986

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h The Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 until 1960. In this context, an Indianapolis 500 "event" includes both the race itself and all the testing, practice and qualifying sessions in the so-called "month of May" leading up to the race.
  2. ^ International Trophy was not a part of the 1960 world championship.
  3. ^ a b Although both drivers died at the same Grand Prix, Alan Stacey and Chris Bristow were not involved in the same accident. Bristow died on the 19th lap after being thrown out of his car, a result of losing control of his car at Malmedy, while Stacey died on the 24th lap after a bird flew into his face and he lost control of his car.
  4. ^ Fifteen spectators were also killed in Von Trips' fatal accident.
  5. ^ At the age of 20 years, 8 months and 18 days, Ricardo Rodríguez is the youngest person to have suffered a fatal accident in Formula One.
  6. ^ Hocking was killed in a Formula One practice Session. He was killed one week prior to his first Formula One Grand Prix.
  7. ^ John Taylor died of serious burns a few weeks after the accident on September 8, 1966 in Koblenz, Germany.
  8. ^ Lorenzo Bandini died of serious burns three days after his accident .
  9. ^ Mitter was driving a Formula Two car. F2 cars were allowed to take part in the F1 race as part of a separate contest.
  10. ^ After his death, Jochen Rindt was declared champion after his rivals failed to overhaul his points tally four Grands Prix later.
  11. ^ The World Championship Victory Race was not a part of the 1971 world championship.
  12. ^ As well as Tom Pryce, Jansen Van Vuuren, a teenage volunteer safety marshal, died in the accident after Pryce collided with him at high speed.
  13. ^ McGuire was killed in a Shellsport Formula One Race at Brands Hatch, which was not part of the Formula One Championship.
  14. ^ Shellsport Championship Round 11 was not a part of the 1977 World Championship.
  15. ^ Peterson died in hospital the following day.
  16. ^ Villeneuve died in hospital later that day.

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