# List of driver deaths in motorsport

Tracks with the most driver deaths :
| Indianapolis | 57 (list) |
| Nürburgring | 48 (list) |
| Brands Hatch | 37 (list) |
| Silverstone | 35 |
| Monza | 30 (list) |
| Le Mans | 27 (list (24H)) |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 26 (list) |
| Oulton Park | 26 |
| Daytona | 25 (list) |
Many people, including drivers, crew members, officials and spectators, have been killed in crashes related to the sport of auto racing, in races, in qualifying, in practice or in private testing sessions. Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing, but advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced the rate of fatal accidents. Major accidents have often spurred increased safety measures and rules changes. Widely considered to be the worst accident is the 1955 Le Mans disaster at 24 Hours of Le Mans that killed driver Pierre Levegh and approximately 80 spectators with over 100 being injured in total.
This is a list alphabetically sorted, and structured after the kind of competition, of the more notable driver deaths, excluding those of motorcycle riders. In addition, several racing drivers have been killed in public road crashes; see List of people who died in road accidents.

## Deaths

| Name | Date of accident | Discipline | Car | Championship | Circuit/location | Event | Session | Cause | Source |
| Héctor Abate-Daga (BRA) | 1958-07-13 | | | Mecánica Nacional Fuerza Limitada | Concordia (Parque Rivadavia, Circuito San Carlos) | Primer Premio Ciudad de Concordia | Race | A broken spindle caused the car to crash and burst into flames | |
| Norris Abbott (USA) | 1958-07-19 | Drag racing | | | Paradise Mesa Drag Strip | | Race | Transmission exploded, car caught on fire, Norris lost control of car and was ejected | |
| Bill Abell (USA) | 1940-08-23 | Stock car | | | Fulton Fairgrounds | | Race | Lost control and car left the track | |
| Bud Abell (USA) | 1947-11-09 | Stock car | | | Mitchell Speedrome | | Qualifying | Spun off the track, plunged over an embankment and overturned | |
| Dale Abendroth (USA) | 1982-06-12 | Stock car | Chevrolet Vega | | Wisconsin International Raceway | | Race | Car skidded sideways, went into a ditch, flipped upside down, and burst into flames | |
| Dennis Abney (USA) | 1989-10-14 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Lakeland Interstate Raceway | Unknown | Race | Car struck by a backmarker | |
| Ray Abney (USA) | 1973-06-10 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Englewood Speedway | Unknown | Race | Car burst into flames and slammed into the pit wall entrance | |
| Franz Abraham (FRG) | 1977-04-16 | Sports car | Porsche Carrera RSR | Unknown | Hockenheimring | Jim Clark Memorial Race | Practice | Drove straight into a concrete wall | |
| Marguerite Accarie (FRA) | 1970-05-02 | Rally car | | Non-championship | Rallye Paris - Saint-Raphaël Féminin 1970, last special stage, Briançon-Monte Carlo | 28ème Rallye Paris - Saint-Raphaël Féminin | Race | Crashed into a private vehicle | |
| Jean Achard (FRA) | 1951-07-14 | Touring car | Ferrari | | Gávea | XII Grande Prêmio da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro | Testing | Crashed into a concrete wall | |
| Howard Ackley (USA) | 1947-08-10 | Stock car | | | Towanda Fairgrounds | | Testing | Lost control, went through a fence and crashed into a building | |
| Les Adair (USA) | 1948-09-19 | Sprint car | | Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association | Franklin Speedway | Qualifying heat race | Race | Locked wheels with another car, went through a fence and the other car landed on Adair's car | |
| Harry Adams (USA) | 1958-06-22 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Rensselaer Raceway | Unknown | Race | Car crashed into the retaining wall | |
| Joshua William Adams (AUS) | 2005-08-20 | Kart | Unknown | Unknown | Pine Creek | Unknown | Race | Kart slid and crashed into tree | |
| Speed Adams (USA) | 1932-09-24 | Unknown | Frontenac | Unknown | Fairgrounds Speedway | Unknown | Race | Blinded by dust, Adams ran over the rear wheel of another car, locked wheels, spun, his car came apart and hit the other car again: he was ejected and slid into an iron fence | |
| Jim Adamson (USA) | 1976-05-28 | Sprint car | Unknown | Unknown | Fairmont Raceway | Sprint car consolation race | Race | Right rear tire blew out, car flipped six times, hit a lightpost and landed upside down | |
| Grant Adcox (USA) | 1989-11-19 | Stock car | Oldsmobile Cutlass | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Atlanta Journal 500 | Race | Equipment failure caused the car to hit a wall hard | |
| Lionel Aderton (USA) | 1949-06-05 | Hotrod | Unknown | Unknown | Holbrook Fairgrounds | Unknown | Race | Locked wheels with another car, broke the rear axle, car spun and crashed through a guard rail | |
| Francis Affleck (CAN) | 1985-02-07 | Stock car | Ford | ARCA Racing Series | Daytona International Speedway | ARCA 200 | Practice | Lost control, car went airborne and rolled | |
| Gérard Ah Mouck (FRA) | 2007-08-19 | Rally car | Peugeot 306 Maxi | Mauritius Rally Championship | Rallye à l'Ile Maurice | Rallye Citroën à l'Ile Maurice | Race | Heart attack | |
| Chris Airey (GBR) | 1963-05-19 | Touring car | Austin A40 | Molyslip Saloon Car Championship | Brands Hatch | Molyslip Saloon Car Championship, event 10 | Race | After going off track, he got back on too quickly, car rolled four times and went down an embankment (the seat came loose during the rolls and he was partially thrown out of the door) | |
| Bob Akin (USA) | 2002-04-29 | Historical sportscar | Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo | Historic Sportscar Racing | Road Atlanta | HSR Walter Mitty Challenge | Practice | Crashed into concrete barrier, car caught fire, flipped over the barrier, rolled and hit two trees | |
| Lamont Akins (USA) | 2014-05-25 | Drag racing | Plymouth Duster | Unknown | Maryland International Raceway | Custom T's Doorslammer Nationals | Post-race | Lost control, car crossed lanes, struck aconcrete wall, rolled and Akins was thrown out | |
| Kiyoshi Akiyama (JPN) | 1970-08-23 | Touring car | Honda S800 | Unknown | Suzuka Circuit | 12 Hours of Suzuka | Race | Akiyama's car hit another car and caught fire | |
| Marcel Albers (NED) | 1992-04-20 | Open wheel | Ralt RT36-Honda | British Formula Three | Thruxton Circuit | | Race | Hit the back of Elton Julian's car, went airborne, somersaulted, and hit guardrail | |
| Bill Albertson (USA) | 1930-08-16 | Single seater | Miller | Unknown | Orange County Fair Speedway | Unknown | Qualifying | Wheel brake locked, car rolled over several times, hit a guardrail and threw Albertson out onto the track | |
| Michele Alboreto (ITA) | 2001-04-25 | Sports car | Audi R8 | | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | | Testing | Tire failed, car went airborne, somersaulted, roll bar collapsed and crushed Alboreto to death | |
| Mario Alborghetti (ITA) | 1955-04-11 | Open wheel | Maserati 4CLT | Formula One | Circuit de Pau-Ville | Pau Grand Prix | Race | Went over a straw barricade and crashed into barriers | |
| Andriy Aleksandrov (UKR) | 2007-09-02 | Rally car | Subaru Impreza | European Rally Championship | Sliven | Rally Bulgaria | Race | Crashed into tree roof-first | |
| Blaise Alexander (USA) | 2001-10-04 | Stock car | Pontiac | ARCA Racing Series | Lowe's Motor Speedway | EasyCare 100 | Race | Made contact with Kerry Earnhardt, crashed head on into a wall. The car then touched Earnhardt's car, flipping it upside down | |
| Randy Alexander (USA) | 2018-05-05 | Drag racing | Chevrolet Corvette | NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series | Atlanta Dragway | NHRA Southern Nationals | Race | The car veered to the right across the center line and into the other lane, where it was t-boned at high speed by the car of Bob Mandell III | |
| Clifford Allison (USA) | 1992-08-13 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Busch Series | Michigan International Speedway | Detroit Gasket 200 | Practice | Seat broke after he spun in turn 3 hitting the wall with the driver's side of the car | |
| Francisco Javier Álvarez (ESP) | 2023-04-14 | Rally Car | | Asturias Rally Championship (Campeonato de Asturias de Rallyes) | Asturias, Spain | Rally Villa de Tineo | Race | The car left the road and crashed into a tree | |
| George Amick (USA) | 1959-04-04 | Open wheel | Epperly | USAC Championship | Daytona International Speedway | USAC 100-mile race | Race | Crashed into wall, front end sheared off, and car flipped | |
| Bob Anderson (GBR) | 1967-08-14 | Open wheel | Brabham BT11 | Formula One | Silverstone | | Testing | Crashed into marshal's box | |
| Ove Andersson (SWE) | 2008-06-11 | Classic rally | Volvo 544 | | Milligan Vintage Trial | 39th Continental Tyre Milligan Vintage Trial | | Crashed head-on into a van | |
| Keith Andrews (USA) | 1957-05-15 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 500G | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Andrews stepped into Giuseppe Farina's car for a test run, but crashed. Down the frontstretch, Andrews began to slide and when he attempted to correct, the car backed into the inside wall separating the pit area. Andrews was crushed to death between the cowl and the fuel tank, but no fire broke out. | |
| Elio de Angelis (ITA) | 1986-05-14 | Open wheel | Brabham BT55-BMW | Formula One | Circuit Paul Ricard | Formula 1 World Championship | Test‡ | During tests at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, the rear wing of de Angelis's BT55 detached at high speed. Angelis died 29 hours later, at the hospital in Marseille where he had been taken, from smoke inhalation. | |
| Paul Armagnac (FRA) | 1962-10-20 | Sportscar | Matra Djet | World Sportscar Championship | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Practice | Car slid sideways, hit the right embankment, barrel-rolled across the road, smashed against a talus and he was thrown out | |
| Alberto Ascari (ITA) | 1955-05-26 | Sportscar | Ferrari 750 Monza | | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | | Testing | Crashed and rolled | |
| Antonio Ascari (Kingdom of Italy) | 1925-07-26 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo P2 | Grand Prix season | Autodrome de Montlhéry | French Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into a fence, rolled and was thrown out | |
| Manny Ayulo (USA) | 1955-06-16 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Formula One | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Steering broke and he crashed into a wall | |
| Marc Azéma (FRA) | 1954-07-12 | Sportscar | D.B. Panhard Monomill | Formula Monomill | Comminges | XVIIIè Circuit Automobile du Comminges | Race | Crash | |
| Renato Bachiochi (USA) | 1935-05-19 | | | | Huntington Speedway | | Race | Blinded by a cloud of dust, lost control, crashed into a wall and was thrown out of his car | |
| Steve Backenkeller (USA) | 1970-06-20 | Single seater | McNamara | Formula Vee | Road America | Sports Car Club of America June Sprints at Elkhart Lake | Race | Car rode over the wheels of another car, flipped several times and landed on the roll bar | |
| Bobby Baird (IRL) | 1953-07-25 | Sports car | Ferrari 500 | Non-championship | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | II United States Air Force Trophy | Race | Overturned and rolled on him: walked back to the pits, collapsed and died from a rib puncturing his lung and heart | |
| Scott Baker (USA) | 2000-06-23 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | ARCA Racing Series | Toledo Speedway | Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series 150 | Race | Clipped by another car and crashed into the tire barrier | |
| Rick Baldwin (USA) | 1986-06-14 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Michigan International Speedway | Miller American 400 | Qualifying | Spun out and crashed backwards into a wall, died 11 years later in a coma | |
| Tom Baldwin (USA) | 2004-09-19 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series | Thompson International Speedway | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Race | Tried to avoid a crash, was hit by another car, slid and crashed into cement blocks | |
| Bobby Ball (USA) | 1953-01-03 | Midget | Unknown | | Carrell Speedway | | Race | Crashed into the car of Andy Linden and flipped | |
| Lorenzo Bandini (ITA) | 1967-05-07 | Open wheel | Ferrari 312/67 | Formula One | Circuit de Monaco | Monaco Grand Prix | Race | Car skidded, hit straw bales and an iron bollard, caught fire and rolled several times, landing upside down | |
| Ryan Bard (USA) | 2007-10-21 | Modified | | | Abilene Speedway | Southern Challenge | Race | Car rolled, landed on its roof and burst into flames | |
| Emmett Barr (USA) | 1996-05-23 | Drag racing | 1927 roadster | | Quaker City Raceway | | Race | Crashed into guardrail, rolled on a hill, helmet came off during rolls and he sustained massive head injuries | |
| George Barringer (USA) | 1946-09-02 | Open wheel | Shaw - Offenhauser | | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta 100-Mile National Championship Auto Race | Race | Hit by the car of George Robson, spun and got hit by another car | |
| Lutz Barthel (GER) | 2004-06-27 | Touring car | BMW 328 | Motor Racing Legends | Nürburgring | Oldtimer Festival | Race | Car rolled at the NKG chicane | |
| Jörg Bastuck (GER) | 2006-03-24 | Rally | Citroën C2 GT | World Rally Championship | Salou, Costa Daurada | Rally Catalunya | Race | Struck while changing tire by the car of Barry Clark | |
| Gary Batson (USA) | 1992-05-15 | Stock car | Chevrolet | NASCAR Sportsman Series | Charlotte Motor Speedway | Winston Sportsman 100 | Qualifying race | Tried to avoid a spinning car, got on its side, scraped along the wall driver-side down and caught on fire | |
| Erwin Bauer (FRG) | 1958-06-01 | Sports car | Ferrari 250 TR | | Nürburgring | Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen Nürburgring | Post-race | Kept racing after the checkered flag, tried to pass a slower car, slid and hit trees | |
| Carel Godin de Beaufort (NED) | 1964-08-01 | Open wheel | Porsche 718 | Formula One | Nürburgring | German Grand Prix | Practice | Left the road at Bergwerk, went down an embankment and hit a tree | |
| Don Beauman (GBR) | 1955-07-09 | Open wheel | Connaught A Type | | Wicklow | Leinster Trophy | Race | Crashed down a hill, hit a tree and caught on fire | |
| Jean Behra (FRA) | 1959-08-01 | Sports car | Porsche 718 RSK | | AVUS | German Grand Prix support race | Race | Lost control at the banking, hit a concrete building at the top of the banking, was thrown out and hit a flagpole | |
| Stefan Bellof (FRG) | 1985-09-01 | Sports car | Porsche 956 | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1000 km Spa | Race | Collided with Jacky Ickx's Porsche 962C and ran off into the barriers | |
| Georges Berger (BEL) | 1967-08-23 | Sports car | Porsche 911 | | Nürburgring | Marathon de la Route | Race | Went off the road, fell into a ravine and hit a tree | |
| Max Berney (SUI) | 1956-04-29 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV | World Sportscar Championship | Mille Miglia | Mille Miglia | Race | Ivo Badaracco lost control of his car and crash off the road, killing his navigator, Max Berney | |
| Jacques Bernusset (FRA) | 1966-05-01 | Single seater | Cooper T76 - Ford | Formula 3 | Magny-Cours | V Grand Prix de Nivernais | Race | Lost control of the car, went off the road, rolled several times, hit a tree and burst into flames | |
| Attilio Bettega (ITA) | 1985-05-02 | Rally | Lancia 037 | World Rally Championship | Zérubia-Santa Giulia stage, Corsica | Tour de Corse | Race | Car slid, hit a pole, fell down a ravine and crashed into a tree on the right side of the roof | |
| Tony Bettenhausen (USA) | 1961-05-12 | Open wheel | Watson - Offenhauser | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | An anchor bolt fell off the front radius rod support, causing the front axle to misalign when braking, which in turn caused the car to turn into the wall, roll along the wall and land upside down in the grass | |
| Jules Bianchi (FRA) | 2014-10-05 | Open wheel | Marussia MR03 | Formula One | Suzuka Circuit | Japanese Grand Prix | Race | Lost control; crashed into a recovery vehicle, suffering a brain injury; died on July 17, 2015, after spending nine months in coma | |
| Lucien Bianchi (BEL) | 1969-03-30 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo T33 | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Heures du Mans - essais préliminaires | Testing | Lost control, crashed into a telegraph pole and disintegrated the car into fire | |
| Lee Bible (USA) | 1929-03-13 | Land speed record | White Triplex | | Ormond Beach, Florida | | Record attempt | Crashed into a dune after the gas was released too quickly and was thrown from the car | |
| Gerry Birrell (GBR) | 1973-06-23 | Open wheel | Chevron B25 | European Formula Two | Rouen-Les-Essarts | XXI Grand Prix de Rouen | Race | Front left tire deflated and crashed into the Armco barrier. The Armco parted and Birrell suffered fatal head injuries. | |
| Art Bisch (USA) | 1958-07-04 | Open wheel | Kuzma - Offenhauser | USAC Championship Car | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta 100-Mile Race | Race | Lost control and flipped twice | |
| Harry Blanchard (USA) | 1960-01-30 | Sports car | Porsche 718 RSK | World Sportscar Championship | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Crashed into the car of Heini Walter and rolled | |
| Marcin Błaszczyński (POL) | 1994-10-08 | Touring car | Fiat Cinquecento | Polish Fiat Cinquecento Sporting Cup | Tor Poznań | Polski - Puchar Cinquecento Sporting - trzeci wyścig | Qualifying | Left the road and rolled several times | |
| John Blewett III (USA) | 2007-08-16 | Stock car | Chevrolet | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | Thompson International Speedway | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Race | Was hit by his brother Jimmy's car and was crushed under the weight | |
| Anita Board (AUS) | 2017-11-11 | Drag racing | | | Perth Motorplex | Junior Dragster licence pass | Qualifying | The 8 year old was participating in her first solo run and was attempting to gain her racing license when she lost control of her car and crashed into a concrete wall, life support was turned off the following day. | |
| Nicky Bogdan (USA) | 1958-10-12 | Drag racing | | | Great Lakes Dragway | | Race | Veered left off of the track and plowed through a field | |
| Felice Bonetto (ITA) | 1953-11-21 | Sports car | Lancia D24 | World Sportscar Championship | Silao, Mexico | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Crashed into the balcony of a house and hit his head on it | |
| Sébastien Bonisseau (FRA) | 2015-05-20 | Rally | Ford Escort MkII | Unknown | Rallye du Maroc Historique | VI Rallye du Maroc Historique | Rally | Car lost control, went into ditch; as the driver came out to get back onto the track, he was hit by another car | |
| Neil Bonnett (USA) | 1994-02-11 | Stock car | Chevrolet | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Practice | Spun and slammed head-on into the turn four wall | |
| Joakim Bonnier (SWE) | 1972-06-11 | Sports car | Lola T280 | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crashed into another car trying to avoid him and rolled into the forest | |
| Joe Booher (USA) | 1993-02-12 | Stock car | | NASCAR Goody's Dash Series | Daytona International Speedway | Florida Dash 200 | Race | Crashed into a car, turned sideways, hit the wall and was hit by another car | |
| Pietro Bordino (ITA) | 1928-04-22 | Open wheel | Bugatti 35B | | Alessandria, Italy | | Practice | Car hit a dog, jammed the steering, the car lost control, flew in the air and fell into the Tarano | |
| Possum Bourne (NZL) | 2003-04-18 | Hillclimbing | Subaru Forester | | Cardrona, New Zealand | Race to the Sky | Pre-race recon | Crashed into by another car while trying to avoid it | |
| William Bourque (CAN) | 1909-08-19 | Open wheel | Knox | AAA Championship Car | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race | Race | Suffered a suspected rear-axle failure resulting in his car flipping end over end on the front stretch. | |
| Baconin Borzacchini (ITA) | 1933-09-10 | Open wheel | Maserati 8CM | Grand Prix season | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Grand Prix | Race | Veered of the road, hit the car of Giuseppe Campari and was thrown out | |
| Guy Bouriat (FRA) | 1933-05-21 | Open wheel | Bugatti T51 | | Péronne, Somme | Picardy Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into another car, left the road, crashed into a tree and caught fire | |
| Joe Boyer (USA) | 1924-09-01 | Open wheel | Duesenberg | American Automobile Association National Championship | Altoona Speedway | Fall classic | Race | A tire blew out and he crashed into the upper guardrail | |
| Dave Bradway Jr. (USA) | 1987-06-21 | Sprint car | | | Skagit Speedway | Super Dirt Cup | Race | Touched wheels with another car, car slammed outside wall nose first, flipped six times, slammed the wall again, tail first, it spun in the air and landed upside down | [94] [95] |
| Don Branson (USA) | 1966-11-12 | Sprint car | | USAC sprint car | Ascot Park | | Race | Crashed into by the car of Dick Atkins after coming off the wall and rolled over | |
| Scott Brayton (USA) | 1996-05-17 | Open wheel | Lola T9500 | Indy Racing League | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Rear tire deflated, car spun and slammed into the wall at 230 mph, hitting his head against the barrier | |
| Josef Brázdil (CZE) | 1934-08-27 | Open wheel | Maserati 6C-34 | | Masaryk Circuit | Masaryk Grand Prix | Practice | Left wheels went into a ditch, failed to control the car, crashed into a tree and was thrown out: the car continued, hit another tree, went into the air and somersaulted | |
| Craig Breen (IRE) | 2023-04-13 | Rally car | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | World Rally Championship (Testing) | Lobor | Private testing | Testing | Ran wide on a 90° corner and hit a wooden pole, which pierced the drivers' window | |
| Gastone Brilli-Peri (ITA) | 1930-03-22 | Open wheel | Talbot 700 | | Tripoli | Tripoli Grand Prix | Practice | Car bounced on the rough surface of the road, went into the right embankment, hit a small wall, rolled and he was thrown out | |
| Chris Bristow (GBR) | 1960-06-19 | Open wheel | Cooper T51 | Formula One | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Touched wheels with the car of Willy Mairesse, lost control, crashed into an embankment, rolled and he was thrown into barbed wire | |
| Peter Brock (AUS) | 2006-08-08 | Sports car | Motec Daytona | Australian Targa Championship | Gidgegannup | Quit Targa West Rally 2006 | Race | Skidded on a corner and hit a tree | |
| Dennis Brooks (USA) | 2001-06-01 | | | | Auto City Speedway | | Race | Heart attack | |
| Jonel Broscanc (USA) | 1992-06-06 | Rally car | Audi Quattro | SCCA ProRally | Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally | Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree after sliding in a curve | |
| Jim Brouk (USA) | 1990-04-15 | Open wheel | Ralt RT-4 | SCCA club race | Indianapolis Raceway Park | | Race | Crashed into a guardrail | |
| Jean-Pierre Brousselet (FRA) | 1958-06-22 | Sports car | Jaguar D-Type | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Fatally injured when his Jaguar went out of control just beyond the Dunlop Bridge | |
| David Bruce-Brown (USA) | 1912-10-01 | Open wheel | Fiat | American Automobile Association National Championship | Wauwatosa road track | Vanderbilt Cup | Practice | Tire blew out, car flipped and he was thrown out | |
| Jimmy Bryan (USA) | 1960-06-19 | Open wheel | Watson-Offenhauser | USAC Championship | Langhorne Speedway | Langhorne 100-Mile Race | Race | Slid, dug in the dirt, touched the car of Jim Hurtubise, went in the air and flipped end over end | |
| Marian Bublewicz (POL) | 1993-02-20 | Rally car | Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 | Polish Rally Championship | Winter Lower Silesian Rally | Winter Lower Silesian Rally | Race | Went out of control, left the road and crashed into a tree on the driver's side | |
| Ivor Bueb (GBR) | 1959-07-26 | Open wheel | Cooper T51 | BP Trophy | Clermont-Ferrand | II Trophée d'Auvergne | Race | Overshot the corner, crashed and was thrown out | |
| Sébastien Bühlmann (SUI) | 2004-04-24 | Rally | Peugeot 106 Rallye | Swiss Rally Championship | Rallye Critérium Jurassien | 27ème Rallye Critérium Jurassien | Race | Left the road and crashed | |
| Johan Bullens (BEL) | 2004-07-11 | Touring car | BMW M3 | Zolder Touring Cup | Circuit Zolder | Zolder Touring Cup, third round | Race | Had a heart attack and crashed into a concrete wall | |
| Hans-Georg Bürger (FRG) | 1980-08-20 | Sports car | Tiga F280 BMW | European Formula Two | Zandvoort | XXVIII Grote Prijs van Zanvoort | Warm-up | Went off the road, hit the guard rail head-on and hit his head on a fence pole | |
| Mike Burgmann (AUS) | 1986-10-05 | Touring car | Holden Commodore VK SS | Australian Endurance Championship | Mount Panorama Circuit | James Hardie 1000 | Race | Gust of wind lifted the car up, pushed it onto outside the track and caused the car to hit a tire barrier: the impact caused the engine to go into the cockpit | |
| Bob Burman (USA) | 1916-04-08 | Sports car | Peugeot | | Corona | Corona Road Race | Race | One of the wheels broke, sending the car over the curb, going through a crowd barrier and hitting a telephone pole | |
| Josh Burton (USA) | 2013-05-24 | Sprint car | | Winners Circle Designs | Bloomington Speedway | | Race | Began flipping, another car made contact and was hit the head by another car | |
| Oscar Cabalén (ARG) | 1967-08-25 | Sport prototype | Ford Prototipo TC F.100 | Sport Prototipo Argentino | San Nicolas, Siderurgia | Argentine Grand Prix | Testing | Car veered to the left, rode over the escape lane, crossed the pavement, climbed an embankment, jumped in the air, caught on fire, flew and landed on all four wheels again | |
| Charles Cabannes (FRA) | 1991-01-11 | Rally | Mercedes-Benz | | Dakar Rally | Paris-Dakar Rally | Race | Shot by Malian rebels | |
| Steve Cabelo (FRA) | 2016-04-03 | Hillclimbing | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | Championnat de France de la Montagne | Bagnols Sabran | 46ème Course de Côte Nationale de Bagnols Sabran | Race | Lost control of the car, hit a light pole and a tree | |
| Giulio Cabianca (ITA) | 1961-06-15 | Open wheel | Cooper-Ferrari | Formula One | Modena Autodrome | | Practice | Gearbox failure caused the car to not slow down in a turn, went through a gate to find an escape route, hit a bystander, crossed a street and crashed into the wall of a workshop | |
| Juan Carlos Cabrera (ARG) | 1984-08-07 | Stock car | IKA-Renault Torino | Turismo Carretera | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | | Series test | Heart attack | |
| Joe Caccia (ITA) | 1931-05-26 | Open wheel | Duesenberg Jones & Maley | AAA Championship Car | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Went over the turn 2 wall, hit a tree, split the fuel tank and set the car on fire | |
| Attilio Caffaratti (ITA) | 1900-09-10 | Trike | Darracq-Soncin | | Circuit Brescia | Coppa Florio | Race | Slid off of a slippery road, went into a ditch and hit his head on a tree | |
| James Cagle (USA) | 1969-08-16 | Drag Racing | Chrysler | | Oklahoma City International Raceway | | Pre-race | Dragster was on jacks when the throttle stuck, car fell off the jack, sped off into a fence and crashed into trees: a piece of metal came from the cockpit and entered his helmet | |
| David Caid (USA) | 1961-03-12 | Sprint car | | California Racing Association | Imperial Valley Speedway | | Race | Car bumped into the back of another car, ran over the back wheels and went end-over-end several times | |
| Giuseppe Campari (ITA) | 1933-09-10 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | Grand Prix season | Monza | Italian Grand Prix | Race | Car skidded on a patch of oil, hit a stone, flipped and crushed Giuseppe | |
| Marco Campos (BRA) | 1995-10-15 | Open wheel | Lola-T95/50 | International Formula 3000 | Magny-Cours | Magny-Cours F-3000 | Race | Car ran over the back of Thomas Biagi's car, flipped and slid upside down on the retaining wall, ripping off the rollbar and striking Campos' head against the wall | |
| Eugenio Castellotti (ITA) | 1957-03-14 | Open wheel | Ferrari 801 | Formula One | Modena Autodrome | | Testing | Lost control, overturned and slammed into a concrete barrier, throwing Castellotti out | |
| Julio César Castrillo (ESP) | 2023-04-14 | Rally Car | | Asturias Rally Championship (Campeonato de Asturias de Rallyes) | Asturias, Spain | Rally Villa de Tineo | Race | The car left the road and crashed into a tree | |
| Timothy Cathcart (GBR) | 2014-08-15 | Rally car | Citroën DS3 | British Rally Championship | Todds Leap Ulster Rally | Ulster Rally | Race | Lost control, left the road and crashed | |
| Philip Catlin (AUS) | 1956-11-28 | Sports car | Bugatti Type 51 | | Albert Park Circuit | The Argus Trophy | Race | Crash | |
| François Cevert (FRA) | 1973-10-06 | Open wheel | Tyrrell 006-Ford Cosworth DFV | Formula One | Watkins Glen International | United States Grand Prix | Qualifying | Bumped the kerbs, causing him to swerve the right hand side of the track, touching the safety barrier and causing him to crash into the barriers on the other side head-on, uprooting and lifting the barrier and killing him instantly. His body was cut in half between his neck and hip due to the barrier. | |
| Olivier Chandon de Brailles (FRA) | 1983-03-02 | Formula Atlantic | Fred Opert Racing Ralt RT-1 Cosworth BDA | Formula Mondial North American Cup | Palm Beach, FL | Pre-season testing | Testing | Crashed into barrier, slid into canal. Drowned while trapped in overturned car. | |
| Nand Lal Chaudhary (IND) | 2001-10-12 | Rally car | Maruti Gypsy | | Raid de Himalaya | 3rd Maruti Raid de Himalaya | Race | Fell into a gorge | |
| Zygmunt Chełstowski (POL) | 1975-04-29 | Rally car | Polski Fiat 125p | Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski | Rajd Kormoran | VIII. Rajd Kormoran | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Gaston Chevrolet (FRA) | 1920-11-25 | Open wheel | Frontenac | American Automobile Association National Championship | Beverly Hills Speedway | Beverly Hills 200-Mile Race | Race | Crashed into the car of Eddie O’Donnell | |
| Ettore Chimeri (VEN) | 1960-02-27 | Sports car | Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa | | Camp Freedom | Gran Premio de Cuba | Practice | Car crashed through barriers and plunged 150 feet (46 metres) | |
| Henri Cissac (FRA) | 1908-07-07 | Sports car | Panhard et Levassor | | Circuit de la Seine-Inferieure | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | Race | Equipment failure | |
| Jim Clark (GBR) | 1968-04-07 | Open wheel | Lotus 48 Cosworth-FVA | European Formula Two | Hockenheim | II Deutschland Trophae | Race | Slipped on wet track, lost control and careened into trees | |
| Bryan Clauson (USA) | 2016-08-07 | Midget | Spike Chassis Midget | USAC | Belleville High Banks | Belleville Midget Nationals | Race | Collided with a lapped vehicle while leading and flipped several times and was subsequently hit by another car in the cockpit area, causing serious brain injuries. | |
| Jeff Clinton (USA) | 2002-03-01 | Sports car | Lola B2K/40 | Grand American | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Nextel 250 | Practice | Crash | |
| Gonzalo Clopatofsky (COL) | 2014-09-19 | Touring car | | TC2000 Colombia Championship | Tocancipá | | Testing | Crashed into a wall and went into a lagoon | |
| Graham Coaker (GBR) | 1971-04-12 | Open wheel | March 712M | | Silverstone Circuit | | Testing | Died due to sepsis from a crash he had earlier | |
| Tom Cole (GBR) | 1953-06-14 | Sports car | Ferrari 340 MM Spyder Vignale | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Lost control after passing a slower car | |
| Chad Coleman (USA) | 1998-08-28 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | ARCA Racing Series | Atlanta Motor Speedway | ARCA Georgia Power 200 | Race | Crash | |
| Peter Collins (GBR) | 1958-08-03 | Open wheel | Ferrari Dino 246 | Formula One | Nürburgring | German GP | Race | Car encountered a ditch, lost control and flipped, landing upside down. He was thrown from the car and hit a tree, causing severe head injuries | |
| Mark Colton (GBR) | 1995-08-05 | Sports car | Pilbeam MP72-Judd CV 3.5 | British Hill Climb Championship | Craigantlet Hillclimb | Craigantlet Hillclimb | Practice | Equipment failure | |
| Jessi Combs (USA) | 2019-08-27 | | North American Eagle | | Alvord Desert | Land Speed Record | Record attempt | At more than 500 mph, hit an object which caused front wheel to collapse. Died of blunt force trauma | |
| Corky Cookman (USA) | 1987-07-19 | Modified | | NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series | Thompson International Speedway | Winston 75 | Race | Equipment failure caused his car to crash into a wall at a severe angle | |
| Ashley Cooper (AUS) | 2008-07-25 | Touring car | Holden VZ Commodore | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | Adelaide Street Circuit | Clipsal 500 (support race) | Race | Hit the wall, spun round and hit the other wall backwards | |
| Piers Courage (GBR) | 1970-06-21 | Open wheel | De Tomaso 505/38 | Formula One | Circuit Zandvoort | Dutch Grand Prix | Race | Went up an embankment, disintegrated and burst into flames | |
| Nino Crespi (ITA) | 1934-10-03 | Car class | Bugatti | | Gávea Street Circuit | Il Grande Premio de Cidade do Rio de Janeiro | Race | Crash | |
| Sergio Cresto (USA) | 1986-05-02 | Rally | Lancia Delta S4 | World Rally Championship | Tour de Corse | Tour de Corse | Rally | Was the co-driver of Henri Toivonen, the car hit the outside wall, left the track and caught fire | |
| Stanisław Czaykowski (POL) | 1933-09-10 | Open wheel | Bugatti T54 | | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Monza Grand Prix | Race | Crash | |
| Cayetano D'Amico (ARG) | 1931-09-06 | Stock car | Gardner (automobile) | | Arrecifes | Gran Premio de Arrecifes | Race | Flipped after hitting a spectator | |
| Guido D'Ippolito (ITA) | 1933-10-08 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo 8C 2600MM | Unknown | Circuito delle Province Meridionali | I Circuito delle Province Meridionali, 1a Coppa Principessa di Piemonte | Race | Hit a horse carriage and hit his head on the axle of the carriage | |
| Guido Dada (ITA) | 1986-05-04 | Truck | Iveco 190/38 | FIA European Truck Racing Championship | Zolder | Truck Super Prix | Race | Truck rolled and he was crushed inside | |
| Silvio Dal Cin (ITA) | 1954-05-02 | Sports car | Maserati A6GCS | World Sportscar Championship | Mille Miglia | Mille Miglia | Race | Car driven by Ferdinando Mancini, crashed into signpoint, killing Dal Cin | |
| Paul Dana (USA) | 2006-03-26 | Open wheel | Dallara/Honda | IndyCar Series | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Toyota Indy 300 | Practice | Crashed into the disabled car of Ed Carpenter at 176 mph | |
| Fabio Danti (ITA) | 2000-06-03 | Sports car | Osella/PA 20S BMW | Campionato Italiano Velocità Montagna | Caprino-Spiazzi | | Hillclimb | Crashed into a tree | |
| Jimmy Davies (USA) | 1966-06-11 | Midget | | | Santa Fe Speedway | | Warm-up | Crashed into a wall | |
| Lex Davison (AUS) | 1965-02-20 | Open wheel | Brabham/Climax | Tasman Series | Sandown Raceway | International 100 | Practice | Heart attack | |
| Alfonso de Portago (SPA) | 1957-05-12 | Sports car | Ferrari 335 S | World Sportscar Championship | Guidizzolo | Mille Miglia | Race | De Portago's front tire exploded. He lost control of the car; hit a telephone pole, jumped over a brook, then the car bounced back on to the road, slid over the road, spinning, and ended up, wheels down, in a brook at the other side of the road. Besides de Portago, his navigator Edmont Nelson, ten spectators – among them five children – died | |
| Patrick Depailler (FRA) | 1980-08-01 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo 179 | Formula One | Hockenheimring | German Grand Prix | Testing | Suspension failure caused the car to crash into the wall with fatal head injuries | |
| Sergio Der Stephanian (ITA) | 1958-05-11 | Grand touring car | Ferrari 250 GT LWB | World Sportscar Championship | Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie | Targa Florio | Pre-race accident | His car was in a collision with a sand-laden lorry. He died shortly after in hospital | |
| Léon Dernier (BEL) | 1969-07-26 | Touring car | Mazda R100 | European Touring Car Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa 24 Hours | Race | Crash | |
| Fred DeSarro (USA) | 1978-08-08 | Modified | Len Boehler 3 | NASCAR Modified Series | Thompson International Speedway | Thompson 150 | Practice | Crashed into a sand barrier when the throttle stuck | |
| Christian Devereux (GBR) | 2013-05-05 | Touring car | Mini Cooper S | Masters Historic Racing Pre-66 Touring Car Championship | Donington Park | Donington Historic Festival - Masters Pre-66 Touring Cars Race | Race | Crashed into another car | |
| Mark Donohue (USA) | 1975-08-19 | Open wheel | March 751 | Formula One | Österreichring | Austrian Grand Prix | Practice | A tire failure caused the car to crash into the wall and vault over the fence: died of a blood clot in the brain two days later | |
| Tommy Druar (USA) | 1989-06-10 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Lancaster Speedway | 30-lap NASCAR Modified race | Race | Crash - jumped wheels with another car - hit wall driver's side first | |
| Ronnie Duman (USA) | 1968-06-09 | Open wheel | Gerhardt/Ford | USAC Championship | Milwaukee Mile | Rex Mays 150 | Race | Crashed into the car of Bay Darnell, caught fire and was hit by another car | |
| Clive Dunfee (GBR) | 1932-09-24 | Endurance | Bentley Speed Six | BRDC | Brooklands | BRDC 500 Miles | Race | Car cartwheeled, hit a tree and he was ejected | |
| Arie Duyzers (NED) | 1985-06-02 | Touring car | | | IJsselstein | | Race | Lost control and rolled several times | |
| Eugene Earixson (USA) | 1948-09-12 | Stock car | | | Chariton Speed Bowl | | Race | Car bumped from behind and flipped | |
| Cameron Earl (GBR) | 1952-06-18 | Open wheel | English Racing Automobiles | Formula One | MIRA Ltd. | | Private test | Lost control, went off the track and rolled several times | |
| Dale Earnhardt (USA) | 2001-02-18 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Race | Tagged by another car and crashed head on into a wall at 160 mph | |
| Sonny Easley (USA) | 1978-01-15 | Stock car | 1968 Camaro | Grand American Sportsman Series | Riverside Raceway | Stock Car Products 300 | Practice | Lost control and crashed into a pickup truck and trailer; also killed a pit crew member | |
| Sean Edwards (GBR) | 2013-10-15 | Touring car | Porsche 996 | | Queensland Raceway | | Private test | He was killed in a crash as a passenger, when it hit a tire wall protecting a concrete barrier | |
| Bill Egleston (USA) | 2018-01-16 | Modified | Victory Circle Chassis | International Motor Contest Association - Modifieds | Perris Auto Speedway | International Motor Contest Association Modified Winter Heat | Race | He lost control, rode up the retaining wall and flipped. His car was then hit into the drivers side by another car, while it was lying on its roof | |
| Stefan Eickelmann (GER) | 1998-10-10 | Touring car | BMW M3 | VLN | Nurburgring | 22. DMV-250-Meilen-Rennen, Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (Veedol-Cup), 9th round | Race | Heart attack | |
| Ed Elisian (USA) | 1959-08-30 | Open wheel | Travelon Trailer Special | USAC Championship | Milwaukee Mile | Milwaukee 200 | Race | Fuel cell ruptured in crash and he burned to death | |
| John Engle (USA) | 2007-08-19 | Touring car | BMW M3 | National Auto Sport Association | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Unknown | Race | Spun in oil and crashed into a parked car | |
| Sébastien Enjolras (FRA) | 1997-05-03 | Sportscar | WR LM97 | Non-championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Pre-race test | Part of the rear bodywork of his car came loose, causing it to airborne and exploded in flames | |
| Marcel Escoda (AND) | 2003-09-06 | Rally car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | Catalan Rallying Championship | Criterium del Berguedà | XXXII Criterium del Berguedà | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Richie Evans (USA) | 1985-10-24 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series | Martinsville Speedway | Winn-Dixie 500 modified feature | Practice | Crashed heavily in the turn 3 wall and died of a basilar skull fracture | |
| Bunk Ezzell (USA) | 1950-07-24 | Stock car | Buick | | Warner Robins Super Speedway | | Qualifying | Rolled and caught on fire | |
| Bertrand Fabi (CAN) | 1986-02-21 | Formula 3 | Ralt R30 | Formula 3 | Goodwood Circuit | | Testing | Left the road because of icy conditions, hit the barriers and rolled | |
| Juan Oscar Facchini (ARG) | 1964-11-15 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cupé | Turismo Carretera | Tandil | XII Vuelta de Tandil Ciudad de Turismo | Race | Lost control of the car and crashed into a bus, splitting the car in half | |
| Milan Facek (CZE) | 1986-08-03 | Rally car | Lada VFTS | European Rally Championship | Rally Vida | XVI Rally Vida | Rally | Lost control and hit a tree | |
| Frank Facenda (USA) | 1947-09-12 | Midget car | | | Seekonk Speedway | | Race | Overturned and spun into a rail | |
| Luigi Fagioli (ITA) | 1952-05-31 | Sportscar | Lancia Aurelia B20 | Non-championship | Circuit de Monaco | Monaco Grand Prix | Practice | Crashed into stone balustrade and thrown out of car | |
| Miroslav Fajkus (CZE) | 2008-05-04 | Sports car | Lola T99/50 | Czech Hillclimb Championship | Náměšť nad Oslavou | XXVII Zámecký vrch Mann Filter - Náměšť nad Oslavou | Hillclimb | Went off the road, hit a small hill and crashed into a tree | |
| Guido Falaschi (ARG) | 2011-11-13 | Stock car | Ford Falcon | Turismo Carretera | Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio | | Race | Crashed into tire wall and hit by another car on driver's side door | |
| Walt Faulkner (USA) | 1956-04-22 | Stock car | Ford | USAC Late Model Championship | Vallejo Raceway | | Qualifier | Hit rut, flipped, was partially ejected when the car rolled on him | |
| Věra Filipová (CZE) | 2013-06-01 | Rally car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Central Europe Rally Cup Championship | Rallye Templice | 1. Rallye Teplice 2013 | Race | Left the road, rolled and hit a tree | |
| David Fisher (USA) | 2001-01-13 | Touring car | BMW M3 | SCCA | Phoenix International Raceway | Unknown | Qualifying | Crashed into wall at turn 4 | |
| Jean-Antoine Fiori (FRA) | 2022-03-06 | Rally car | Peugeot 208 R2 | France Cup | Rallye Régional Eccica-Suarella | Rallye Régional d'Eccica Suaredda 2022 | Race | Lost control and slid into a ravine. | |
| Jim Fitzgerald (USA) | 1987-11-08 | Sports car | Nissan 300ZX Turbo | Trans-Am Championship | Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida | Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Race | Crashed into barrier at 100 mph and broke his neck on impact | |
| Al Fleming (GBR) | 2014-04-11 | Touring car | Lotus Elan | | Hockenheimring | Hockenheim Historic – Das Jim Clark Revival | Qualifying | Went out of control and flipped | |
| Billy Foster (CAN) | 1967-01-20 | Stock car | Dodge Charger | NASCAR Grand National Series | Riverside International Raceway | Motor Trend 500 | Practice | Wheel drum broke and crashed into wall when his head struck the barrier | |
| Eric Forrest-Greene (ARG) | 1954-01-25 | Sports car | Aston Martin DB3 | World Sportscar Championship | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Crashed and rolled his car, landing upside in flames. Later died from his injuries | |
| Roger Freeman (GBR) | 2003-07-12 | Rally car | Subaru WRX | SCCA ProRally Championship | Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally | Oregon Trail Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Rodger Freeth (NZL) | 1993-09-19 | Rally car | Subaru Legacy | World Rally Championship | Third rally stage at Mundaring | Rally Australia | Race | Crashed into pine plantation. He later died in hospital after his lungs were crushed when the mounting points of his harnesses where realigned due to the impact. | |
| Piero Frescobaldi (ITA) | 1964-07-25 | Touring car | Lancia Flavia | Non-championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa 24 Hours | Race | Went off the road and rolled | |
| Joe Fry (GBR) | 1950-07-29 | | Freikaiserwagen | | Blanford Circuit | Blandford Hillclimb | Practice | Crashed off of road | |
| Yukio Fukuzawa (JPN) | 1969-02-12 | Sports car | Toyota 7 | | Fuji Speedway | | Testing | Car went off-road and crashed into sign | |
| Ross Fyfe (AUS) | 1991-12-28 | Stock car | Holden Torana | Tasmanian Super Sedan Championship | Derwent Valley Speedway | | Race | Bounced off of a wall, stuck the throttle and slammed head on into the inside wall | |
| Ray Gaarsland (USA) | 1962-08-19 | Stock car | Unknown | Lake Region Racing Association Championship | Weetown Outlaw Speedway | Unknown | Race | His car flipped and his seat belt was ripped away from its moorings | |
| Marcos Gaggino (ARG) | 1984-05-09 | Stock car | Ford Falcon (Argentina) SP221 | Turismo Carretera | Punta Alta | IV Vuelta de la Ciudad de Punta Alta | Test | Tried to avoid a truck, lost control, hit an embankment, rolled several times, crashed into a small wall and was thrown out | |
| Totò Gagliano (ITA) | 2000-09-01 | Hillclimbing | Honda Civic | Non-championship | Nicolosi-Etna | 37° Corsa dell'Etna | Hillclimb | Crashed into a wall to avoid another car and died 34 days later | |
| Mike Gagliardo (USA) | 2001-05-20 | Sports car | Chevrolet Corvette | Trans-Am Series | Mosport International Raceway | Trans-Am Series 125 | Race | Spun out, stalled and hit by another car | |
| David Gaines (USA) | 1990-05-16 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division | Lowes Motor Speedway | Unknown | Practice | Hit by the car of Peter Gibbons in the rear and then hit broadside by the car of Steve McEachern | |
| John Gall (USA) | 1975-08-08 | Midget | Unknown | USAC National Midget Series | Indianapolis Speedrome | Unknown | Race | Struck a concrete wall, flipped over it, and slammed into a light pole: caused by a stuck throttle | |
| Frank Galvin (USA) | 1916-12-03 | Open wheel | Premier | | Uniontown Speedway | Universal Trophy | Race | Crashed into grandstand | |
| Ian Gammon-Hardaway (GBR) | 1991-05-26 | Rally car | Citroën 2CV | Citroën 2CV National Championship | Lydden Hill | | Race | Seat collapsed after the car went off the road | |
| Jerry Gannon (USA) | 2002-06-01 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | Jet Funny Car | Atlanta Dragway | | Race | Hit two walls, flipped and caught fire | |
| Dean Gardner (USA) | 1946-10-03 | Midget | Ford | | Phoenix Speedway | | Race | Crash | |
| Johnny Garrett (USA) | 1953-03-15 | Sprint car | | WCRA Sprint Cars | Clovis Speedway | | Race | Hit car of George Amick, hit wall and flipped | |
| Jo Gartner (AUT) | 1986-06-01 | Sports car | Porsche 962C | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crashed into the concrete barrier on Mulsanne Straight, somersaulted, hit a phone pole and caught fire | |
| Ray Gastelu (USA) | 2001-06-30 | Stock car | | | Wall Township Speedway | | Race | Heart attack | |
| Jean Gaupillat (FRA) | 1934-07-22 | Open wheel | Bugatti T51 | Grand Prix season | Dieppe | Grand Prix de Dieppe | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Chris Gehrke (USA) | 1991-05-04 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | ARCA RE/MAX Series | Talladega Superspeedway | Poulan Pro 500-K | Race | Flipped several times and was hit by another car | |
| Ignazio Giunti (ITA) | 1971-01-10 | Sports car | Ferrari 312PB | World Sportscar Championship | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Crashed into the stopped car of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, somersaulted and caught fire | |
| Fritz Glatz (AUT) | 2002-07-14 | Open wheel | Arrows Footwork FA17 - Ford | Euroboss | Autodrom Most | | Race | Hit curb, somersaulted and was destroyed | |
| Ab Goedemans (NED) | 1968-08-30 | Sportscar | Fiat-Abarth 1000SP | Non-championship | Nürburgring | ADAC 500 km-Rennen | Practice | Left the road while overtaking another car and was thrown out | |
| Bob Goldich (USA) | 1957-03-23 | Sports car | Arnolt-Bristol Bolide | World Sportscar Championship | Sebring International Raceway | 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy | Race | Crashed at the esses, flipped his car several times. He died instantly of a fractured skull and broken neck | |
| Joseph Göttgens (NED) | 1957-05-12 | Sports car | Triumph TR3 | World Sportscar Championship | near Florence | Mille Miglia | Race | He crashed his car near Florence and died of his injuries in a hospital | |
| Mike Grbac (USA) | 1978-11-29 | Stock car | AMC Gremlin | | Reading Fairgrounds Speedway | Schmidt's 200 | Race | Hit by another car roof first | |
| Jeff Green (USA) | 2018-06-16 | Open wheel | Lola T300 | Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | | Race | Made hard contact with wall outside turn 8 | |
| Paul Greifzu (GER) | 1952-05-10 | Sports car | | | Rennstrecke Dessau | 3.Dessauer Wagen- und Motorradrennen | Practice | Engine failure resulting in crash and got thrown out | |
| Cliff Haas (USA) | 1990-10-20 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Lernerville Speedway | 150-lap enduro race | Race | Skidded in a turn, was hit by another car and overturned | |
| Harold Haberling (USA) | 1961-06-30 | Stock car | 1955 Chevrolet | NASCAR Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Practice | Crashed into wall and rolled | |
| Jack Habermehl (USA) | 1948-06-21 | Midget | Kurtis-Offenhauser | | Los Angeles Coliseum | | Race | Crashed into a wall and flipped | |
| Enrique Hachmeister (GTM) | 1950-05-05 | Touring car | Lincoln | Non-championship | Chihuahua (state) | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Rolled while trying to pass another car and was launched through the window | |
| Akira Hagiwara (JPN) | 1986-04-07 | Touring car | Mercedes 190E | Japanese Touring Car Championship | Sportsland SUGO | | Test | Crashed into a barrier and burst into flames | |
| Peter Hall (AUS) | 2013-10-27 | Touring car | Datsun 260Z | Victorian State Circuit Racing Championship | Phillip Island | Unknown | Race | Crashed into a stalled Lamborghini Gallardo | |
| Hugh Hamilton (GBR) | 1934-08-26 | Open wheel | Maserati 8CM | Grand Prix season | Bremgarten | Swiss Grand Prix | Race | Left wheel broke, overcorrected the turn, hit a tree, slid and hit another tree | |
| Shane Hammond (USA) | 2008-04-06 | Midget | | NorthEastern Midget Championship | Thompson International Speedway | Icebreaker 2008 | Race | Throttle stuck, tangled with another car and hit a loose banner billboard | |
| Gregg Hansford (AUS) | 1995-03-05 | Touring car | Ford Mondeo | Australian Super Touring Championship | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | | Race | Lost control exiting turn 1 on second lap of the race, hit earth and tire wall then bounced back out into the path of the car driven by Mark Adderton | |
| Walt Hansgen (USA) | 1966-04-02 | Sportscar | Ford GT Mk II A | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Heures de Mans - Essais Prelimiaires | Test | Crashed into a barrier that was placed in an escape road | |
| Dickie Harrell (USA) | 1971-09-12 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet Vega | AHRA top fuel | Golden Horseshoe Dragway | | Race | Crashed into a light pole after the chutes did not open | |
| László Hartmann (HUN) | 1938-05-15 | Open wheel | Maserati 4CM | | Mellaha | XII Gran Premio de Tripoli | Race | Overturned after the car of Giuseppe Farina clipped his left wheel | |
| Friday Hassler (USA) | 1972-02-17 | Stock car | Chevrolet | NASCAR Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Qualifying | Spun in a pile-up and was hit head-on by another car | |
| Kouichi Hatakeyama (JPN) | 1969-01-26 | | | | Fuji Speedway | 100 km of Fuji | Race | | |
| Paul Hawkins (AUS) | 1969-05-26 | Sportscar | Lola T70 Mk3B | British Sportscar Championship | Oulton Park | Tourist Trophy | Race | Lost control, went up an embankment, hit a tree and caught fire | |
| Bert Hawthorne (IRE) | 1972-04-14 | Open wheel | Leda-Tui AM29 | European Formula Two | Hockenheimring | VI Deutschland Trophäe, Jim Clark Gedächtnisrennen | Practice | Hit by another car and pushed into a guardrail, where he caught on fire | |
| John Heath (GBR) | 1955-04-29 | Sports car | HWM-Jaguar | World Sportscar Championship | near Ravenna | Mille Miglia | Race | He came off the wet road before Ravenna and overturned into a ditch. He died the next day from his injuries in a local hospital | |
| Kara Hendrick (USA) | 1991-10-05 | Midget | | USAC Western States Midget | Cajon Raceway | USAC Western States Midget | Race | Ran over ripple strips, flipped the car, hit a concrete wall, was hit by another car, went over a wall and hit a signboard before it fell on a dirt embankment | |
| Ralph Hepburn (USA) | 1948-05-16 | Open wheel | Kurtis 200 Novi | American Automobile Association National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Went into the grass, overcorrected and hit the wall at a 45-degree angle | |
| Louis Héry (FRA) | 1956-07-29 | Sports car | Monopole-Panhard X86 | Non-championship race | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Héry over - turned his car at Maison Blanche and succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital | |
| Jim Hickman (USA) | 1982-07-31 | Open wheel | March-Cosworth | Championship Auto Racing Teams | Milwaukee Mile | Tony Bettenhausen 200 | Practice | Slammed into concrete wall whilst having a stuck throttle | |
| Greg Hodnett (USA) | 2018-09-20 | Sprint Car | Maxim | World of Outlaws | BAPS Speedway | BAPS 410 Winged Sprint Car Series | Race | Lost control due to mechanical failure in steering and hit a pit entrance wall. | |
| Bill Hollowell (GBR) | 1925-08-09 | Open wheel | 350cc AJS | Grand Prix season | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Crash | |
| Brooklyn Horan (NZL) | 2024-02-25 | Rally | Ford Fiesta | Hibiscus Coast Motorsport Club | Paparoa | Arcadia Road Rallysprint | Rally | Vehicle crashed into a river | |
| Ted Horn (USA) | 1948-10-10 | Open wheel | Horn-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds | Duquoin 100 Mile Race | Race | Equipment failure | |
| Bill Horstmeyer (USA) | 1964-08-22 | Open wheel | Kuzma-Offenhauser | United States Auto Club | Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack | Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100 | Race | Made contact with the outside wall, flipped violently and caught fire | |
| Markus Höttinger (FRG) | 1980-04-13 | Open wheel | Maurer MM80 | European Formula Two | Hockenheimring | Jim Clark Rennen | Race | Hit on the head by the tyre of another car | |
| Jerry Hoyt (USA) | 1955-07-10 | Open wheel | Offenhauser | American Automobile Association Sprint Car Championship | Oklahoma City State Fairgrounds | | Race | Made contact with the fence causing it to turn over | |
| Anthoine Hubert (FRA) | 2019-08-31 | Open wheel | Dallara F2 2018 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | FIA Formula 2 - Spa-Francorchamps round | Race | After crashing into a barrier, hit broadside at high speed by Juan Manuel Correa who could not have avoided the collision | |
| Jim Hughes (USA) | 1960-03-26 | GT | Lotus Elite | FIA GT Cup | Sebring International Raceway | International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy | Race | The Lotus Elite suffered a brake failure and headed for the escape road, only to found a photographer standing here, complete with tripod. Hughes tried to avoid him, but rolled his little Lotus, striking the photographer and killing them both. | |
| Denny Hulme (NZL) | 1992-10-04 | Touring car | BMW M3 | Australian Touring Cars | Mount Panorama | Tooheys 1000 | Race | Heart attack caused loss of control on Conrod Straight | |
| Xavier Hutin (SUI) | 1988-10-09 | Rally car | Renault 5 | Swiss Rally Championship | Rallye de Court | Rallye de Court | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Ralph Iacovetta (USA) | 1948-07-08 | Roadster | | | Englewood Speedway | | Race | Rolled after locking wheels with another car | |
| Gus Ianacone (USA) | 1934-08-05 | | | Garden State Racing Association | Woodbridge Speedway | Five-mile qualifying race | Race | Skidded, spun, hit a guard rail, was hit by another car, was thrown out and run over | |
| Paco Ibarra (MEX) | 1958-03-16 | Sports car | Jaguar C-Type | | Orizaba (public roads) | | Test | Hit a stone and rolled after trying to pass a truck | |
| Iván Iglesias (BRA) | 1973-10-21 | Touring car | Chevrolet Opala 4 | Rio Grande do Sul State Division 3 Championship | Autódromo Internacional de Tarumã | 6a. etapa do Campeonato Gaúcho de Divisão 3 | Race | After hitting another car, both went up an embankment, drivers were launched into the air and both slammed to the ground. Iglesias's car exploded upon impact. | |
| Silvio Ilari (ARG) | 1923-03-30 | Stock car | | | Rosario-Santa Fe-Rosario (public roads) | | Test | Crash | |
| Anthony Imbimbo (USA) | 1948-07-02 | Midget | | American Racing Drivers Club Midget Championship | Hinchliffe Stadium | Consolation race | Race | Spun trying to avoid a crash, hit a car and flipped | |
| Vladimiro Immigrati (ITA) | 1997-09-20 | Rally car | Fiat Cinquecento Sporting | Campionato Italiano Rally 2 Litri | Rally San Martino di Castrozza | Rally San Martino di Castrozza | 7th special stage, Valnevera | Slid off the road, fell down a ravine and crashed against a tree | |
| Bill Infantino (USA) | 1958-08-24 | Sports car | Ferrari | | Holland Hill Climb | Holland Hill Climb | Practice | Lost control, hit concrete posts, car flipped and driver was thrown out | |
| Leo Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 1974-06-21 | Sprint car | | | Rocky Mountain Raceway | Copper Cup | Race | Crashed into walls and fuel tank ruptured | |
| Bill Ingram (USA) | 1940-08-14 | Midget car | | United Midget Racing Association | Balboa Stadium | | Race | Crash | |
| Freddie Inscore (USA) | 1946-01-28 | Roadster | | | Sportsman Park | | Race | Rolled the car | |
| Harris Insinger (USA) | 1935-09-08 | | Gilmore Red Lion/Garnant Special | | Oakland Speedway | Feature race | Race | Locked wheels with another car and somersaulted several times | |
| Ralph Ireland (USA) | 1911-08-21 | Touring car | Staver-Chicago | AAA Championship Car | Elgin Road Course | Elgin National Trophy | Practice | Tire deflated, car veered into a ditch, rear wheel collapsed and the car rolled, crushing him | |
| Hengkie Iriawan (INA) | 1972-04-23 | Open wheel | | | Ipoh Temporary Circuit | 3rd BP Kart Prix | Race | Crash | |
| Kenny Irwin Jr. (USA) | 2000-07-07 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | New Hampshire International Speedway | thatlook.com 300 | Practice | Stuck throttle caused him to crash into the wall | |
| Sonny Irwin (USA) | 1992-06-11 | Sprint car | | | Manzanita Speedway | | Race | Slid into a wall | |
| Bobby Isaac (USA) | 1977-08-13 | Stock car | Chevrolet Nova | NASCAR Late Model Sportsman | Hickory Motor Speedway | Winston 200 | Post race | Heat exhaustion | |
| Masazi Iso (JPN) | 1982-03-06 | Open wheel | | Formula Three | Suzuka Circuit | | Practice | Hit while walking away from crash | |
| Derek Israel (USA) | 1997-09-14 | Touring car | Datsun 510 | Sports Car Club of America Pacific Coast Championship | Sears Point | GT-4 race | Race | Struck by debris from another car | |
| Buddy Iuliano (USA) | 1968-10-05 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet | National Hot Rod Association | Coastal Plains Raceway | | Race | Car overturned and he was ejected | |
| Lewis Jackson (USA) | 1916-11-18 | Open wheel | Marmon | American Automobile Association National Championship | Santa Monica | American Grand Prize | Race | Went off the track, hit several palm trees and a lemonade stand | |
| Bruce Jacobi (USA) | 1983-02-17 | Stock car | Chevrolet | Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | UNO Twin 125 Qualifiers | Qualifying | Lost control, flipped and the roll cage failed; Jacobi died almost four years after the crash | |
| Alexandre Jacopini (FRA) | 2002-05-31 | Rally car | Peugeot 206 XS Sport | French Rally Championship | Rallye Alsace-Vosges | French Rally Championship | Race | Crashed heavily after losing control of the car | |
| Patrick Jacquemart (FRA) | 1981-07-09 | Touring car | Renault 5 Turbo | International Motor Sports Association | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | IMSA private testing | Testing | Crashed into a sandbank | |
| Seppo Jämsä (FIN) | 1974-08-02 | Rally car | Mini (Mark I) | World Rally Championship | 1000 Lakes Rally | 1000 Lakes Rally | Race | Crashed head on into a railing bridge | |
| Tony Jankowiak (USA) | 1990-04-22 | Stock car | Pontiac Sunbird | NASCAR Modified | Stafford Motor Speedway | Coors Spring Sizzler 200 | Race | Crashed into turn one wall | |
| Charlie Jarzombek (USA) | 1987-03-22 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Martinsville Speedway | Miller 200 | Race | Stuck throttle caused the car to hit inner curb, spin, hit another car, and slam into wall | |
| Harry Jastrow (USA) | 1935-09-15 | Midget | | | Milwaukee Mile | | Race | Car locked wheels with another car, flipped and crushed him | |
| Charly Jellen (Austria-Hungary) | 1934-05-07 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo 8C | | Ingolstadt autobahn | | Testing | Went out of control and flipped | |
| Tyson Jemmett (NZL) | 2024-02-25 | Rally | Ford Fiesta | Hibiscus Coast Motorsport Club | Paparoa | Arcadia Road Rallysprint | Rally | Vehicle crashed into a river | |
| Frank Jenkinson (USA) | 1930-07-27 | Open wheel | Frontenac-Ford | | Jungle Park Speedway | | Race | Spindle broke on the right front axle and car went through a fence into the woods | |
| Paul Jessen (GER) | 1925-06-20 | | Excelsior | | Nideggen | III Eifelrundfahrt | Race | Left road, hit tree and was hit by another driver | |
| Bill Johnson (USA) | 1940-08-26 | | Studebaker | | Oakland Speedway | | Practice | Went out of control, hit a guardrail and flipped four times | |
| Blaine Johnson (USA) | 1996-08-31 | Drag racing | | NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Indianapolis Raceway Park | Mac Tools US Nationals | Qualifying | Connecting rod broke, cut a tire, sent the car into the left guardrail and came back to hit the right retaining wall | |
| Jason Johnson (USA) | 2018-06-23 | Sprint Car | Maxim | World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Beaver Dam Raceway | Beaver Dam Raceway | Race | Lost control while racing for lead with Daryn Pittman, flipped out of the track and hit an advertising billboard. | |
| Niokoa Johnson (USA) | 2014-03-23 | Mini stock car | | | Bubba Raceway Park | | Time trial | Crash | |
| Slick Johnson (USA) | 1990-02-11 | Stock car | Pontiac | ARCA Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona ARCA 200 | Race | Crashed and was hit by five other cars | |
| Van Johnson (USA) | 1959-07-19 | Open wheel | Kurtis - Offenhauser | USAC Championship Car | Williams Grove Speedway | Indianapolis Sweepstakes | Race | Hit by the car of Joe Barzda and flipped | |
| Hans-Peter Joisten (FRG) | 1973-07-21 | Touring car | BMW 3.0 CSL | European Touring Car Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa 24 Hours "24 Heures de Spa-Francorchamps" | Race | Crashed into guardrail and was hit by the car of Roger Dubos: both drivers died in the crash | |
| Robert Kaarto (USA) | 1966-07-08 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Superior Speedway | Unknown | Race | Hit by another car while getting out of his burning car | |
| Akihiro Kabe (JPN) | 1994-05-24 | Rally car | Ferrari F40 | Unknown | Stuart Highway | Northern Territory Cannonball Run | Race | Lost control, hit two officials at a checkpoint, went onto the gravel and hit a parked Jeep | |
| Scott Kalitta (USA) | 2008-06-21 | Drag racing | Toyota Solara Funny Car | NHRA Funny Car | Old Bridge Township Raceway Park | NHRA Lucas Oil Supernationals | Qualifying | Engine exploded, damaged parachutes and crashed at the end of the sand trap | |
| Ken Kalla (USA) | 1983-04-30 | Stock car | Buick Regal | ARCA Racing Series | Talladega Superspeedway | Permatex 500 | Race | Lost control and crashed into the infield guardrail | |
| Hiroshi Kazato (JPN) | 1974-06-02 | Sports car | Chevron B26 - BMW | Fuji Grand Champion Series | Fuji Speedway | Fuji Grand Champion Series, 2nd round, 2nd race | Race | Crashed into the two leaders of the race and caught fire | |
| Ray Keech (USA) | 1929-06-15 | Open wheel | Miller "Simplex Piston Ring" | | Altoona Speedway | Altoona 200-Mile Race | Race | Crashed into a loose piece of guardrail, rolled several times and caught fire at the bottom of the track | |
| Al Keller (USA) | 1961-11-19 | Open wheel | Philipps - Offenhauser "Konstant Hot" | | Arizona State Fairgrounds Track | | Race | Right wheel got caught in a rut, car spun, rolled broadside several times and landed upside down on a chain link fence | |
| Csaba Kesjár (HUN) | 1988-06-24 | Open wheel | Dallara 388 | German Formula Three Championship | Norisring | 200 Meilen von Nurnberg | Practice | Brakes failed, hit a guardrail, was thrown into the air and landed upside down | |
| Johnny Key (USA) | 1954-06-30 | Midget | | | Cincinnati Race Bowl | American Automobile Association Midget Championship | Race | A broken radius rod caused the car to crash into a wall and he was thrown out of the car: he was then run over by the car of Jack Turner | |
| Billy Kimmel (USA) | 2007-09-02 | Sprint car | | | Williams Grove Speedway | | Race | Flipped several times and was hit by another car | |
| Harold Kite (USA) | 1965-10-17 | Stock car | Plymouth | Grand National Series | Lowe's Motor Speedway | National 400 | Race | Hit broadside by another car | |
| Ricky Knotts (USA) | 1980-02-14 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Qualifying | Car's hood flew up, car lost control, crashed into the outside wall, was hit by the car of Blackie Wangerin and spun into the inside retaining wall | |
| Helmut Koinigg (AUT) | 1974-10-06 | Open wheel | Surtees TS16/3 - Ford | Formula One | Watkins Glen International | United States Grand Prix | Race | Deflated right tire caused the car to crash head-on into crash mesh: the car went straight under the guardrail and he was decapitated | |
| Dimitris Koliopanos (GRC) | 2003-09-27 | Rally car | Toyota Yaris | European Rally Championship | ELPA Rally | ELPA rally | Race | Crashed into phone pole and electrical transformer fell on car | |
| Alexander Nikolaevich Konshin (RUS) | 1912-09-22 | Open wheel | Opel | Unknown | Elenino-Klin-Elenino | First Russian Automobile Club Moscow 100 km | Race | Explosion | |
| Ingo Koschmieder (GER) | 2014-07-05 | Rally car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Unknown | ADAC-Grabfeldrallye | 21. Nationalen ADAC-Grabfeldrallye 2014 | Rally | Went off the road and into a ditch | |
| Sandor Kovacs (USA) | 2000-05-06 | Rally car | Toyota Celica All-Trac | Sports Car Club of America Div ProRally Championship | Sawmill Club Rally | Sawmill Club Rally | Rally stage | Crash | |
| Otakar Kramsky (CZE) | 2015-04-25 | Hillclimbing | Reynard K15 | European Hill Climb Championship | Rechberg | Grossen Bergpreis von Osterreich am Rechberg | Training | Crashed | |
| Ferdinand Křehlík (CZE) | 2003-09-20 | Rally car | Renault Clio | Non-championship | Rallye Světlá | Rallye Světlá | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Jeff Krosnoff (USA) | 1996-07-14 | Open wheel | Reynard 96l - Toyota | IndyCar | Toronto Road Course | Molson Indy Toronto | Race | Struck the back of another car and was launched into streetpole; also killed a marshal | |
| Steve King (USA) | 2006-08-09 | Sprint car | | | Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville Nationals | Race | Crash | |
| Krzysztof Krajewski (POL) | 1971-07-24 | Rally car | Polski Fiat 125p | Non-championship | Rajd Festiwalowy | 2. Rajd Festiwalowy | Race | Left the road and crashed | |
| K.E. Kumar (IND) | 2023-01-08 | Production car | | | Madras International Circuit | Indian National Car Racing Championship | Race | Contact with another competitor forced Kumar off the track and through a mesh fence | |
| Stefano La Motta (ITA) | 1951-04-01 | Rally car | Alfa Romeo 1900 | | Giro de Sicilia | XI Giro Automobilistico de Sicilia | Race | Gearbox trouble caused the car to hit the wall of a house | |
| Piero La Pera (ITA) | 1981-10-02 | Sports car | Lola T298 | | Val d'Anapo-Sortino | Val d'Anapo-Sortino - Trofeo Giovanni Oddo Hillclimb | Test | Hit another car, slid, destroyed a small wall, crashed through a gap between two guard rails and went up in flames | |
| Daniel Ray Laber (USA) | 1988-09-19 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Magic City Speedway | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Bob Lace (USA) | 1963-09-08 | Drag Racing | | | LaPlace Dragway | | Race | Went off the track and rolled | |
| Jim Ladd Jr. (USA) | 1964-11-15 | Sports car | Austin-Healey 3000 | American Road Racing Championship | Riverside International Raceway | American Road Race of Champions, D production sports car race | Race | Spun, hit by another car, went up an embankment and flipped twice | |
| Jean-Louis Lafosse (FRA) | 1981-06-13 | Sports Car | Rondeau M379 C Ford Cosworth | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Suspension failure caused the car to slam into the right-hand barrier and come back into the other barrier: the car was completely destroyed | |
| Hans Laine (FIN) | 1970-05-30 | Sports Car | Porsche 908 | World Sportscar Championship | Nürburgring | 1000 km Nürburgring | Qualifying | Car had a blow over, crashed heavily against the pavement and rolled again; the car then caught fire | |
| Roy Lake (USA) | 1938-09-24 | Sprint car | | American Automobile Association Sprint Car Championship | Allentown Fairgrounds | | Race | Crashed into a concrete wall | |
| Eugene Lambert (USA) | 1940-09-29 | Stock car | | | Winchester Speedway | | | Crash | |
| Percy E. Lambert (GBR) | 1913-10-31 | | Talbot 25 hp 4.5-liter | | Brooklands | Land speed record | Record attempt | Rear tire disintegrated, went up an embankment, rolled and he was thrown out | |
| Raymond Lambert (SUI) | 1961-06-01 | Touring car | Ferrari 250GT | | Faucille | Course de Côté de La Faucille | Post race | Lost control and rolled | |
| Catullo Lami (ITA) | 1939-08-13 | Open wheel | Maserati 6CM | | Pescara Circuit | XV Coppa Tito Acerbo | Race | Went off the road and rolled | |
| Evasio Lampiano (ITA) | 1923-06-14 | Sports car | Fiat 804 | | Faucille | Course de Côte de La Faucille | Practice | Crashed into a curbstone, went off the road, hit an embankment and overturned | |
| Jean-Marie Landeau (FRA) | 1976-06-01 | Rally car | Alpine Renault A110 1800 | | Ronde limousine | Ronde limousine | Race | Crashed into a tree after going off the road | |
| Ian Landies (USA) | 2000-08-27 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet | NHRA Division 1 | Cecil County Dragway | | Race | Crossed the center line, slid down the guard wall and hit a telephone pole | |
| Jerry Landon (USA) | 1989-04-29 | Open wheel | | | Kalamazoo Speedway | | Race | Crashed into another car, went airborne and hit the outside wall | |
| Jerzy Landsberg (POL) | 1979-04-21 | Rally car | Opel Kadett GT/E | Polish Rally Championship | Rajd Krakowski (1979 variant) | IV Rajd Krakowski - Krokusy | Rally stage | Crashed when it left the road | |
| Ron Laney (USA) | 2002-01-30 | Sprint car | | American Sprint Car Series | East Bay Raceway | Fourth King of The 360 | Race | Crashed into outside wall, flipped and was hit by another car | |
| Sigi Lang (LIE) | 1970-05-10 | Sports car | Porsche 907 | | Säckingen-Eggberg | Säckingen-Eggberg Bergrennen Hillclimb | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Xu Lang (CHN) | 2008-06-16 | Pick-up truck | Zhengzhou | | Transorientale | Trans-oriental Rally | Marathon race | Tow cable snapped and hit him in the face when he was helping another car | |
| David Langheinrich (GER) | 2006-04-29 | Rally car | Trabant 1.1 | German Rally Series | Sachsen-Rallye (2006 second special stage, Lichtentanne 1) | 40 AvD Sachsen-Rallye | Rally stage | Went off the road, flipped over in a ditch and crashed into a tree | |
| Jud Larson (USA) | 1966-06-11 | Sprint car | Dunseth Sprinter | USAC Sprint Division | Reading Fairgrounds Speedway | | Race | Crashed into another car, rolled and hit a fence | |
| Massimo Larini (ITA) | 1973-07-21 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo GTAm | European Touring Car Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa 24 Hours | Race | Lost control, hit the barrier head on and rolled several times | |
| Jean Larivière (FRA) | 1951-06-23 | Touring car | Ferrari 212 Export C | Non-championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Left the track, jumped an embankment and crashed into a barbed wire barricade | |
| Arsenio Laurel (PHL) | 1967-11-19 | Touring car | Lotus 41 | Unknown | Guia Circuit | XIV Grande Prêmio de Macau | Race | Lost control, crashed into the Mandarin bend and caught on fire | |
| Ed Lawrence (USA) | 1959-03-20 | Sports car | Maserati 300S | World Sportscar Championship | Sebring International Raceway | 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Amoco Trophy | Practice | | |
| Glenn Leasher (USA) | 1962-09-10 | | Infinity | | Bonneville Salt Flats | Land speed record | Record attempt | Car exploded on the flats | |
| Vern Leech (AUS) | 1939-01-02 | Open wheel | MG P-type | | Lobethal | Australian Grand Prix | Race | Crash | |
| Jason Leffler (USA) | 2013-06-12 | Sprint car | | Tri-State RaceSaver Series 410 Sprint Car Championship | Bridgeport Speedway | Night of Wings 2013 | Qualifying | Front suspension failed, causing the car to hit a wall and flip several times | |
| Marcel Lehoux (FRA) | 1936-07-19 | Open wheel | ERA R3B | | Deauville | Grand Prix de Deauville | Race | Crashed into the car of Giuseppe Farina, flipped and he was thrown out | |
| Pierre Levegh (FRA) | 1955-06-11 | Sports car | Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR | World Sports Car Championship | Le Mans | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crash | |
| Miroslav Levora (CZE) | 2008-06-21 | Rally car | Škoda Fabia 2000 | Czech Rally Championship | Horácká Rally | XIX Horácká Rally | Rally stage | Went off the road on a jump and hit a tree | |
| Stuart Lewis-Evans (GBR) | 1958-10-19 | Open wheel | Vanwall VW57 | Formula One | Ain-Diab Circuit | Moroccan Grand Prix | Race | Engine seizure led to crash, caught fire on impact | |
| Scott Liebler (USA) | 1989-10-13 | Open wheel | Martini Mk.53-Volkswagen | Formula Atlantic | Road Atlanta | SCCA National Championship Runoffs | Race | Touched rear tire of another car and rolled several times | |
| Dick Linder (USA) | 1959-04-19 | Open wheel | Kurtis-Offenhauser | United States Auto Club National Championship | Trenton Speedway | Trenton 100-Mile Race | Race | Crashed through guardrail and rolled over once, breaking his neck | |
| Butch Lindley (USA) | 1985-04-13 | Stock car | Chevrolet Camaro | All Pro Super Series | DeSoto Speedway | Keene Brothers Trucking 125 | Race | Car hit a wall driver’s side and he hit his head against the wall, dying over six years after the crash in a coma | |
| Peter Lindner (GER) | 1964-10-11 | Sports car | Jaguar E-Type Lightweight | World Sportscar Championship | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Race | Collided with the Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero of Franco Patria in the pit lane on lap 83 of the race | |
| John Lingenfelter (USA) | 2002-10-27 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet Cavalier | NHRA sports compact | Pomona | Mazda NHRA Sport Compact World Finals | Race | Car lost traction and hit retaining wall at 190 mph- he died over a year later from his injuries | |
| Kevin Lloyd (GBR) | 2004-05-29 | Rally car | Renault Clio | Renault Clio Cup | Thruxton Circuit | Renault Clio Cup, 9th Round | Race | Left the road and crashed into a tire wall | |
| George Christian von Lobkowicz (CZE) | 1932-05-22 | Open wheel | Bugatti T54 | Non-championship | AVUS | Internationales AVUS Rennen | Race | Car swerved, crossed the straight, cut through three trees and hit a railway wall | |
| Frank Lockhart (USA) | 1928-04-25 | Land Speed | Stutz Blackhawk Special | | Daytona Beach | | Record attempt | Car cut tire, lost control, rolled multiple times and was ejected. | |
| Mark Lovell (GBR) | 2003-07-12 | Rally car | Subaru WRX | Sports Car Club of America ProRally Championship | Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally | Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally | Rally stage | Hit a tree at high speed | |
| Jean Lucienbonnet (FRA) | 1962-08-19 | Open wheel | Lotus 22 | Italian Formula Junior Championship | Pergusa | XI Gran Premio Pergusa | Race | Crash | |
| Tiny Lund (USA) | 1975-08-17 | Stock car | Dodge | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Talladega Superspeedway | Talladega 500 | Race | Collided with another car and was hit on the driver’s side door by another car | |
| Stuart Lyndon (NZL) | 1985-06-02 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | Automobile Racing Club of America | Atlanta International Raceway | | Race | Crash | |
| David Ma (HK) | 1971-11-19 | Open Wheel | Lotus 47 | Non-championship | Guia Circuit | Guia Race of Macau | Qualifying | Crashed into a street lamp after losing control | |
| Dave MacDonald (USA) | 1964-05-30 | Open wheel | Thompson 63-Ford | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Lost control of the car, hit the wall, exploded and was hit by the car of Eddie Sachs | |
| Herbert MacKay-Fraser (USA) | 1957-07-14 | Sports car | Lotus Eleven | Formula Two Non-championship | Reims-Gueux | Coupe Internationale de Vitesse | Race | Went off the road, rolled and he was thrown out | |
| Doc Mackenzie (USA) | 1936-08-23 | Sports car | Crager | American Automobile Association | Milwaukee Mile | 25 mile feature event | Race | Two wheels went into the dirt, causing the car to flip and land on the safety bank | |
| Duncan Mackenzie (NZL) | 1961-04-15 | Sports car | Cooper T43 | Formula Two | Levin Circuit | April Levin Meeting | Race | Two wheels went into the dirt, causing the car to flip and land on the safety bank | |
| Don MacTavish (USA) | 1969-02-22 | Stock car | Mercury Comet | NASCAR Sportsman Division | Daytona International Speedway | Sportsman 300 | Race | Crashed into a wall, sheared the front end of the car off and was hit head on by another car | |
| Marco Magaña (MEX) | 1993-05-30 | Open wheel | | Mexican Formula Three | Autódromo Monterrey | Fórmula Dos championship | Race | Rock launched from another car went into his visor, ran off the track, hit an embankment, went airborne and hit a commentating box | |
| Jorge Magnasco (ARG) | 1958-01-26 | Sports car | Maserati 300S | World Sportscar Championship | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | 1000 km Buenos Aires | Race | Car overturned following an accident | |
| Richard Mainwaring (GBR) | 1955-09-18 | Sports car | Elva-Climax Mk.1 | World Sportscar Championship | Dundrod Circuit | RAC Tourist Trophy | Race | Lost control of his car and crashed off the track | |
| Jim Malloy (USA) | 1972-05-14 | Open wheel | Eagle-Offenhauser | United States Auto Club National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Lost control and crashed into the wall at 186 mph | |
| Andrea Mamé (ITA) | 2013-06-30 | Sports car | Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | Circuit Paul Ricard | Blancpain Race Weekend au Circuit Paul Ricard | Race | Crashed into a wall near the pit lane | |
| Larry Mann (USA) | 1952-09-14 | Stock car | 1951 Hudson Hornet | NASCAR Grand National Series | Langhorne Speedway | | Race | Crashed through a fence and car tumbled over | |
| Jovy Marcelo (PHI) | 1992-05-15 | Open wheel | Lola T91/00-Cosworth | IndyCar | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Crashed into a wall backwards and hit his head on the cockpit | |
| Victorio Marchesich (ARG) | 1950-02-25 | Stock car | Ford V8 | Turismo Carretera | Casilda | II Vuelta de Santa Fe | Race | Overturned | |
| Pierre Maréchal (GBR) | 1949-06-26 | Sports car | Aston Martin DB2 | | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Lost control of the car, hit an embankment and flipped | |
| Onofre Marimón (ARG) | 1954-07-31 | Open wheel | Maserati 250F | Formula One | Nürburgring | German Grand Prix | Practice | Careened down a hill | |
| Matthew Marker (USA) | 2011-04-30 | Rally car | Subaru Impreza WRX | Rally America | Olympus Rally | Olympus Rally | Rally special stage 6 | Went off the road and hit a tree | |
| Bobby Marshman (USA) | 1964-11-27 | Open wheel | Lotus-Ford | USAC Championship | Phoenix International Raceway | | Testing | Suddenly turned into the wall and crashed head on | |
| Eric Martin (USA) | 2002-10-09 | Stock car | Chevrolet | ARCA Re/Max Series | Lowe's Motor Speedway | EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100 | Practice | Hit by the car of Deborah Renshaw on the driver's side | |
| Emilio Materassi (ITA) | 1928-09-09 | Sports car | Talbot 700 | | Monza | Gran Premio d'Italia e d'Europa | Race | Touched the rear wheel of another car, swerved to the left, jumped over a fence and went into the crowd, killing himself and at least 22 spectators. | |
| Takashi Matsunaga (JPN) | 1969-08-10 | Sports car | Honda R1300 | | Suzuka Circuit | 12 Hours of Suzuka | Race | Crashed into a guardrail and burst into flames | |
| Timmy Mayer (USA) | 1964-02-28 | Open wheel | Cooper T70-Climax | Tasman Cup | Longford Circuit | South Pacific Trophy | Qualifying | Lost control of the car, landed crooked, launched into a group of trees and was thrown out | |
| Jim Mayers (GBR) | 1955-09-18 | Sports car | Cooper-Climax T39 | World Sportscar Championship | Dundrod Circuit | RAC Tourist Trophy | Race | Hit a concrete pillar and the car immediately burst into a ball of flame. Mayers was killed instantly | |
| Rex Mays (USA) | 1949-11-06 | Open wheel | Kurtis 2000 - Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Del Mar | Del Mar 100-Mile Race | Race | Hit a rut, flipped, was thrown out and run over | |
| Stewart McColl (AUS) | 2003-08-09 | Touring car | Volkswagen Golf | Australian GT Performance Car Championship | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Australian GT Performance Championship, sixth round | Practice | Crashed head on into a wall at turn 4 after an apparent brake failure | |
| J. D. McDuffie (USA) | 1991-08-11 | Stock car | Pontiac | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Watkins Glen International | Budweiser at The Glen | Race | Lost brakes and a wheel, crashed into a tire barrier at full speed, flipped and landed upside down | |
| Jack McGrath (USA) | 1955-11-06 | Open wheel | Kurtis 4000-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Arizona State Fairgrounds | Bobby Ball Memorial Race | Race | Axle broke and car flipped | |
| Bruce McLaren (NZL) | 1970-06-02 | Sports car | McLaren M8D-Chevrolet | | Goodwood Circuit | | Testing | The rear part of the bodywork failed, the car went onto the grass and crashed into a marshal's post | |
| Bob McLean (CAN) | 1966-03-26 | Sports car | Ford GT40 | World Sportscar Championship | Sebring International Raceway | 12 Hours of Sebring | Race | Lost a wheel in a hairpin, rolled several times, crashed into a telephone pole and exploded | |
| John McVitty (USA) | 1956-04-22 | Stock car | | NASCAR Grand National Series | Langhorne Speedway | | Race | | |
| Eric Medlen (USA) | 2007-03-19 | Drag racing | Ford Mustang Funny car | NHRA POWERade Series | Gainesville Raceway | | Testing | Tire went flat and came apart, causing the car to shake violently, which in turn caused his helmet to hit the roll cage | |
| Russell Mendez (USA) | 1975-03-16 | Rocket dragster | | | Gainesville Raceway | Gatornationals | Exhibition run | Crashed into guardrail and was thrown from the car after the chute was deployed without having time to inflate | |
| Otto Merz (GER) | 1933-05-18 | Sports car | Mercedes-Benz SSKL | | AVUS | Avusrennen | Practice | Car aquaplaned, crashed against a cement milestone, rolled and he was thrown out | |
| Fausto Meyrat (SWI) | 1959-06-07 | Sports car | Auto Union RS1080 | World Sportscar Championship | Nürburgring | 1000 km Nürburgring | Race | Meyrat was being lapped by Stirling Moss, when their cars lightly touched, Meyrat lost control of his car and crashed heavily | |
| Danny Milburn (USA) | 1991-02-03 | | | USAC Silver Crown | Phoenix International Raceway | Copper World Classic | Race | Locked wheels with another driver and hit the wall at a flat angle, shattering the right side | |
| Ken Miles (GBR) | 1966-08-17 | Sports car | Ford GT J | International Championship for Makes | Riverside International Raceway | | Testing | Car went out of control, spun into the infield and went over an embankment, where he was thrown out | |
| Chet Miller (USA) | 1953-05-15 | Open wheel | Kurtis FD-Novi | American Automobile Association National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Car went into the dirt, Miller overcorrected and slammed into the wall | |
| Kenny Minter (USA) | 1995-10-29 | Modified | | | Caraway Speedway | Southern Modified Feature | Race | Crashed into a wall | |
| Takeshi Mitsuno (JPN) | 1965-10-10 | Sports car | | Kansai Sports Car Club | Suzuka Circuit | | | | |
| Gerhard Mitter (GER) | 1969-08-30 | | BMW-Dornier 269 | European Formula Two | Nürburgring | German Grand Prix | Practice | Front suspension failure caused a wheel to fall off, which caused a crash | |
| Laurenţiu Moldovan (ROM) | 2008-07-06 | Rally car | Renault Clio | Campionatului Naţional de Viteză în Coastă | Reşiţa Rally | Campionatului Naţional de Viteză în Coastă de la Reşiţa | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Guy Moll (ALG) | 1934-08-15 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2900 | Formula Libre | Pescara Circuit | X Coppa Tito Acerbo | Race | Tried to overtake the car of Ernst Henne, lost control of the car, hit the parapet of a bridge, somersaulted and flung Moll out | |
| Greg Moore (CAN) | 1999-10-31 | Open wheel | Reynard 99-Mercedes | CART | California Speedway | Marlboro 500 | Race | Jumped loose coming off of turn two, became inverted, and crashed top first into concrete barrier | |
| Tyler Morr (USA) | 2012-05-19 | Mini stock car | | Auburndale Kid's Club | Auburndale Speedway | | Race | Crash | |
| Roberto Mouras (ARG) | 1992-11-22 | Stock car | Chevrolet Chevy | Turismo Carretera | Lobos | 3a Vuelta de Lobos - Premio Policia de la Provincia de Buenos Aires | Race | Crash | |
| Paul Mulcahy (IRL) | 2013-06-30 | Rally car | Toyota Starlet | Dunlop National Rally Championship | Carrick-on-Suir Ravens Rock Stages Rally | Carrick-on-Suir Ravens Rock Stages Rally 2013 | Rally stage | Crash | |
| Herbert Müller (SUI) | 1981-05-24 | Sports car | Porsche 908/03-81 Turbo | World Sportscar Championship | Nürburgring | 1000 km Nürburgring | Race | Crash | |
| John Mulligan (USA) | 1969-09-01 | Drag racing | Chrysler | NHRA top fuel | Indianapolis Raceway Park | NHRA U.S. Nationals | Race | Crash | |
| Eiki Muramatsu (JPN) | 1990-03-23 | | Mooncraft MC041B-Mugen | All-Japan Formula 3000 Championship | Fuji Speedway | | Testing | Crash | |
| Doc Murphy (USA) | 1956-04-14 | Sports car | Jaguar XK120 | SCCA | Marlboro Motor Raceway | | Racing school | Left the road and rolled onto roof | |
| Jimmy Murphy (USA) | 1924-09-15 | Open wheel | Miller | American Automobile Association National Championship | New York State Fairgrounds | Syracuse 150-Mile Race | Race | Crash | |
| Luigi Musso (ITA) | 1958-07-06 | Open wheel | Ferrari Dino 246 | Formula One | Reims | French Grand Prix | Race | Tire deflation | |
| Bobby Myers (USA) | 1957-09-02 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Grand National Series | Darlington Raceway | Southern 500 | Race | Crashed into a stalled car and rolled | |
| Lyle Nabbefeldt (USA) | 1973-05-26 | Stock car | Chevrolet Corvette | | Wisconsin Dells Motor Speedway | | Qualifying | Stuck throttle caused the car to crash into the wall | |
| Kenichi Nagai (JPN) | 1966-05-03 | Touring car | | | Fuji Speedway | | | Gust of wind picked up the car and was thrown over the barriers | |
| Michał Nahorski (POL) | 1959-07-22 | Rally car | Triumph TR3A | European Rally Championship | Adriatic Rally | | Race | Went off the road, went down a ravine, hit a tree roof first and caught fire | |
| Osamu Nakajima (JPN) | 2012-10-21 | Sports car | Nissan Fairlady Z33 | Super Taikyu Series | Suzuka Circuit | Super Taikyu Suzuka | Race | Crashed into a barrier on the first turn | |
| Masaharu Nakano (JPN) | 1973-11-23 | Sports car | Chevron B23 | Grand Champion Series | Fuji Speedway | Fuji Victory 200 Kilometers | Race | Spun out, crossed the track, was hit by other cars and the car exploded | |
| Théodore Namont (FRA) | 1930-05-25 | Hillclimb | | | Course de Côte à Fontainebleau | | Hillclimb | Went off the road and somersaulted | |
| Bill Nansen (USA) | 1970-08-13 | Drag racing | | | Island Dragway | | Qualifying | Crashed into a ramp, flipped and hit a wall | |
| Walter Narr (GER) | 1969-05-17 | | | | Harz | Harz-Bergpreis | Practice | Crashed | |
| Mike Nazaruk (USA) | 1955-05-01 | Sprint car | Nyquist-Offenhauser | | Langhorne Speedway | | Race | Veered into the wall, swerved, hit the wall again, went partway through it, rolled several times and caught fire: he was thrown out of the car | |
| Biagio Nazzaro (ITA) | 1922-07-15 | | Fiat 804 | | Strasbourg | Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | Race | Threw a rear wheel, hit a tree and rolled several times | |
| David Ndahura (UGA) | 1970-03-28 | Rally car | Peugeot 404 | International Championship for Manufacturers | Safari Rally | 18th East African Safari Rally | Race | Drowning | |
| Carrie Neal (USA) | 1997-07-25 | Drag racing | | NHRA National Championship Drag Races | Sears Point | NHRA Autolite Nationals | Warm-up | Throttle stuck | |
| Harry Neale (AUS) | 1959-02-06 | Midget | | | Claremont Speedway | | Race | Crashed into another car, rolled several times, belt broke and was thrown out | |
| Bill Neapolitan (USA) | 1932-08-28 | | | | Woodbridge Speedway | | Race | Crash | |
| Gérard Nectoute (FRA) | 1982-05-01 | | March 742 | | Cagnotte | Course de Côte de Cagnotte | Race | Skidded, went off the road and crashed | |
| Darren Needham (GBR) | 2004-08-08 | Touring car | Mini Cooper S | John Cooper Challenge | Silverstone | | Race | Crashed into another car and into a barrier | |
| George Neely (USA) | 1959-10-10 | Stock car | | | Mansfield Motorsports Speedway | | Post-race | Ran into the rear tire of another car, went up an embankment, the shoulder straps broke and this caused him to hit his helmet on the rollcage | |
| Bruno Nefe (GER) | 1978-09-15 | Touring car | Trabant 601 | East Germany Touring Car Championship | Frohburger-Dreieck | DDR Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Race | Crashed and somersaulted | |
| John Negley (USA) | 1953-10-24 | Sports car | Allard-Chrysler | Sports Car Club of America National | Turner Air Force Base | Strategic Air Power Trophy Race | Practice | Car rolled over | |
| Jean-Louis Negro (FRA) | 1981-09-13 | | | | Gourdon Caussols | Course de Côte de Gourdon Caussols | Hillclimb | Struck by another car while in the parking lot | |
| Gary Neice (USA) | 1991-05-04 | Stock car | Oldsmobile | NASCAR Busch Series | South Boston Speedway | Carquest 300 | Race | Heart attack | |
| Edmont Nelson (USA) | 1957-05-12 | Sports car | Ferrari 335S | World Sports Car Championship | Guidizzolo | Mille Miglia | Race | Alfonso de Portago's front tire exploded. He lost control of the car; hit a telephone pole, jumped over a brook, then the car bounced back on to the road, slid over the road, spinning, and ended up, wheels down, in a brook at the other side of the road. Besides de Portago, his navigator Nelson, ten spectators – among them five children – died | |
| Norman Nelson (USA) | 1963-08-31 | | | | Hartford Speedway Park | | Race | Rolled over | |
| John Nemechek (USA) | 1997-03-16 | Truck | Chevrolet | Craftsman Truck Series | Homestead-Miami Speedway | | Race | Lost control and crashed into the wall on the driver's door | |
| Kenny Nemire (USA) | 1957-07-06 | Stock car | Ford convertible | ARCA Racing Series | Toledo Raceway Park | | Race | Crashed into retaining wall, slid, rolled and was ejected | |
| Nikolai Nenov (BUL) | 1993-05-08 | Rally car | Nissan Sunny GTI-R | European Rally Championship | Rally Zlatni Piassatzi | 24th International Rally Zlatni Piassatzi | Race | Crashed into a rock after going off a road and down an embankment | |
| Guy Nève (BEL) | 1992-06-28 | Sportscar | Porsche 911 Carrera | Belgian Procar | Chimay Street Circuit | | Race | Clipped another car, slid, rolled several times and caught fire | |
| Roger Newell (USA) | 1987-05-23 | | | California Racing Association - sprint car | Ascot Park | Salute to the Indy 500 | Race | Slid and crashed into a wall | |
| Eddie Nicholson (USA) | 1946-06-09 | | | International Motor Contest Association | Milwaukee Mile | Barney Oldfield Race | Race | Crashed through a fence and overturned | |
| Gilfert Nielson (USA) | 1969-04-09 | Drag racing | | | Orange County International Raceway | | Race | Thrown out of the car | |
| Joop van Nieuwenhuijzen (NED) | 1960-01-18 | Rally car | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI | European Rally Championship for Drivers | Rallye de Monte-Carlo | 29ème Rallye de Monte-Carlo | Race | Crashed into a truck | |
| Mark Niver (USA) | 2010-07-11 | Drag racing | | NHRA | Seattle International Raceway | Northwest Nationals | Post-race | Parachute ripped backwards into netting, buckling the chassis into the cockpit | |
| Hob Noel (USA) | 1964-10-11 | Stock car | | | Eldora Speedway | | Race | Hit wall, bounced back onto the track, ran over a competitor's wheel and flipped over the track wall | |
| Art Noll (USA) | 1932-07-10 | | | | Ho-Ho-Kus Speedway | | Practice | | |
| Eric Nord (USA) | 1980-04-27 | Kart | | | Talladega Super Speedway | | | Crash | |
| Frank Norris (USA) | 1922-09-16 | Sports car | | | Arlington Park | | Race | Crashed through a fence | |
| Marcelo Núñez (MEX) | 2004-08-01 | Stock car | Pontiac Grand Prix | Desafío Corona | Autódromo Monterrey | Desafío Corona, 4ta. fecha | Race | Swerved to avoid hitting a wall, went into a gravel trap, went onto track again and was hit by another car | |
| Jack Nunnally (USA) | 1926-01-15 | | | | Arizona State Fairgrounds | | Practice | Crashed through a fence and overturned | |
| Hank Nykaza (USA) | 1957-08-24 | Midget car | | United States Auto Club National Midget Championship | Milwaukee Mile | | Race | Rear wheels locked up, car skidded, jack-knifed, seat belt snapped and he was thrown out | |
| Pat O'Connor (USA) | 1958-05-30 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Hit the car of Jimmy Reece, flipped, skidded, hit a wall and caught fire | |
| Eddie O'Donnell (USA) | 1920-11-25 | Open wheel | Duesenberg | American Automobile Association National Championship | Beverly Hills Speedway | Beverly Hills 200-Mile Race | Race | Crashed into the car of Gaston Chevrolet | |
| Kieth O'dor (GBR) | 1995-09-10 | Touring car | Nissan Primera | Super Tourenwagen Cup | AVUS | AVUS Rennen | Race | Equipment failure caused the car to hit a wall and spin: he was then hit by the car of Frank Biela on the driver's door | |
| Hitoshi Ogawa (JPN) | 1992-05-24 | Open wheel | Mugen Honda | Japanese F3000 | Suzuka Circuit | Million Card Cup Race round two | Race | Crashed into the car of Andrew Gilbert-Scott, flew into the gravel trap and hit a pole supporting a fence | |
| Ken O'Neill (USA) | 1965-08-07 | Sportscar | Merlyn-Climax | Sports Car Club of America | Candlestick Park | Third annual Candlestick Park Road Races | Qualifying | Flipped over a guard rail | |
| Charles Ogle (USA) | 1985-12-15 | Stock car | Pontiac Sunbird | | Daytona International Speedway | | Testing | Car flipped over | |
| Rance Olds (USA) | 1923-06-23 | Open wheel | Curtiss | | Roby Speedway | | Qualifying | Crash | |
| Greg Olhava (USA) | 2000-10-14 | Drag racing | | National Hot Rod Association | Indianapolis Raceway Park | | Pre-race | Car suddenly accelerated, crashed and rolled over | |
| Gigi Olivari (ITA) | 1957-04-14 | Sports car | Maserati A6 | | Giro di Sicilia | XVII Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia | Race | Skidded, crashed into a concrete wall and burst into flames | |
| Senkichi Omura (JPN) | 1974-04-07 | Open wheel | F2000 Brabham | | Suzuka Circuit | | Testing | Crashed into a guard rail | |
| Vladislav Ondřejík (CZE) | 1977-07-10 | Touring car | Škoda 130RS | East Germany Touring Car Championship | Sachsenring | Sachsenring Rennen | Race | Crashed into two other cars and into a concrete pole | |
| Henri Oreiller (FRA) | 1962-10-21 | Sports car | Ferrari 250 GTO | World Sportscar Championship | Autodrome de Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Race | | |
| Jim O'Rourke (USA) | 1970-06-12 | Stock car | Tire blew out at 100 mph, causing it to flip | Modified super stock car | Sportsman Park | | Qualifying | Fire | |
| Rodney Orr (USA) | 1994-02-14 | Stock car | Ford Thunderbird | Winston Cup Series | Daytona International Speedway | Daytona 500 | Practice | Car spun, lifted into the air and hit the outside retaining wall and catch fence at 175 mph | |
| Pete O'Shea (IRL) | 2011-08-13 | Open wheel | Swift Cooper SC-10 Ford | Formula Ford | Castle Combe Circuit | Castle Combe August Cup | Qualifying | Heart attack | |
| Justin Owen (USA) | 2023-04-08 | Sprint car | Unknown | USAC Sprint Car Championship | Lawrenceburg Speedway | | Qualifying | Owen's car went on two wheels entering turn 3, hitting the wall causing the car to flip several times | |
| Skip Pabis (USA) | 2005-05-23 | Modified | Unknown | International Motor Contest Association | Afton Speedway | Unknown | Race | Rolled over | |
| Jim Packard (USA) | 1960-10-01 | Midget | Unknown | United States Auto Club National Midget Championship | Fairfield | Unknown | Qualifying | Steering broke, car flipped over a wall and hit a tree | |
| Don Padia (USA) | 1951-09-16 | Midget | Unknown | Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association | Englewood Speedway | Unknown | Race | Locked wheels with another driver and flipped into a parking lot | |
| Jim Pagel (USA) | 1997-05-01 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | Wisconsin International Raceway | US96/Goldstar Racing Supply Fox River Racing Club event | Qualifying | Spun out and hit a wall | |
| Giancarlo Pagliuca (ITA) | 1997-05-18 | Kart | Unknown | Kart | Sarno | Non-championship race | Race | Hit another competitor and rolled as the kart ran over him | |
| Pierre Pagnibon (FRA) | 1953-06-07 | Sportscar | Ferrari 340MM Touring Spyder#0268AM | Non-championship | Hyères | Les Douze Heures d'Hyères | Race | Lost control of car in the rain, crashed and was ejected | |
| Riccardo Paletti (ITA) | 1982-06-13 | Open wheel | Osella FA1C-Cosworth | Formula One | Montreal | Canadian Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into the stalled car of Didier Pironi and caught fire | |
| Carlos Pardo (MEX) | 2009-06-14 | Stock car | Ford Fusion | NASCAR Corona Series | Puebla | | Race | Hit by another car and slammed into a containment wall | |
| Michael Park (GBR) | 2005-09-18 | Rally car | Peugeot 307 WRC | World Rally Championship | Wales Rally | | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Neal Parker (USA) | 2010-06-11 | Drag racing | | NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series | Old Bridge Township Raceway Park | United Association NHRA SuperNationals | | Parachute did not deploy, went through a gravel trap, went through safety nets and hit water barrels | |
| J.G. Parry-Thomas (GBR) | 1927-03-03 | Land speed record | Babs | | Pendine Sands | | | Car slid, flipped, landed on its wheels and caught fire | |
| Franco Patria (ITA) | 1964-10-11 | Sports car | Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero | World Sportscar Championship | Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry | 1000 km de Paris | Race | Hit by the Jaguar E-Type lightweight of Peter Lindner in the pit lane on lap 83 of the race | |
| Carlo Pedrazzini (SWI) | 1934-04-22 | Open wheel | Maserati 8CM | | Circuito Pietro Bordino | Circuito di Alessandria Gran Premio Pietro Bordino | Race | Crashed into a parapet on a bridge, somersaulted, hit a wall and he was thrown out | |
| Stan Perry (USA) | 2007-05-04 | Stock car | | | Spartan Speedway | | Race | Crashed and had a heart attack | |
| Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | 1978-09-10 | Open wheel | Lotus 78 - Cosworth | Formula One | Monza | Italian Grand Prix | Race | Hit by the car of James Hunt, spun into a wall and caught fire: died of a fat embolism the next day | |
| Adam Petty (USA) | 2000-05-12 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | NASCAR Busch Series | New Hampshire International Speedway | Sta-Green 200 | Practice | Stuck throttle caused the car to crash into the turn 3 wall | |
| Russell Phillips (USA) | 1995-10-06 | Stock car | Oldsmobile Cutlass | NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Winston 100 NASCAR Sportsman Series | Race | Was hit by another car and launched roof first into the wall, while trying to avoid a spinning car. The roof and roll cage were sheared away exposing Phillps' body to the fence and a caution light. This has been deemed the most gruesome crash in NASCAR history. | |
| Wanda Phillips (USA) | 2007-06-30 | Stock car | | | Lonesome Pine International Raceway | | Race | Crash | |
| Wolfgang Piwco (GER) | 1956-04-29 | Touring car | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL | World Sportscar Championship | Montemarciano | Mille Miglia | Race | Car hit a wall, killing him instantly | |
| Georg Plasa (GER) | 2011-07-10 | Hillclimbing | BMW 134 - Judd V8 | European Hill Climb Championship | Rieti-Terminillo | Coppa Bruno Carotti | Hillclimb | Hit a hill, flipped and was ejected | |
| Carlos Polanco (CHI) | 1990-11-25 | Touring car | Nissan Sunny | Monomarca Nissan Sunny (Chile) | Roca Roja | | Race | Tagged by another car, flipped violently and was ejected | |
| Art Pollard (USA) | 1973-05-12 | Open wheel | Eagle-Offenhauser | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Crashed hard into the outside wall, flipped over multiple times and caught fire | |
| Mark Porter (NZL) | 2006-10-06 | Touring car | Holden Commodore | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst 1000 | Race | Crash into wall coming to a stop sideways mid track to be hit in the drivers door by a following car | |
| Andre Pouschol (FRA) | 1954-05-02 | Touring car | Citroën 15 Six | World Sportscar Championship | Vigenza | Mille Miglia | Race | Crashed into signpoint | |
| Donald Pratt (USA) | 1989-09-17 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Pocono Raceway | Sunoco Race of Champions 250 | Race | Crashed broadside into a wall | |
| Talmadge Prince (USA) | 1970-02-19 | Stock car | Dodge Daytona | NASCAR Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | Twin 125 | Race | T-Boned broadside by another car | |
| Tom Pryce (GBR) | 1977-03-05 | Open wheel | Shadow DN8 | Formula One | Kyalami | South African Grand Prix | Race | Hit in the head by a fire extinguisher | |
| Willy Quevedo (ARG) | 2007-03-02 | Drag Racing | De Carlo | Unknown | Luján de Cuyo | Las Picadas de Lujan de Cuyo | Exhibition | Engine exploded and debris hit him | |
| Jimmy Quick (USA) | 1965-07-16 | | | | Devil's Bowl Speedway | | Race | Crushed inside car after crash | |
| Gene Quillin (USA) | 1947-06-08 | Stock car | | Ohio Speedway Association | Ravenna Fairgrounds | | Race | Crashed through a guard rail and was impaled on it | |
| Del Quinn (USA) | 2001-04-28 | Stock car | | Northern California Modifieds Association | Kings Speedway | | Post-race | Heart attack | |
| Joe Quinn (USA) | 1948-07-14 | Stock car | | | Owosso Speedway | | Race | Hit by a car after crash | |
| Joe Quinn (IRE) | 1954-08-28 | Sports car | Quinn Special V8 | Formula Libre | The Curragh | Wakefield Trophy and O'Boyle Trophy Handicap | Race | Crashed into spectator enclosure and rope wrapped around his neck | |
| Kenny Quinn (USA) | 1924-10-18 | | | | Clearfield Driving Park | | Race | Crashed through a fence | |
| Manuel Quintana (CUB) | 1980-03-21 | Sports car | Porsche 911 | World Challenge for Endurance Drivers | Sebring International Raceway | 28th Annual Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance | Qualifying | Crashed and somersaulted | |
| Esteban Quispitupa (PER) | 1999-10-10 | Rally car | Toyota | Peruvian National Rally Championship | Caminos del Inca | XXIX Gran Premio Nacional de Carretreras "Caminos del Inca" | Rally Stage | Crashed against a rock to avoid crashing into the sea | |
| Eddie Raasch (USA) | 1930-06-22 | | | International Motor Contest Association | Milwaukee Mile | | Race | Crashed into two stalled cars and was ejected | |
| Leslie Rabik (USA) | 1940-07-04 | Stock car | Jalopy | Unknown | Hawkeye Downs Speedway | Jalopy race | Race | Blinded by dust, car lost control and crashed through a fence: a jagged piece of fence severed his jugular vein | |
| Ian Raby (GBR) | 1967-07-30 | Open wheel | Brabham BT14-Ford Lotus LF | European Formula Two | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Grote Prijs van Zandvoort | Race | Crash | |
| Paul Rademacher (USA) | 1969-07-04 | Midget | Unknown | United Auto Racing Association | Waukegan Speedway | Unknown | Race | Smashed against a concrete wall, flipped and skidded on the track for 50 feet | |
| Barry Radford (AUS) | 2004-11-13 | Stock car | Holden Commodore | Sprintcar Association of Tasmania Nu-Tech Systems Sprintcar Series - Super Sedan class | Cranes Combined Carrick Speedway | Super Sedans, first round, second heat race | Race | Clipped by another car and slammed head-on into the pit lane wall | |
| Boris Radichkov (BUL) | 1977-07-08 | Rally car | VAZ-2101 | European Rally Championship | Rajd Polski | Rajd Polski | Rally stage | Left the road, fell into a ravine and hit a tree with the driver-side door | |
| Hans Rager (MAR) | 1958-10-19 | Sports car | Triumph | Non-championship | Ain-Diab Circuit | 2 Heures de Casablanca | Race | Car skidded and turned over | |
| Adrian Răspopa (ROM) | 2021-09-04 | Rally car | Škoda Fabia R5 | Romanian Rally Championship | Hadâmbu | Raliul Iașului | Race | Crashed into a bridge | |
| Roland Ratzenberger (AUT) | 1994-04-30 | Open wheel | Simtek S941-Ford | Formula One | Imola | San Marino Grand Prix | Qualifying | Crashed into the wall head on due to a front wing failure | |
| Tracy Read (USA) | 1987-07-25 | Stock car | Chevrolet | Automobile Racing Club of America | Alabama International Motor Speedway | ARCA Permatex 500 | Race | Crashed into another car and hit an earthen embankment | |
| Jimmy Reece (USA) | 1958-09-28 | Open wheel | Kurtis 500G-Offenhauser | USAC Championship | Trenton Speedway | Trenton 100 | Race | Touched a dirt part of the track, went up the track, hit a fence and was thrown out | |
| Lionel Régal (FRA) | 2010-08-15 | Hillclimbing | Reynard 01L-Mugen Honda | European Hill Climb Championship | Saint-Ursanne - Les Rangiers | 67ème Course de Côte Internationale Saint-Ursanne - Les Rangiers | Hillclimb | Slid and crashed into a tree | |
| Klaus Reisch (AUT) | 1971-09-12 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 | Interserie | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 6 Hours of Imola | Race | Spun, crashed backwards into the wall, burst into flames and was thrown out | |
| Marcel Renault (FRA) | 1903-05-24 | Sports car | Renault | | Paris-Madrid | Paris-Madrid - VIII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France | Marathon race | Wheel got stuck in a rut and crashed into a tree | |
| Tony Renna (USA) | 2003-10-22 | Open wheel | G-Force-Toyota | Indy Racing League | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | | Testing | Spun, went airborne into the catch fence and disintegrated | |
| Dario Resta (ITA) | 1924-09-02 | Sports car | Sunbeam | | Brooklands | | Record attempt | Tire puncture caused the car to go backwards through a fence and catch fire | |
| Peter Revson (USA) | 1974-03-22 | Open wheel | Shadow DN3 Ford-Cosworth | Formula One | Kyalami | South African Grand Prix | Testing | Lost control, slid, crashed into the barriers and caught fire | |
| Andrew Rhodes-Anderson (AUS) | 2024-11-23 | Sports car | Holden Commodore (VN) | Improved Production Racing Association of Victoria | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Island Magic | Race | Crash | |
| Gene Richards (USA) | 1982-07-31 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | Automobile Racing Club of America | Alabama International Speedway | Talladega 200 | Race | Crashed into inside wall, went across track and hit other wall | |
| Red Riegel (USA) | 1966-06-11 | Sprint car | | USAC Sprint Division | Reading Fairgrounds | | Race | Crashed into the car of Jud Larson and both cars flipped over a wall | |
| Jochen Rindt (AUT) | 1970-09-05 | Open wheel | Lotus 72C Ford-Cosworth DFV | Formula One | Monza | Italian Grand Prix | Qualifying | Right front brakeshaft broke apart, causing the car to veer left and hit the guardrail: the car went under the guardrail and he was pulled into the cockpit | |
| Fireball Roberts (USA) | 1964-05-24 | Stock car | Ford Galaxie | NASCAR Grand National Series | Charlotte Motor Speedway | World 600 | Race | Hit the wall trying to avoid another wreck from Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett, rolled over and burst into flames; died 39 days later | |
| Floyd Roberts (USA) | 1939-05-30 | Open wheel | Wetteroth-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Made contact with another car, left the track and crashed into a tree | |
| Johnny Roberts (USA) | 1965-07-24 | Stock car | Ford | | Lincoln Speedway | | Race | Crash | |
| Ford Robinson (USA) | 1954-11-23 | Sports car | Ferrari 375 Plus Pinin Farina | World Sportscar Championship | Carrera Panamericana | Carrera Panamericana | Race | While driving at a speed of 180 mph down the Tehuantepec straight, the differential bearing seized and locked up the rear wheels, sending the car down a slope | |
| James Robinson (USA) | 1988-02-07 | Stock car | Pontiac Trans Am | | Phoenix International Raceway | Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic | Race | Tagged by another car, crashed broadside into a wall. Was hospitalized until he died 7 years later from pneumonia | |
| George Robson (GBR) | 1946-09-02 | Open wheel | Wetteroth-Offenhauser | American Automobile Association National Championship | Lakewood Speedway | Atlanta 100-Mile National Championship Auto Race | Race | Crash | |
| Chuck Rodee (USA) | 1966-05-14 | Open wheel | Watson-Ford | United States Auto Club | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Qualifying | Slammed into the wall broadside and hit his head against the barrier | |
| Gonzalo Rodríguez (URU) | 1999-09-11 | Open wheel | Lola B99/00 | CART | Laguna Seca | Honda Grand Prix of Monterey | Qualifying | Overshot the braking point, car left the track slamming into a concrete barrier at the entry of the Corkscrew corner and flipping over the wall. | |
| Pedro Rodríguez (MEX) | 1971-07-11 | Sports car | Ferrari 512M Berlinetta | Interserie | Norisring | 200 Meilen von Nürnberg | Race | Crash | |
| Ricardo Rodríguez (MEX) | 1962-11-01 | Open wheel | Lotus 24-Climax | Formula One | Magdalena Mixchuca | Mexican Grand Prix | Practice | Crash | |
| Tony Roper (USA) | 2000-10-13 | Stock pick-up truck | Ford truck | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Texas Motor Speedway | O'Reilly 400 | Race | Tagged by another car and went head on into a wall. Died the next day from neck injures which restricted the blood supply to his brain | |
| Bernd Rosemeyer (GER) | 1938-01-28 | | Auto Union | | Frankfurt-Darmstadt autobahn | | Record attempt | Lost control at 275 mph and was thrown from the car | |
| Louis Rosier (FRA) | 1956-10-07 | Sports car | Ferrari 750 Monza | Sportscar, non-championship | Linas-Montlhéry | Coupe du Salon de l'Auto de Paris | Race | Crashed in wet conditions, sustained head injuries and died 3 weeks later in hospital | |
| Darrell Russell (USA) | 2004-06-27 | Drag Racing | | NHRA top fuel | Gateway International Raceway | Sears Craftsman Nationals | Race | Mechanical failure caused his car to disentegrate, he died when one of his tires hit him on the head | |
| Joe Russo (USA) | 1934-06-10 | Open wheel | | | Langhorne Speedway | | Race | Crash | |
| Peter Ryan (USA) | 1962-07-01 | Open wheel | Lotus 22-Ford | Formula Junior | Reims | Coupe Internationale de Vitesse des Juniors | Race | Crash | |
| Eddie Sachs (USA) | 1964-05-30 | Open wheel | Halibrand-Ford | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Crashed into the flaming car of Dave MacDonald and caught fire | |
| Rolandas Šaduikis (LTU) | 2007-10-20 | Rally car | Honda Civic | | Ralis Kauno Ruduo | Ralis Mega – Kauno Ruduo 2007 | Race | Crash | |
| F. Saisse (FRA) | 1954-05-02 | Touring car | Citroën 15 Six | World Sportscar Championship | Vigenza | Mille Miglia | Race | Car driven by Andre Pouschol, crashed into signpoint | |
| Laura Salvo (ESP) | 2020-10-10 | Rally | Peugeot | Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia | Vidreiro Centro | Rally Vidreiro Centro | Rally stage | The car was being driven by Miguel Socias (Salvo co-driving) when it careered off the road and hit another vehicle. | |
| Sergio Santander (CHI) | 1987-09-26 | Open wheel | Juan Larroquette JL-04 - Renault | Chilean Formula 3 Championship | Las Vizcachas | Round 8 | Race | Crashed into another car, both veered off the track and hit the inside pit wall | |
| Shane Savage (AUS) | 2023-09-08 | Track day | Holden Torana | Powercruise | Queensland Raceway | Powercruise Queensland Raceway | Timed session | Lost control, spun into the infield and rolled multiple times | |
| Swede Savage (USA) | 1973-05-30 | Open wheel | Eagle-Offenhauser | USAC National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Car veered off of track, hit wall and caught fire: died in hospital 33 days later from kidney infection | |
| Ludovico Scarfiotti (ITA) | 1968-06-08 | Hillclimbing | Porsche 910/68 Bergspyder | European Hillclimb Championship | Roßfeld-Höhenring-Straße | Internationaler Alpen-Bergpreis Berchtesgaden | Race | Went off-road, fell into a ravine, crashed into trees and was thrown out | |
| Harry Schell (USA) | 1960-05-13 | Open wheel | Cooper-Climax | Non-championship Formula One | Silverstone | BRDC International Trophy | Practice | Car got sideways in the mud, flipped over, slid through a safety barrier and hit a wall of breeze blocks, which fell on the car | |
| Bill Schindler (USA) | 1952-09-20 | Open wheel | | AAA Eastern Championship | Allentown Fairgrounds | | Race | Hit a loose wheel from another car, crashed through a fence, went down an embankment and crashed into a ticket booth | |
| Jo Schlesser (FRA) | 1968-07-07 | Open wheel | Honda RA302 | Formula One | Rouen-Les-Essarts | French Grand Prix | Race | Lost control of the car, slammed into an embankment, flipped and burst into flames | |
| Terry Schoonover (USA) | 1984-11-11 | Stock car | Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS | NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Atlanta International Raceway | Atlanta Journal 500 | Race | Crashed into a dirt bank | |
| Harlan Schwartz (USA) | 2004-05-08 | Rally car | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 | Unknown | Mille Miglia | XXII Mille Miglia Storica | Rally | Tried to overtake a car, both cars were hit by a car coming in the opposite direction; the Alfa rolled, hit a tree and went into a ravine | |
| Giuseppe Scotuzzi (ITA) | 1953-11-19 | Sports car | Ferrari 375 MM Pininfarina Berlinetta | World Sportscar Championship | Tehuantepec, Mexico | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Tire burst causing the car to leave the road at about 240 km/h, he was the navigator | |
| Archie Scott Brown (GBR) | 1958-05-19 | Sports car | Lister-Jaguar | Sportscar, non-championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Grand Prix de l'Automobilclub de Francorchamps | Race | Car left the track, flipped and burst into flames | |
| Richard Seaman (GBR) | 1939-06-25 | Open wheel | Mercedes-Benz W154 | AIACR European Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Car went off the road, crashed into a tree and caught fire | |
| Tsutomu Seki (JPN) | 2013-10-27 | Touring car | Nissan Sunny | Japan Classic Car Association | Tsukuba Circuit | JCCA Classic Car Festival - TS Cup class race | Race | Car went out of control and crashed into the barrier at the last corner | |
| Ayrton Senna (BRA) | 1994-05-01 | Open wheel | Williams FW16-Renault | Formula One | Imola | San Marino Grand Prix | Race | Struck by debris after crash | |
| Jim Shampine (USA) | 1982-09-04 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | NASCAR Modified | Oswego Speedway | Oswego Modified 200 | Race | Crashed in turn 2, struck in driver's door by Ron Shepherd | |
| Neil Shanahan (IRE) | 1999-05-31 | Open wheel | Van Diemen RF99/Solus-Ford | British Formula Ford Championship | Oulton Park | Round 5 of the 1999 British Formula Ford Zetec Championship | Race | Crash | |
| Lee Shepherd (USA) | 1985-03-11 | Drag racing | Chevrolet Camaro | NHRA pro stock | Ardmore Raceway | | Race | Crash | |
| Jo Siffert (SWI) | 1971-10-24 | Open wheel | BRM P160 | Formula One, non-championship | Brands Hatch | World Championship Victory Race | Race | Crashed due to having a broken suspension and the car broke into flames. Siffert only suffered a leg fracture in the initial crash but died due to smoke inhalation as firemen took over five minutes to even start fighting the flames | |
| Wolf Silvester (GER) | 2013-06-22 | Touring car | Opel Astra OPC | Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 44th Adenauer ADAC Trophy | Race | Heart attack | |
| Allan Simonsen (DEN) | 2013-06-22 | Sports car | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | FIA World Endurance Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Crashed into a wall broadside | |
| Buren Skeen (USA) | 1965-09-13 | Stock car | Ford | NASCAR Grand National Series | Darlington Raceway | Southern 500 | Race | Hit broadside by another car | |
| Jiří Skoupil (CZE) | 2011-04-08 | Rally car | Citroën C2 S1600 | Czech Rally Championship | Mogul Rallye Šumava Klatovy | 46. Mogul Rallye Šumava Klatovy 2011 | Rally | Crashed into a tree after losing control | |
| Gordon Smiley (USA) | 1982-05-15 | Open wheel | March 82C-Cosworth | USAC Gold Crown Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Qualifying | Lost control and crashed head on into a wall at 200 mph | |
| Larry Smith (USA) | 1973-08-12 | Stock car | Mercury | NASCAR Grand National Series | Talladega Super Speedway | Talladega 500 | Race | Spun and hit the turn 1 wall, causing him severe head injuries | |
| William Smith (GBR) | 1955-09-18 | Sports car | Connaught AL/SR | World Sportscar Championship | Dundrod Circuit | RAC Tourist Trophy | Race | Lost control of his car following another accident and hit Jim Mayers | |
| William Snell (USA) | 1956-08-19 | Sports car | Triumph TR3 | Sports Car Club of America | Arcata Airport | | Race | Crash | |
| Moisés Solana (MEX) | 1969-07-27 | Hillclimb | McLaren M6B-Chevrolet | Non-championship hillclimb | Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve | | Race | Went wide on a bend and hit a concrete trimming at the edge of the road, overturning the car, landing on top of him and caught fire | |
| Raymond Sommer (FRA) | 1950-09-10 | Open wheel | Cooper Mark IV | Non-championship Formula 3 | Cadours | Grand Prix de l'Haute Garonne | Race | Steering failed and his car overturned at a corner | |
| Gustavo Sondermann (BRA) | 2011-04-03 | Pick-up truck | Chevrolet Montana | Chevrolet Montana Cup | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | | Race | Hit a wall then was hit by 2 other cars | |
| Lester Spangler (USA) | 1933-03-30 | Open wheel | Miller | AAA Championship Car | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Hit another car and rolled, ejecting him and his riding mechanic | |
| Mike Spence (GBR) | 1968-05-07 | Open wheel | Lotus 56-Pratt & Whitney | USAC National Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Hit in the head by a tire | |
| Rafael Sperafico (BRA) | 2007-12-09 | Stock car | Chevrolet Astra | Brazilian Light Stock Cars Championship | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | | Practice | Hit a tire barrier then was hit by another car, completely destroying it | |
| Alan Stacey (GBR) | 1960-06-19 | Open wheel | Lotus 18-Climax | Formula One | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Belgian Grand Prix | Race | Hit in the face by a bird and crashed into a wall | |
| Antonio Stagnoli (ITA) | 1953-11-19 | Sports car | Ferrari 375 MM Pininfarina Berlinetta | World Sportscar Championship | Tehuantepec, Mexico | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Tire burst causing the car to leave the road at about 240 km/h | |
| Robbie Stanley (USA) | 1994-05-26 | Sprint car | Hoffman | USAC Sprint Car Championship | Winchester Speedway | | Race | Hit hard by another car | |
| Bernd Stelzig (GER) | 1968-04-28 | Sports car | Porsche 911 | Deutsche Automobil Rundstrecken Meisterschaft | Norisring | Norisringrennen | Race | Lost control of the car and hit a steel bridge pillar | |
| Dave Steele (USA) | 2017-03-25 | Sprint car | | Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series | Desoto Speedway | Unnamed race | Race | Flipped over competitor's rear tire and into retaining wall cockpit-first | |
| Mike Stevens (CAN) | 2013-08-03 | Stock car | Chevrolet Impala SS | Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour | Oyster Bed Speedway | Exit Realty PEI 100 | Race | Car flipped; Stevens unbuckled his head and neck restraints while upside-down and landed on his head | |
| Max Stewart (AUS) | 1977-03-19 | Open wheel | Lola T400-Chevrolet | Rothmans International Series | Calder Park Raceway | Calder F5000 race | Qualifying | Exiting first turn went to overtake another car and ran under the rear of an unseen slower car | |
| Tom Stewart (USA) | 1980-07-05 | Open wheel | March 80A-Ford Cosworth | SCCA-CASC Formula Atlantic Championship | Lime Rock Park | | Warm-up | Crash | |
| Rolf Stommelen (FRG) | 1983-08-24 | Sports car | Porsche 935 replica | International Motor Sports Association | Riverside International Raceway | Los Angeles Times Grand Prix | Race | Car’s rear wing broke due to mechanical failure at 190 mph (306 km/h). The car became uncontrollable, slammed against a concrete wall, somersaulted and caught fire. | |
| Gerhard Süß (GER) | 1997-07-05 | Rally car | Opel Kadett C | | ADAC-Grabfeldrallye | 4. Nationalen ADAC-Grabfeldrallye 1997 | Race | Left the road, crashed into a tree and fell into a ravine | |
| Henry Surtees (GBR) | 2009-07-19 | Open wheel | Williams JPH1-Audi | FIA Formula Two Championship | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch Formula Two round | Race | Hit in the head by an untethered wheel causing severe head injuries | |
| Karel Švec (CZE) | 2009-05-30 | Rally car | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Czech Rally Open Cup | Rallye Posázaví | XII Rallye Posázaví | Race | Went off the road and crashed into a tree | |
| Bob Sweikert (USA) | 1956-06-17 | Sprint car | Kuzma-Offenhauser | USAC Sprint Car Championship | Salem Speedway | | Race | Left the road, went airborne and hit the ground roof first | |
| Giovanni Tabacchi (ITA) | 1931-06-05 | Sports car | Bugatti T35C | Unknown | Rome Urbe Airport | VII Gran Premio Reale di Roma | Practice | Lost control, went over a small wall and rolled down a hill | |
| Shingo Tachi (JPN) | 1999-03-11 | Sports car | Toyota Supra GT500 | All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship | TI Circuit | | Testing | Technical failure caused the car to crash into a tire wall | |
| Eldridge Tadlock (USA) | 1941-05-11 | Stock car | Unknown | Unknown | High Point Motor Speedway | Unknown | Qualifying | Right rear wheel came off, causing car to flip several times and he was pinned beneath it | |
| Toru Takahashi (JPN) | 1983-10-23 | Sports car | MCS 4 - BMW | Fuji Grand Champion Series | Fuji Speedway | Fuji Masters 250 Kilometres | Race | Spun out, flipped into the air and crashed into the wall roof first, also killed a spectator | |
| Dennis Taylor (GBR) | 1962-06-02 | Open wheel | Lola Mk5 - Ford | Formula Junior (non-championship) | Circuit de Monaco | IV Grand Prix de Monaco Junior | Race | Skidded, crashed into a tree and bounced off a barrier coming out of the tunnel | |
| John Taylor (GBR) | 1966-08-07 | Open wheel | Brabham BT11 - BRM | Formula One | Nürburgring | German Grand Prix | Race | Ran into the back of Jacky Ickx's car, crashed and caught fire | |
| Marshall Teague (USA) | 1959-02-11 | Open wheel | Kurtis-Kraft KK500D "Sumar Streamliner Special" | | Daytona International Speedway | | Testing | Crashed into wall, flipped and he was thrown out still attached to the seat | |
| Ain Teppo (EST) | 2007-09-28 | Rally car | Lada Riva | | Mulgi Ralli | Mulgi Ralli | Race | Crashed into a stack of wood | |
| Tommy Thompson (USA) | 1978-09-23 | Open wheel | Lola T324 | USAC Mini-Indy Series | Trenton International Speedway | | Race | Crashed into a wall with John Barringer. Thompson succumbed to his injuries on 28 September 1978, Barringer made a full recovery. | |
| Jerry Titus (USA) | 1970-08-08 | Sports car | Pontiac Firebird | Trans Am Series | Road America | | Practice | Mechanical failure caused crash | |
| Henri Toivonen (FIN) | 1986-05-02 | Rally car | Lancia Delta S4 | World Rally Championship | Tour de Corse | Tour de Corse | Race | Plunged down ravine after hitting small wall, crashed into a tree and caught fire | |
| Warren Tope (USA) | 1975-07-05 | Sports car | McLaren M8E | | Pontiac, Michigan, street course | Wide Track II | Race | Rear halfshaft broke, cutting the rear brake line, which caused the car to go under an Armco barrier | |
| Lars-Erik Torph (SWE) | 1989-01-23 | Rally car | Lancia Delta Integrale | World Rally Championship | | Monte Carlo Rally | Race | Spectating when the Lancia Delta Integrale of Alessandro Fiorio-Luigi Pirollo went off the road, overturned and killed him and his co-driver | |
| Josu Ugarte (SPA) | 2006-10-08 | Hillclimbing | Reynard F.3000 | Campeonato Vasco de Montaña [Basque Hillclimb Championship] | Urraki | XXIV Subida a Urraki | Race | Crashed backwards into a tree | |
| Pierre Ugnon (FRA) | 1953-04-26 | Sports car | Jaguar C-Type | World Sports Car Championship | Mille Miglia | XX Mille Miglia | Race | Car rolled in a field and he was thrown out | |
| Václav Uher (CZE) | 1949-09-24 | Open wheel | Maserati 6CM | Formula One, non-championship | Brno | Velká Cena Československa | Practice | Crash | |
| Tojiro Ukiya (JPN) | 1965-08-20 | Sports car | Dome Karasu | | Suzuka | | Testing | Crashed into a lamppost and was thrown from car | |
| Jerry Unser Jr. (USA) | 1959-05-17 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft | USAC Championship | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Practice | Crashed in turn 4 and died of injuries and burns | |
| Íñigo Uría (ESP) | 2001-03-17 | Rally car | Renault Megane | Basque Rallysprint Championship | Rallysprint Ikasberri | II Rallysprint Ikasberri | Race | Broken neck in a minor crash | |
| Sherwin Utphall (USA) | 1965-06-14 | | | | Eau Claire Raceway | | Post-race | Heart attack | |
| Miloš Vágner (CZE) | 2014-11-09 | Rally car | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Czech Rally Championship | Rally Krkonoše | Rally Krkonoše | Rally stage | Went out of control and hit the wall of a house | |
| Germán Vagni (ARG) | 1954-08-29 | | Oldsmobile | Mecánica Nacional Fuerza Libre | Las Rosas (Circuito de Tres Lagunas) | XI Premio Las Rosas de Santa Fe - Copa Vito J. Requena | Race | Went off the track and overturned | |
| Ants Vaino (RUS) | 1971-05-30 | Open wheel | Estonia 15M | USSR Championship | Borovaya | USSR Championship, round 1 | Race | Crash | |
| Roy Valentine (USA) | 1950-06-25 | Sprint car | Unknown | Mississippi Valley Automobile Racing Association Big Car Championship | Mendota Fairgrounds | Unknown | Race | Lost control in a curve, hit another car, went over a fence and crashed into a tree | |
| Dilano van 't Hoff (NED) | 2023-07-01 | Open wheel | Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 T-318 | Formula Regional European Championship | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | FREC Spa-Francorchamps round | Race | Aquaplaned in wet conditions on the Kemmel Straight, spun and was hit broadside by Adam Fitzgerald | |
| Achille Varzi (ITA) | 1948-07-01 | Open wheel | Alfa Romeo 158 | Grand Prix season | Bremgarten | Swiss Grand Prix | Practice | Lost control, hit a barrier and flipped | |
| César Vera-Abad (PER) | 2005-07-17 | Stock car | BMW M3 | Peruvian National Championship | Lima (Paseo de Los Héroes Navales) | I Copa Alcalde de Lima | Race | Lost control of the car and crashed into a wall | |
| Jim Victor (USA) | 2018-07-27 | Open wheel | Van Diemen RF01 | SCCA Formula Continental | Road America | Cat's Meow Majors | Practice/test session | Crashed into the barriers in "the kink" after high-speed suspension failure | |
| Mathieu Vidal (FRA) | 2000-09-18 | Open wheel | Coloni CN1 | Open Telefonica by Nissan | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | | Pre-season test | Crashed into the barriers | |
| Gilles Villeneuve (CAN) | 1982-05-08 | Open wheel | Ferrari 126 C2 | Formula One | Zolder | Belgian Grand Prix | Qualifying | Crashed into the car of Jochen Mass, barrel-rolled and was thrown out | |
| Martin Vodehnal (CZE) | 2006-10-27 | Rally car | Audi Quattro | Non-championship | Rally Střela | Rally Střela | Race | Crashed into a fence | |
| Rich Vogler (USA) | 1990-07-21 | Sprint car | | | Salem Speedway | ESPN Thunder | Race | Hit another car and crashed into a fence | |
| Wolfgang von Trips (FRG) | 1961-09-10 | Open wheel | Ferrari 156 | Formula One | Monza | Italian Grand Prix | Race | Car went sideways, went up a hill, flipped and he was thrown out, the crash also killed 15 spectators. | |
| Bill Vukovich (USA) | 1955-05-30 | Open wheel | Kurtis Kraft | Formula One | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis 500 | Race | Hit by the car of Johnny Boyd, went over the back wall and hit a civilian car | |
| Bill Vukovich III (USA) | 1990-11-25 | Sprint car | | | Mesa Marin Raceway | | Practice | Crashed into a wall | |
| Billy Wade (USA) | 1965-01-05 | Stock car | Mercury | NASCAR Grand National Series | Daytona International Speedway | | Testing | Blown tire caused the car to crash: the seat launched the driver into the steering wheel, killing him | |
| Honoré Wagner (LUX) | 1965-05-23 | Sports car | Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | World Sportscar Championship | Nürburgring | 1000 km Nürburgring | Race | Went off the road and went into a ravine | |
| Kevin Ward Jr. (USA) | 2014-08-09 | Sprint car | | Empire Super Sprint Series race | Canandaigua Motorsports Park | | Race | Hit by Tony Stewart while standing on track | |
| Paul Warwick (GBR) | 1991-07-21 | Open wheel | Reynard 90D | British Formula 3000 | Oulton Park | Gold Cup | Race | Steering locked, crashed into the barriers and was thrown out | |
| Akira Watanabe (JPN) | 1968-10-10 | | | Fuji Series - Champions Class | Fuji Speedway | | | | |
| Don Watson (AUS) | 1994-09-30 | Touring car | Holden Commodore VP | CAMS Group 3A | Mount Panorama Circuit | Tooheys 1000 | Practice | Front left brake rotor failure in practice resulted in the car losing brakes and steering, it hit an earth and tire wall in the chase at high speed | |
| Joe Weatherly (USA) | 1964-01-19 | Stock car | Mercury | NASCAR Grand National Series | Riverside International Raceway | Motor Trend 500 | Race | Hit a wall hard and hit his head against the barrier | |
| Col Wenzel (AUS) | 2013-02-25 | Touring car | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV | Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Australia Italian Challenge Race Series | Lakeside International Raceway | Top Gear Classic Race Meeting | Race | Throttle stuck which caused the car to go off the track and crashed into an embankment | |
| Barry Westmoreland (GBR) | 2008-04-13 | Open wheel | Lotus 20 | Historic Sports Car Club | Cadwell Park | | Race | Heart attack | |
| Dan Wheldon (GBR) | 2011-10-16 | Open wheel | Dallara IR-05 | IndyCar Series | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | IZOD IndyCar World Championship | Race | Involved in a 15 car crash on the 11th lap of the final race of the season. Wheldon's car was launched into the air and impacted the catch fencing cockpit first, causing fatal head injuries. The race was abandoned after news of Wheldon's death was announced. | |
| Nolan White (USA) | 2002-10-17 | | | | Bonneville Salt Flats | | Land Speed Record | Equipment failure | |
| Peter Whitehead (GBR) | 1958-09-21 | Rally car | Jaguar 3.4 litre | Non-championship race | Tour de France | Tour de France | Race | Crashed off a bridge into a 30-foot ravine at Lasalle, near Nîmes after overturning twice, with his half-brother Graham Whitehead at the wheel. Graham escaped with serious but not life-threatening injuries, while Peter was killed instantly. | |
| Howdy Wilcox (USA) | 1923-09-04 | Open wheel | Duesenberg | American Automobile Association National Championship | Altoona Speedway | Altoona 200 Mile Race | Race | Crash | |
| Bob Wilder (USA) | 1953-05-22 | Sports cars | Allard J2X Le Mans | SCCA National Sports Car Championship | Bridgehampton | Bridgehampton Sports Car Races | Qualifying | The car struck a depression in the road after crossing a bridge at high speed and rolled over, crushing his head | |
| Don Williams (USA) | 1979-02-17 | Stock car | Chevrolet Chevelle | NASCAR Late Model Sportsman | Daytona International Speedway | Sportsman 300 | Race | Hit driver side on by another car. Died 10 years later in a coma | |
| Roger Williamson (GBR) | 1973-08-29 | Open wheel | March 731 - Ford | Formula One | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Dutch Grand Prix | Race | Asphyxiation from fire and smoke from crash | |
| Tim Williamson (USA) | 1980-01-12 | Stock car | Chevrolet Camaro | NASCAR Grand American | Riverside International Raceway | NASCAR Stock Car Products 300 | Race | Crash | |
| Justin Wilson (GBR) | 2015-08-24 | Open wheel | Dallara DW12 | IndyCar Series | Pocono Raceway | ABC Supply 500 | Race | Struck in the head by debris from the crashed car of Sage Karam | |
| Jean-Pierre Wimille (FRA) | 1949-01-28 | Open wheel | Simca-Gordini 10GCT15 | | Palermo | Gran Premio General Perón | Practice | Crash due to spectators crossing the track | |
| Manfred Winkelhock (FRG) | 1985-08-11 | Sports car | Porsche 962C | World Sportscar Championship | Mosport International Raceway | Budweiser GT 1000km | Race | Crashed hard into turn 2 wall | |
| Tyler Wolf (USA) | 2012-10-27 | Sprint car | | | Calistoga Speedway | 75th Anniversary Race | Race | Crash | |
| John Woolfe (GBR) | 1969-06-14 | Sports car | Porsche 917 | World Sportscar Championship | Circuit de la Sarthe | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Race | Lost control of his car, crashed hard into the barrier, flipped and caught fire. He was thrown out of the cockpit and died on his way to hospital | |
| Mike Wright (USA) | 1968-07-07 | Sports car | Morgan | Sports Car Club of America National | Cotati Raceway | | Race | Equipment failure | |
| Marshall Wuertley (USA) | 1976-06-27 | Drag Racing | | | I-55 Raceway | | Time trial | Crash | |
| Louis Wusterhausen (USA) | 1972-10-08 | Stock car | Chevrolet Camaro | Automobile Racing Club of America | Texas World Speedway | Royal Triton ARCA | Race | Crash | |
| Hannes Wustinger (AUT) | 1994-10-15 | Touring car | BMW M3 | Austrian Touring Car Championship | Zeltweg Air Base | Saisonfinale Österreichring | Race | Crash | |
| Norbert Wylie (USA) | 1924-09-14 | | | | Hawthorne Race Course | Dreamland Derby | Post-race | Crash | |
| Adam Wyllie (GBR) | 1965-07-16 | Open wheel | Brabham BT16 | Formula Libre | Dunboyne | Leinster Trophy | Practice | Hit by another car, struck an electricity transmission ESB pole and somersaulted into a field | |
| Cornelius Wynja (USA) | 1951-05-13 | | | Bell Timing Association | El Mirage Lake | | Land speed record | Crash | |
| Howard Wysong (USA) | 1964-06-13 | Drag Racing | | American Hot Rod Association | U.S. 30 Dragway | | Race | Crash | |
| Aray Xavier (BRA) | 1987-04-05 | Open wheel | Van Diemen RF86 Ford | Snetterton Formula Ford 1600 Championship | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | Champion of Snetterton FF1600 series | Race | Hit by another car and flipped onto barriers upside down | |
| Manny Xuereb (AUS) | 1972-08-06 | Touring car | Ford Anglia SRC | | Oran Park Raceway | | Race | Crashed into pit lane | |
| Floyd Yaeger (USA) | 1960-07-29 | Sprint car | | International Motor Contest Association | Scotland County Speedway | | Race | Went over a bank, plunger over and rolled | |
| Phillip Yau (HK) | 2012-11-16 | Touring car | Chevrolet Cruze | | Guia Circuit | 59th Macau Grand Prix | Qualifying | Clipped a barrier on the inside of a turn and smashed into a wall on the outside of the turn | |
| Takahashi Yokoyama (JPN) | 1997-10-19 | Open wheel | Dallara F396 | All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Fuji Speedway | | Race | Crashed into another car, went airborne and hit the gantry carrying a signboard | |
| Nam Yee Yong (SIN) | 1963-09-02 | Sports car | Jaguar D-Type | Formule Libre, non-championship | Johore | Johore Grand Prix | Race | Crashed into a wall, car broke in two and the front fell off of a cliff to the beach below | |
| Danny Young (USA) | 1995-07-19 | Sprint car | Unknown | World of Outlaws | Knoxville Speedway | Sprint car event | Race | Flipped nine times | |
| Don Young (USA) | 1985-09-22 | Drag Racing | Unknown | International Hot Rod Association | Bristol Dragway | Fall Nationals | Race | Crashed into guard rail and support post and was thrown out | |
| Joe Young (USA) | 1987-02-13 | Stock car | Chevrolet Cavalier | Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series | Daytona International Speedway | Komfort Koach 200 | Race | Hit by another car after a multi-car crash | |
| Leopoldo Olvera Zabado (ARG) | 1954-11-23 | Touring car | Chevrolet Bel Air | World Sportscar Championship | Carrera Panamericana | Carrera Panamericana | Race | Accident | |
| Dave Zachary (USA) | 1968-09-22 | Drag Racing | Cadillac Eldorado | | Blue Grass Dragway | | Race | Rolled over and the roll cage collapsed | |
| Danilo Zaffari (BRA) | 1971-07-04 | Rally car | Dodge Dart | | Rally da Integração Nacional | I Rally da Integração Nacional | Rally | Crash | |
| Vincenzo Zaffino (ITA) | 1982-09-19 | Kart | | | Cosenza | 1° Memorial Gilles Villeneuve - Circuito di Cosenza | Post-qualifying | Crashed head-first into a metal tube from a barrier at 81 mph | |
| Ron Zanolli (USA) | 1987-08-30 | Drag Racing | Chevrolet Monza | | Lebanon Valley Dragway | | Race | Went out off control, flipped, hit a tree and landed in a creek bed | |
| Jan Kees Zantvoort (NED) | 1996-06-08 | Rally car | Nissan Micra | | Eindhoven Luik Eindhoven Rally | 33rd Eindhoven Luik Eindhoven Rally | Race | Crashed into a tree | |
| Carlos Zatuszek (ARG) | 1937-10-08 | Stock car | Mercedes-Benz SSK | | Casilda | Gran Premio Ciudad de Casilda | Practice | Slid on the track, hit a fence and was thrown out | |
| Elliott Zborowski (GBR) | 1903-04-01 | Hillclimbing | Mercedes | | La Turbie | Course de Côte Nice-La Turbie | Race | Crashed into a small rock and was thrown out | |
| Louis Zborowski (GBR) | 1924-10-19 | Open wheel | Mercedes M72/94 | | Monza | Italian Grand Prix | Race | Went off the road and crashed into a tree | |
| Henryk Ziemski (POL) | 1977-05-13 | Rally car | Polski Fiat 125p | Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski | Rajd Kormoran | X. Rajd Kormoran | Race | Crashed into a tree trying to avoid a bus | |
| Paolo Zuccarelli (ITA) | 1913-06-13 | Open wheel | Peugeot EX3 | Grand Prix season, non-championship | Amiens | French Grand Prix | Testing | Crashed into a horse cart and was thrown out | |
| Manus Kelly (IRL) | 2019-06-23 | Rally car | Hyundai i20 R5 | Irish Tarmac Rally Championship | Donegal International Rally | Donegal International Rally 2019 | Rally stage | Crash | |
| Attilio Zuppini (ITA) | 1966-03-13 | Touring car | Fiat Abarth 850 TC | | Monza | Coppa Fisa 1966 | Race | Hit a barrier and somersaulted several times | |
| Bob Zwemke (USA) | 1975-09-20 | Modified | Unknown | NASCAR super modifieds | San Jose Speedway | Weekly race | Practice | Rear axle broke and tore open the fuel tank | |