List of fatal accidents

As with all motorsports, Formula One has witnessed fatal accidents.

The first driver fatality that occurred in the Formula One series was that of Cameron Earl. He was killed while working as an English Racing Automobiles team technical consultant. His car overturned while he was test driving. He died in the hospital from skull fractures at age 29.

Chet Miller was the oldest Formula One driver ever to die, aged 50. The youngest was Ricardo Rodríguez, aged 20.

The death of Jules Bianchi was the first driver fatality of Formula One since that of Ayrton Senna after he crashed into a wall in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at 233km/h. Bianchi died on 17 July 2015, after nine months in a coma as a result of crashing into a recovery vehicle at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, and suffering a diffuse axonal injury, at age 25. The accident was eerily similar to that of María de Villota's testing crash in 2012.

Although the deaths of these racing legends were tragic events, they helped the sport to develop many of the modern safety devices and regulations that are used in the sport today. As a result of this, Formula One celebrated the 20th fatality-free season in 2014, up until Bianchi's accident in Japan. The 2000's remains the only decade to date in which no driver was killed.

The following list includes Formula One drivers that were killed during a FIA World Championship race weekend (1950–present). This includes:

• Race
• Qualifying
• Practice
• Pre-race testing
• Private test sessions

DriversEdit

Driver	Age	Date Of Accident	Event	Car	Session
Cameron Earl	29	June 18, 1952	N/A	ERA	Test
Chet Miller	50	May 15, 1953	1953 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	Practice
Charles de Tornaco	26	September 18, 1953	1953 Modena Grand Prix	Ferrari	Practice
Onofre Marimón	30	July 31, 1954	1954 German Grand Prix	Maserati	Practice
Mario Alborghetti	26	April 11, 1955	1955 Pau Grand Prix	Maserati	Race
Manny Ayulo	33	May 16, 1955	1955 Indianapolis 500	Kuzma	Practice
Bill Vukovich	36	May 30, 1955	1955 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	Race
Eugenio Castellotti	26	March 14, 1957	N/A	Ferrari	Test
Keith Andrews	36	May 15, 1957	1957 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	Practice
Pat O'Connor	29	May 30, 1958	1958 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	Race
Luigi Musso	33	July 6, 1958	1958 French Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Peter Collins	26	August 3, 1958	1958 German Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Stuart Lewis-Evans	28	September 19, 1958	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix	Vanwall	Race
Jerry Unser Jr.	26	May 17, 1959	1959 Indianapolis 500	Kurtis Kraft	Pre-race test
Harry Schell	38	May 13, 1960	1960 BRDC International Trophy	Cooper	Practice
Bob Cortner	32	May 19, 1959	1959 Indianapolis 500	Cornis	Pre-race test
Chris Bristow	22	June 19, 1960	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	Cooper	Race
Alan Stacey	26	June 19, 1960	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	Lotus	Race
Shane Summers	24	June 1, 1961	1961 Silver City Trophy	Cooper	Practice
Giulio Cabianca	38	June 15, 1961	N/A	Cooper	Test
Wolfgang von Trips	33	September 10, 1961	1961 Italian Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Ricardo Rodríguez	20	November 1, 1962	1962 Mexican Grand Prix	Lotus	Practice
Gary Hocking	25	December 21, 1962	1962 Natal Grand Prix	Lotus	Practice
Carel Godin de Beaufort	30	August 2, 1964	1964 German Grand Prix	Porsche	Practice
John Taylor	33	August 7, 1966	1966 German Grand Prix	Brabham	Race
Lorenzo Bandini	31	May 7, 1967	1967 Monaco Grand Prix	Ferrari	Race
Bob Anderson	36	August 14, 1967	N/A	Brabham	Test
Jo Schlesser	40	July 7, 1968	1968 French Grand Prix	Honda	Race
Gerhard Mitter	33	August 2, 1969	1969 German Grand Prix	BMW	Practice
Martin Brain		May 25, 1970	Nottingham Sportscar Club Meeting	Cooper	Race
Piers Courage	28	June 7, 1970	1970 Dutch Grand Prix	De Tomaso	Race
Jochen Rindt	28	September 5, 1970	1970 Italian Grand Prix	Lotus	Qualifying
Jo Siffert	35	October 24, 1971	1971 World Championship Victory Race	BRM	Race
Roger Williamson	25	July 29, 1973	1973 Dutch Grand Prix	March	Race
François Cevert	29	October 6, 1973	1973 United States Grand Prix	Tyrrell	Qualifying
Peter Revson	35	March 22, 1974	1974 South African Grand Prix	Shadow	Pre-race test
Helmuth Koinigg	25	October 6, 1974	1974 United States Grand Prix	Surtees	Race
Mark Donohue	38	August 19, 1975	1975 Austrian Grand Prix	Penske	Practice
Tom Pryce	27	March 5, 1977	1977 South African Grand Prix	Shadow	Race
Brian McGuire	31	August 29, 1977	1977 Shellsport Championship	McGuire	Practice
Ronnie Peterson	34	September 10, 1978	1978 Italian Grand Prix	Lotus	Race
Patrick Depailler	35	August 1, 1980	N/A	Alfa Romeo	Test
Gilles Villeneuve	32	May 8, 1982	1982 Belgian Grand Prix	Ferrari	Qualifying
Riccardo Paletti	23	June 13, 1982	1982 Canadian Grand Prix	Osella	Race
Elio de Angelis	28	May 15, 1986	N/A	Brabham	Test
Roland Ratzenberger	33	April 30, 1994	1994 San Marino Grand Prix	Simtek	Qualifying
Ayrton Senna	34	May 1, 1994	1994 San Marino Grand Prix	Williams	Race
John Dawson-Damer	59	June 24, 2000	2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed	Lotus	Demonstration
Fritz Glatz	58	July 14, 2002	2002 EuroBOSS Series Season	Footwork	Race
Maria de Villota	33	July 3, 2012	N/A	Marussia	Test
Jules Bianchi	25	October 5, 2014	2014 Japanese Grand Prix	Marussia	Race

Track MarshallsEdit

Video MemorialEdit

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ReferencesEdit

• ESPN - Formula One Drivers
• Formula One - History Of F1 Safety

External LinksEdit

• Formula One - History Of F1 Safety
• F1scarlet fatalities descriptions