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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 World Championship events,^[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 eight of these were while participating in the Indy 500 during the 1950s when it was part of the Formula One World Championship.

1 Accidents
2 By circuit
3 Notes
4 References

Accidents

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

By circuit

Rank	Circuit	Fatal accidents
Rank	Circuit	Total	First	Last
1	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	8	1953	1959
2	Nürburgring	5	1954	1969
3	Modena Autodrome	3	1953	1961
3	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3	1961	1978
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2	1960	1960
	Silverstone Circuit		1960	1967
	Circuit Zandvoort		1970	1973
	Watkins Glen International		1973	1974
	Brands Hatch		1971	1977
	Kyalami		1974	1977
	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari		1994	1994
12	Reims-Gueux	1	1958
	Ain-Diab Circuit		1958
	Charade Circuit		1959
	Westmead Circuit		1962
	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez		1962
	Circuit de Monaco		1967
	Rouen-Les-Essarts		1968
	Österreichring		1975
	Hockenheimring		1980
	Zolder		1982
	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve		1982
	Circuit Paul Ricard		1986

Notes

^ ^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.
^ International Trophy was not a part of the 1960 world championship.
^ ^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.
^ Fifteen spectators were also killed in Von Trips' fatal accident.
^ 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.
^ Hocking was killed in a Formula One practice Session. He was killed one week prior to his first Formula One Grand Prix.
^ John Taylor died of serious burns a few weeks after the accident on September 8, 1966 in Koblenz, Germany.
^ Lorenzo Bandini died of serious burns three days after his accident .
^ Mitter was driving a Formula Two car. F2 cars were allowed to take part in the F1 race as part of a separate contest.
^ After his death, Jochen Rindt was declared champion after his rivals failed to overhaul his points tally four Grands Prix later.
^ The World Championship Victory Race was not a part of the 1971 world championship.
^ 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.
^ McGuire was killed in a Shellsport Formula One Race at Brands Hatch, which was not part of the Formula One Championship.
^ Shellsport Championship Round 11 was not a part of the 1977 World Championship.
^ Peterson died in hospital the following day.
^ Villeneuve died in hospital later that day.

References

"GP Encyclopedia > Driver Index". http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/encyclopedia.html. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
Jones, Bruce (1995). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One. The Book Company. ISBN 0-34064-889-9.
"The Indianapolis 500 > Fatalities". http://indymotorspeedway.com/500fatal.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
"F1 fatalities by circuit and nation". http://www.f1complete.com/content/category/10/65/383/. Retrieved 2007-04-20.

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List of Formula One fatal accidents

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Accidents

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Notes

References