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. 45 drivers have died in this fashion, 32 during a World Championship race weekend, 9 during a test session and 4 during a non-championship Formula One event.

Raymond Sommer was the first person to die while driving a Formula One car in September 1950, and the most recent was Ayrton Senna, who died in May 1994. Seventeen drivers died in the 1950s; thirteen in the 1960s; ten in the 1970s; four in the 1980s and two in the 1990s.  

Driver Date of
accident
Race Team During
Flag of France Raymond Sommer September 10, 1950 Haute Garonne GP (Cadours) Cooper Race
Flag of United States Chet Miller May 15, 1953 1953 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft Practice
Flag of United States Carl Scarborough May 30, 1953 Kurtis Kraft Race
Flag of Belgium Charles de Tornaco September 18, 1953 Test (Modena Autodrome) Ferrari Test
Flag of Argentina Onofre Marim?n July 31, 1954 1954 German Grand Prix Maserati Practice
Flag of United States Manny Ayulo May 16, 1955 1955 Indianapolis 500 Kuzma Practice
Flag of United States Bill Vukovich May 30, 1955 Kurtis Kraft Race
Flag of Italy Eugenio Castellotti March 14, 1957 Test (Modena Autodrome) Ferrari Test
Flag of United States Keith Andrews May 15, 1957 1957 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft Practice
Flag of United States Pat O'Connor May 30, 1958 1958 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft Race
Flag of Italy Luigi Musso July 6, 1958 1958 French Grand Prix Ferrari Race
Flag of United Kingdom Peter Collins August 3, 1958 1958 German Grand Prix Ferrari Race
Flag of United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans September 19, 1958 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix Vanwall Race
Flag of United States Jerry Unser May 17, 1959 1959 Indianapolis 500 Kurtis Kraft Pre-race test
Flag of United States Bob Cortner May 19, 1959 Cornis Pre-race test
Flag of United Kingdom Ivor Bueb August 1, 1959 Test (Charade Circuit) Cooper Test
Flag of United States Harry Schell May 13, 1960 International Trophy (Silverstone) Cooper Qualifying
Flag of United Kingdom Chris Bristow June 19, 1960 1960 Belgian Grand Prix Cooper Race
Flag of United Kingdom Alan Stacey June 19, 1960 Lotus Race
Flag of Italy Giulio Cabianca February 17, 1961 Test (Modena Autodrome) Cooper Test
Flag of Germany Wolfgang von Trips September 10, 1961 1961 Italian Grand Prix Ferrari Race
Flag of Mexico Ricardo Rodr?guez November 1, 1962 1962 Mexican Grand Prix Lotus Practice
Flag of Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort August 2, 1964 1964 German Grand Prix Porsche Practice
Flag of United Kingdom John Taylor August 7, 1966 1966 German Grand Prix Brabham Race
Flag of Italy Lorenzo Bandini May 7, 1967 1967 Monaco Grand Prix Ferrari Race
Flag of United Kingdom Bob Anderson August 14, 1967 Test (Silverstone) Brabham Test
Flag of United Kingdom Mike Spence May 7, 1968 Test (Indianapolis) Lotus Test
Flag of France Jo Schlesser July 7, 1968 1968 French Grand Prix Honda Race
Flag of Germany Gerhard Mitter August 2, 1969 1969 German Grand Prix BMW Practice
Flag of United Kingdom Piers Courage June 7, 1970 1970 Dutch Grand Prix De Tomaso Race
Flag of Austria Jochen Rindt September 5, 1970 1970 Italian Grand Prix Lotus Qualifying
Flag of Switzerland Jo Siffert October 24, 1971 1971 Brands Hatch Victory Race BRM Race
Flag of United Kingdom Roger Williamson July 29, 1973 1973 Dutch Grand Prix March Race
Flag of France Fran?ois Cevert October 7, 1973 1973 United States Grand Prix Tyrrell Qualifying
Flag of United States Peter Revson March 30, 1974 1974 South African Grand Prix Shadow Pre-race test
Flag of Austria Helmut Koinigg October 6, 1974 1974 United States Grand Prix Surtees Race
Flag of United States Mark Donohue August 19, 1975 1975 Austrian Grand Prix Penske Practice
Flag of United Kingdom Tom Pryce March 5, 1977 1977 South African Grand Prix Shadow Race
Flag of Sweden Ronnie Peterson September 11, 1978 1978 Italian Grand Prix Lotus Race
Flag of France Patrick Depailler August 1, 1980 Test (Hockenheimring) Alfa Romeo Test
Flag of Canada Gilles Villeneuve May 8, 1982 1982 Belgian Grand Prix Ferrari Qualifying
Flag of Italy Riccardo Paletti June 13, 1982 1982 Canadian Grand Prix Osella Race
Flag of Italy Elio de Angelis May 15, 1986 Test (Paul Ricard) Brabham Test
Flag of Austria Roland Ratzenberger April 30, 1994 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Simtek Qualifying
Flag of Brazil Ayrton Senna May 1, 1994 Williams Race

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