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