# List of people who died in traffic collisions

This list contains notable people who have been killed in traffic collisions. This list does not include those who were killed competing on closed-road events whether in motorsport or in competitive cycling events. Passengers of a vehicle are indicated in parentheses on the "mode of transport" field.

## A

| Name | Born | Died | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Location | Details |
| Magomed Abdulaev | 1961 | 2023 | 61 years | Russian | lawyer and politician | pedestrian | | Makhachkala, Russia | Abdulaev was hit by a car and killed while crossing the street outside the crosswalk. |
| Norifumi Abe | 1975 | 2007 | 32 years | Japanese | motorcycle racer | scooter | Yamaha XP 500 TMAX | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | Collision with a truck, which made an illegal U-turn in front of him, when he was riding his motorcycle. |
| Anand Abhyankar | 1965 | 2012 | 47 years | Indian | actor | car | Suzuki Wagon R | Pune, Maharashtra, India | |
| Danielle Adams | 1982 | 2021 | 39 years | Canadian | politician | car | | Thompson, Manitoba, Canada | |
| Frank Adams | 1930 | 1989 | 58 years | British | mathematician | car | | Brampton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Olubayo Adefemi | 1985 | 2011 | 25 years | Nigerian | footballer | car | | Kavala, Greece | Adefemi was driving on Egnatia Odos when he collided with another vehicle. |
| Adegoke Adelabu | 1915 | 1958 | 42 years | Nigerian | politician | car | | Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria | |
| Nick Adenhart | 1986 | 2009 | 22 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | Mitsubishi Eclipse | Fullerton, California | A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the car in which Adenhart was a passenger, driving it into a light pole. |
| Adrian Adonis | 1953 | 1988 | 34 years | American | professional wrestler | minivan | | Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada | Two other passengers in the vehicle in which he was riding – professional wrestlers Pat Kelly (Victor Arko) and Dave McKigney – died in the same crash, caused when the car struck a moose on a highway and spun into a tree at over 80 km/h (50 mph). |
| Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie | 1943 | 2016 | 73 years | Ghanaian | football coach | car | | Suhum, Ghana | |
| Simonluca Agazzone | 1981 | 2020 | 39 years | Italian | footballer | car | | Carpignano Sesia, Italy | |
| Bruno Agostinelli | 1987 | 2016 | 28 years | Canadian | tennis player | motorcycle | | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Agostinelli lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a car. |
| Ipče Ahmedovski | 1966 | 1994 | 28 years | Macedonian | singer | car | Mercedes-Benz A124 | Šopići, Yugoslavia | Ahmedovski died in 1994 on Ibarska magistrala near Šopići, crashing his speeding Mercedes into a truck. |
| Carl Albert | 1962 | 1995 | 32 years | American | musician for Vicious Rumors | car | | | |
| Martin Aldridge | 1974 | 2000 | 25 years | British | footballer | car | Peugeot | A45, England, United Kingdom | After being an unused substitute in a game for Rushden & Diamonds, he was travelling home toward Northampton on the westbound A45 road after the game when he collided with a BMW travelling in the opposite direction. |
| Ben Alexander | 1971 | 1992 | 20 years | Australian | rugby league player | car | | Colyton, New South Wales, Australia | He was driving while intoxicated. |
| Alexandra | 1942 | 1969 | 27 years | German | singer | car | Mercedes-Benz W128 | Tellingstedt, Germany | While going on a holiday, Alexandra collided with a truck and was killed instantly whereas her son, one of the two passengers, survived with minor injuries and Alexandra's mother, the other passenger, died at the hospital. |
| Steve Allen | 1921 | 2000 | 78 years | American | actor, songwriter, author | car | | Encino, California | Died from a heart attack that was found to have resulted from a condition known as pericardial effusion. The crash caused a blood vessel in his chest to leak blood into the sac surrounding his heart. His death occurred several hours after the crash, from which he suffered no immediate apparent injuries. |
| Duane Allman | 1946 | 1971 | 24 years | American | guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band | motorcycle | Harley-Davidson Sportster | Macon, Georgia | Allman lost control of his motorcycle when he tried to avoid an oncoming truck that unexpectedly stopped in the middle of an intersection while turning left in front of him. He was thrown from the motorcycle, which landed on him and skidded with him under it, resulting in fatal internal injuries. |
| Yasser Al-Masri | 1970 | 2018 | 47 years | Jordanian | actor | car | | Zarqa, Jordan | Al–Masri descended a slope leading a bus in his car, lost control, and crashed, dying on the spot. |
| Mahmadu Alphajor Bah | 1977 | 2016 | 39 years | Sierra Leonean | footballer | car | | Freetown, Sierra Leone | He collided with an oncoming truck. |
| Andrei Amalrik | 1938 | 1980 | 42 years | Russian | writer | car | | near Guadalajara, Spain | Amalrik swerved out of his lane on a wet road and hit an oncoming truck. A piece of metal, most likely from the steering column, embedded in his throat, instantly killing him. His wife and the two other passengers in the car suffered only minor injuries. |
| Fariyar Aminipour | 2000 | 2024 | 23 years | Iranian | muay thai fighter | motorbike | | Phuket, Thailand | Lost control and hit a curb in a Thai tunnel. |
| John Anderson | 1944 | 1986 | 42 years | American | race car driver | car | | near Charlotte, North Carolina | Crash occurred on Interstate 85. |
| Eric Andolsek | 1966 | 1992 | 25 years | American | football player | stationary | | Thibodaux, Louisiana | Andolsek was working in the front yard of his home when a semi-trailer truck ran off the highway and hit him. |
| Jen Angel | 1975 | 2023 | 48 years | American | writer | pedestrian | | Oakland, California | She was robbed in a bank parking lot and fatally injured by the fleeing vehicle. |
| Vanessa Angel | 1993 | 2021 | 27 years | Indonesian | actress, model, and singer | car (passenger) | Mitsubishi Pajero Sport | Jombang, East Java, Indonesia | Angel was in a SUV travelling on Nganjuk-Surabaya Toll Road with 4 others. Her husband, their toddler, the toddler's nanny, and the driver. The driver was reportedly drowsy and lost control, slamming into the concrete divider on the side of the toll road. Vanessa and her husband died at the scene. Siska Lorensa, the nanny, sustained serious injuries. The driver, Tubagus Joddy, and Vanessa's son suffered minor injuries. |
| Theo Angelopoulos | 1935 | 2012 | 76 years | Greek | film director | pedestrian | | Drapetsona, Greece | He was hit by a motorcycle driven by an off-duty police officer while crossing a busy road. Hospitalized, he was treated in an intensive care unit, but succumbed to his injuries several hours later. |
| Jack Anglin | 1916 | 1963 | 46 years | American | country music singer; one half of the duo Johnnie & Jack | car | | Madison, Tennessee | Died in crash en route to funeral of Patsy Cline. |
| Álex Angulo | 1953 | 2014 | 61 years | Spanish | actor | car | | Fuenmayor, La Rioja, Spain | |
| Rob Anker | | 2017 | 27 years | British | dancer (member of Diversity) | car | Chevy Cobalt | Canada | |
| Jackson Anthony | 1958 | 2023 | 65 years | Sri Lankan | actor and film director | car | | Sri Lanka | Anthony experienced complications from injuries in a July 2022 traffic collision. After coming from filming, Anthony was driving when he collided with a wild elephant. Anthony had two passengers in his vehicle, his brother Saman, and another person. Anthony died 15 months after the collision at National Hospital in Colombo. |
| Atsushi Aoki | 1977 | 2019 | 41 years | Japanese | professional wrestler | motorcycle | | Tokyo, Japan | Aoki collided with the side wall of an expressway in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. |
| Cristiano Araújo | 1986 | 2015 | 29 years | Brazilian | singer and songwriter | car (passenger) | Range Rover | Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil | At approximately 3:30 am, the vehicle (driven by his bodyguard) veered off the road and rolled over. Araújo was traveling in the back seat with his girlfriend, who died at the scene, and was not wearing a seat belt. He died en route to the hospital. |
| Troy Archer | 1955 | 1979 | 24 years | American | football player | car | | North Bergen, New Jersey | |
| Nike Ardilla | 1975 | 1995 | 19 years | Indonesian | rock singer and model | car | Honda Civic Genio | Bandung, West Java, Indonesia | She lost control and hit a wall. |
| Silvana Armenulić | 1938 | 1976 | 38 years | Bosnian | singer | car | Ford Granada | Kolari, Smederevo, SFR Yugoslavia | The car was reportedly travelling 130 km/h (80 mph), when it collided with a FAP truck. Her sister, Mirjana Bajraktarević, died in the same crash. |
| Reg Armstrong | 1926 | 1979 | 52 years | Irish | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | Avoca, County Wicklow, Ireland | |
| Sándor Arnóth | 1960 | 2011 | 51 years | Hungarian | politician | car | | Bag, Hungary | |
| Arputhan | 1971 | 2023 | 52 years | Indian | film director | car | | Chennai, India | |
| Carlos Arruza | 1920 | 1966 | 46 years | Mexican | bullfighter | car | | Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico | |
| Kevin Ash | 1959 | 2013 | 53 years | British | motorcycling journalist | motorcycle | BMW R1200G5 | George, Western Cape, South Africa | |
| Don Ashby | 1955 | 1981 | 26 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | Collided head-on with a pickup truck and died. |
| Georgi Asparuhov | 1943 | 1971 | 28 years | Bulgarian | footballer | car | | Bulgaria | |
| Bassel al-Assad | 1962 | 1994 | 31 years | Syrian | eldest son and heir of president of Syria | car | Mercedes-Benz | Damascus, Syria | While driving his car at high speed through fog in the early hours of the morning, Basil is said to have collided with a motorway roundabout while not wearing a seat belt, and he died instantly. |
| Astrid of Sweden | 1905 | 1935 | 29 years | Swedish | Queen of the Belgians | car (passenger) | Packard One-Twenty convertible | Küssnacht am Rigi, near Lake Lucerne, Schwyz, Switzerland | As the Queen pointed out something on a map to her husband, the car went off the road, down a steep slope, and slammed into a pear tree. Queen Astrid's body was ejected from the car and collided with the trunk of the tree, while the car slammed into a second tree. |
| Artie Atherton | 1890 | 1920 | 30 years | American | Skeleton Man | pedestrian | | Pontiac, Michigan | Suffered a punctured lung from the collision |
| Frank Attkisson | 1955 | 2017 | 61 years | American | politician | bicycle | | St. Cloud, Florida | |
| Pascale Audret | 1936 | 2000 | 63 years | French | actress | car (passenger) | | Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France | |
| Seriki Audu | 1991 | 2014 | 23 years | Nigerian | footballer | car | | Bauchi State, Nigeria | |
| Sukhraj Aujla | 1968 | 2013 | 45 years | Indian | singer | car | | | |
| Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb | 1961 | 2022 | 61 years | Pakistani | politician | car | | between Islamabad and Abbottabad, Pakistan | |
| Lauri Aus | 1970 | 2003 | 32 years | Estonian | professional cyclist | bicycle | | Tartu, Estonia | Aus was struck by a truck during a workout session. |
| Theyab Awana | 1990 | 2011 | 21 years | Emirati | footballer | car | | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |

## B

| Name | Born | Died | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Location | Details |
| Roland Baar | 1965 | 2018 | 53 years | German | rower | car | | Velpke, Germany | |
| Kane Hamidou Baba | 1954 | 2021 | 67 years | Mauritanian | politician | | | near Atar, Mauritania | After the crash occurred, Baba was airlifted to a hospital in Spain, where he died from his injuries. |
| Éric Babin | 1959 | 2021 | 61 years | New Caledonia | politician | motorcycle | | New Caledonia | |
| Sammy Babitzin | 1948 | 1973 | 24 years | Finnish | singer | car | Alfa Romeo | Route (Valtatie) 13, Hietama, Äänekoski | Babitzin travelled in a speeding car en route to a concert. The driver lost control on an icy bridge and crashed. The bridge was covered with a plywood material instead of tarmac and was known by locals as a hazardous location. Three people died, a hitchhiker survived. |
| Bhinod Bacha | 1943 | 2023 | 80 years | Mauritian | civil servant | pedestrian | | Quatre Bornes, Mauritius | Bacha was in a parking lot of a supermarket heading to his apartment when a car driven by a 53 year old man hit him head on. The vehicle did not stop causing Bacha to be trapped underneath. Witnesses had to lift the car to get Bacha out. The driver was arrested for the incident. |
| Pape Badiane | 1980 | 2016 | 36 years | French | basketball player | car | | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan, France | Badiane died in a car crash. |
| Mirsada Bajraktarević | 1951 | 1976 | 25 years | Bosnian | singer | car | Ford Granada | Kolari, Smederevo, Yugoslavia | The car was reportedly travelling 130 km/h (80 mph), when it collided with a FAP truck. Her sister, Silvana Armenulić, died in the same crash. |
| Tarnia Baker | 1967 | 2017 | 50 years | South African | politician | pedestrian | | Park Rynie, South Africa | Struck by a truck while walking across a street. |
| Christian Bakkerud | 1984 | 2011 | 26 years | Danish | retired racing driver | car | Audi RS6 | Putney Heath near Wimbledon Common | Investigations ongoing. |
| Alper Balaban | 1987 | 2010 | 22 years | Turkish | footballer | car | | Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| Abdul Hai Baloch | 1946 | 2022 | 76 years | Pakistani | politician | car | | near Bahawalpur, Pakistan | Baloch met a road crash on his way to Bahawalpur and died on impact. |
| Shahlyla Baloch | 1996 | 2016 | 20 years | Pakistani | footballer | car | | Karachi, Pakistan | |
| Harry Bamford | 1920 | 1958 | 38 years | England | footballer | motorcycle | | Bristol, England, United Kingdom | Collided with a car. He remained in the hospital for three days before finally dying from his injuries on October 31. |
| Maurice Banach | 1967 | 1991 | 24 years | German | footballer | car | Opel Omega Kombi | Autobahn near Remscheid, Germany | |
| Armand Joel Banaken Bassoken | 1983 | 2023 | 39 years | Cameroonian | footballer | motorcycle | | Indonesia | |
| Lisa Banes | 1955 | 2021 | 65 years | American | actress | pedestrian | | New York City, New York | She was killed in a hit and run. |
| Ian Bannen | 1928 | 1999 | 71 years | Scottish | actor | car | Renault Laguna | Knockies Straight, Scotland, United Kingdom | With his wife driving, hit a verge and the vehicle overturned. |
| Jill Banner | 1946 | 1982 | 35 years | American | actress | car | Toyota | Ventura Freeway, California | Her car was hit by a truck on Ventura Freeway. She was thrown from the vehicle and died at North Hollywood's Riverside Hospital. |
| Yoshiaki Banno | 1952 | 1991 | 39 years | Japanese | astronomer and co-discover | car | | | |
| Gerhard Barkhorn | 1919 | 1983 | 63 years | German | World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace | car | | Cologne, Germany | Crashed during a winter storm killing his wife and fatally injuring himself. |
| Junior Barnard | 1920 | 1951 | 30 years | American | Western swing and jazz guitar player | car | | Fresno County, California | |
| Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros | 1983 | 2013 | 30 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | | | |
| Véronique Barrault | 1958 | 2022 | 64 years | French | actress | motorcycle (passenger) | | Camblanes-et-Meynac, France | The motorcycle she was a passenger on hit a vehicle in a town south of Bordeaux. While Barrault died, the driver of the motorcycle did not need to be evacuated from the vehicle and survived the crash. |
| Roland Barthes | 1915 | 1980 | 64 years | French | philosopher | pedestrian | | Paris, France | Hit by a laundry van while walking home from a lunch party hosted by François Mitterrand. |
| Alan Barton | 1953 | 1995 | 41 years | British | singer for rock band Black Lace | tour bus | | Cologne, Germany | The tour bus crashed during a hailstorm. |
| Sam Basil | 1969 | 2022 | 52 years | Papua New Guinean | politician | car | | Papua New Guinea | |
| Daniel Batman | 1981 | 2012 | 31 years | Australian | sprinter | car | | Darwin, Northern Territory | |
| Stiv Bators | 1949 | 1990 | 40 years | American | Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church singer | pedestrian | | Paris, France | Struck by a taxi in Paris during a bank holiday. He was taken to a hospital but reportedly left before seeing a doctor, after waiting several hours and assuming he was not injured. Reports indicate that he died in his sleep as the result of a concussion. |
| Jeff Batters | 1970 | 1996 | 25 years | American | ice hockey player | pickup truck | | Trans-Canada Highway Canmore, Alberta, Canada | Driving the wrong way down a highway access ramp at 4 am, the pickup truck drove off the road and rolled. Batters was ejected and crushed by the truck. Another passenger, 18-year-old Sherri Kalan, was also killed. The police could not determine who was driving, so all charges were dropped. |
| Eileen Battersby | 1958 | 2018 | 60 years | Irish (born in America) | literary critic | car | | Drogheda, Ireland | Battersby was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash and died later in hospital. |
| Orson Bean | 1928 | 2020 | 91 years | American | actor | pedestrian | | Los Angeles, California | Bean was struck and killed by two vehicles after trying to cross a street. |
| Carl Beane | 1952 | 2012 | 59 years | American | radio announcer | SUV | 2004 Suzuki | Sturbridge, Massachusetts | Beane suffered a heart attack while driving and crashed his car into a tree. |
| Brad Beckman | 1964 | 1989 | 24 years | American | football player | car | | Lilburn, Georgia | In icy conditions, the driver (Jeff Modesitt) bumped the rear of another vehicle and skidded into the northbound lanes of the interstate. When the driver got out to inspect the damage with Beckman still sitting in the car, a tractor-trailer rig slammed into the side of the car killing Beckman instantly and critically injuring Modesitt. |
| Bill Beckwith | 1975 | 2013 | 38 years | American | TV show host | motorcycle | | San Francisco, California | |
| Martin van Beek | 1960 | 2018 | 58 years | Dutch | politician | car | | Leersum, Netherlands | |
| Ena Begović | 1960 | 2000 | 40 years | Croatian | actress | car | Jeep Grand Cherokee | Postira, Croatia | Died from injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover. The vehicle she was in was stopped on a steep hill and started moving while the driver and front passenger were outside, tumbling onto the roof of a building below. |
| Rachid Belhout | 1944 | 2020 | 76 years | Algerian | football player and manager | car | | Nancy, France | |
| Chris Bell | 1951 | 1978 | 27 years | American | Big Star musician | car | Triumph TR7 | Memphis, Tennessee | Died in a car crash while on his way home from a band rehearsal. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a light post causing it to fall on him, crushing and killing him. |
| Bella Bellow | 1945 | 1973 | 28 years | Togolese | pop singer | car | | Togo | |
| Vasile Belous | 1988 | 2021 | 33 years | Moldovan | boxer | car | | Călărășeuca, Moldova | |
| Jesse Belvin | 1932 | 1960 | 27 years | American | Rhythm & blues singer | car | | Hope, Arkansas | |
| John Bendor-Samuel | 1929 | 2011 | 81 years | British | evangelical missionary, Bible linguist | car | | Studley Green | Bendor-Samuel died in hospital after a car crash near his home in Studley Green. |
| Billel Benhammouda | 1997 | 2022 | 24 years | Algerian | footballer | car | | | Benhammouda was involved in a crash after winning a friendly match against Congo earlier in the day. Although the crash itself was not deadly for Benhammouda and his friend, the vehicle burst into flames, trapping and killing them. |
| Ethel Benjamin | 1875 | 1943 | 68 years | New Zealander | lawyer (a first female lawyer in the British Empire to represent a client) | pedestrian | | Middlesex, England | Benjamin died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle. |
| Cedric Benson | 1982 | 2019 | 36 years | American | football player | motorcycle | | Austin, Texas | Collided with a minivan. |
| Shlomo Bentin | 1946 | 2012 | 65 years | Israeli | neuropsychologist | bicycle | | Berkeley, California | Hit by a truck. |
| Lamont Bentley | 1973 | 2005 | 31 years | American | actor | car | Mercedes-Benz | Simi Valley, California | Exited the highway at high speed, ran a stop sign, went through a chain-link fence, rolled down an embankment, was ejected through the moonroof and run over by five other vehicles. |
| Rube Benton | 1890 | 1937 | 47years | American | baseball player | car | | Dothan, Alabama | |
| Irina Berezhna | 1980 | 2017 | 36 years | Ukrainian | politician | car | | Zadar County, Croatia | |
| Bob Berg | 1951 | 2002 | 51 years | American | jazz saxophonist | car | | East Hampton, New York | He collided with a cement truck that skidded on ice. |
| Chu Berry | 1908 | 1941 | 33 years | American | jazz saxophonist | car | | Conneaut, Ohio | |
| Joe Berry | 1904 | 1958 | 53 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Anaheim, California | |
| Jean-Marie Berthier | 1940 | 2017 | 77 years | French | poet | car | | | |
| Gerry Bertier | 1953 | 1981 | 27 years | American | football player | car | 1980 Oldsmobile | Charlottesville, Virginia | He was on his way home from a business trip when he collided with a drunkard. |
| John Berylson | 1953 | 2023 | 70 years | American | businessman and football club chairman | SUV | Range Rover | Falmouth, Massachusetts | Berylson lost control of his Range Rover, supposedly on a bend, rolling into the ravine, ultimately being found by emergency personnel upside down against a tree. Berylson was cut out of the SUV but succumbed to his injuries at the scene. |
| Bob Bescher | 1884 | 1942 | 58 years | American | baseball player | car | | London, Ohio | Struck by a train. |
| Bob Bethell | 1942 | 2012 | 69 years | American | politician | car | | Wabaunsee County, Kansas | |
| Nicholas Bett | 1990 | 2018 | 28 years | Kenyan | track and field athlete (hurdler) | SUV | Toyota Prado | Nandi County, Kenya | Bett lost control of his vehicle, hit a bump, and landed in a ditch, killing him instantly. |
| Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya | 1970 | 2017 | 46 years | Indian | folk singer | car | | Hooghly district, West Bengal, India | |
| Jaspal Bhatti | 1955 | 2012 | 57 years | Indian | actor | car | | Jalandhar, Punjab | Died when the car in which he was a passenger struck a roadside tree. |
| Stefano Bianco | 1985 | 2020 | 34 years | Italian | Motorcycle racer | motorcycle | Honda CBR600 | Leinì, Italy | Collided with a truck that failed to yield when turning left, and struck a second oncoming vehicle |
| Piotr Bikont | 1955 | 2017 | 62 years | Polish | journalist, publicist, culinary critic, theatre director | car | | Sosnowiec, Poland | |
| Emil Bildilli | 1912 | 1946 | 34 years | American | baseball player | car | | Hartford City, Indiana | Crashed his car into a tree and died two days later. |
| Ondrej Binder | 1970 | 2016 | 46 years | Slovak | politician | car | | Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia | |
| Ryan Birch | 1969 | 2013 | 43 years | British | judoka | car | | The Bahamas | |
| Rob Bironas | 1978 | 2014 | 36 years | American | NFL kicker | car | GMC Yukon Denali | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Maria Bitner-Glindzicz | 1963 | 2018 | 55 years | British | geneticist | bicycle | | London, United Kingdom | |
| Black (singer), real name Colin Vearncombe | 1962 | 2016 | 53 years | British | singer-songwriter | car | | near Cork Airport, Ireland | Died in hospital a few weeks after the crash. |
| Steven Blackford | 1977 | 2004 | 28 years | American | wrestler | car | Jeep | Brush, Colorado | |
| J. Stuart Blackton | 1875 | 1941 | 66 years | American | film producer | pedestrian | | Los Angeles, California | Hit by a car while crossing the street with his son and died a few days later. |
| Dairon Blanco | 1992 | 2020 | 28 years | Cuban | footballer | car | | Cienfuegos, Cuba | |
| Calvin Blignault | 1979 | 2010 | 30 years | South African | mechanical engineer | motorcycle | | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | He was hit from behind by a car while stationary at a red light. |
| Garen Bloch | 1978 | 2018 | 39 years | South African | cyclist | bicycle | | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Douglas Blubaugh | 1934 | 2011 | 76 years | American | wrestler | motorcycle | | Tonkawa, Oklahoma | |
| Larry Blyden | 1925 | 1975 | 49 years | American | actor | car | | near Agadir, Morocco | Blyden's rental car reportedly went off the road and overturned, and according to his manager, suffered injuries to the chest, head and abdomen. He underwent surgery but died of his injuries on June 6. On the audio commentary for the 2009 DVD of What Makes Sammy Run?, Blyden's co-star Barbara Rush claimed that Blyden had been carjacked by bandits and killed. |
| Bill Boaks | 1904 | 1986 | 81 years | British | political campaigner for road safety | bus | | United Kingdom | Boaks was injured in a minor road traffic crash while getting off a bus. His death in hospital two years later was the result of complications from the head injuries sustained. |
| Tony Boeckel | 1892 | 1924 | 31 years | American | baseball player | car | | San Diego, California | |
| Cris Bolado | 1969 | 2017 | 47 years | Filipino | basketball player | motorcycle | | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
| Marc Bolan | 1947 | 1977 | 29 years | British | T.Rex musician | car (passenger) | Mini 1275GT | Queens Ride, Barnes Common, southwest London, England | Driver was girlfriend Gloria Jones. |
| Franco Bonvicini "Bonvi" | 1941 | 1995 | 54 years | Italian | comic book artist | pedestrian | Citroën Pallas | Bologna, Italy | Hit by a car while crossing the street |
| Chua Boon Huat | 1980 | 2013 | 33 years | Malaysian | field hockey player | car | truck | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | |
| D. Boon | 1958 | 1985 | 27 years | American | The Minutemen musician | van | | Tucson, Arizona | He was sleeping in the van while sick with a fever when the crash occurred. |
| Stephanie Booth | 1946 | 2016 | 70 years | British | hotelier | car | | Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom | |
| Quincy Borrowes | 1993 | 2017 | 23 years | Liberian | singer | car | Toyota Camry | Monrovia, Liberia | Quincy B died in a car crash while driving home from a gig at Anglers Bar and Restaurant. |
| Patrick Bosch | 1964 | 2012 | 47 years | Dutch | football | car | | Denekamp, Netherlands | |
| Günter Böttcher | 1954 | 2012 | 58 years | German | Olympic handball | car | | Bad Neustadt, Germany | |
| Saafi Boulbaba | 1986 | 2022 | 36 years | Tunisian | footballer | | | Borj El Amri, Tunisia | |
| Luc Bourdon | 1987 | 2008 | 21 years | Canadian | Ice hockey player | motorcycle | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | Lamèque, New Brunswick | Ran into the back of a tractor-trailer after losing control of the motorbike. |
| Thomas Bourgin | 1986 | 2013 | 26 years | French | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | Calama, Chile | |
| Peter "Possum" Bourne | 1956 | 2003 | 47 years | New Zealander | rally driver | car | Subaru Forester | Race to the Sky track, Cardrona, New Zealand | During course inspection, Bourne collided head-on with the Jeep Cherokee of a competitor, who was later charged with dangerous driving. |
| Lee Bowers | 1925 | 1966 | 41 years | American | witness to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy | car | | Midlothian, Texas | His car left an empty road and struck a concrete abutment near Midlothian. |
| Ethan Boyes | 1978 | 2023 | 44 years | American | cyclist | bicycle | | San Francisco, California | He was sent to hospital with life threatening injuries after a driver hit him outside Presidio Park. |
| Charlie Bradberry | 1982 | 2006 | 24 years | American | race car driver | truck | | Chelsea, Alabama | He was returning home from working on his racing vehicles when the fatal crash occurred. |
| Dennis Brain | 1921 | 1957 | 36 years | British | horn virtuoso | car | Triumph TR2 | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom | Was returning home from the Edinburgh Festival when the car collided with a tree. |
| Ed Brandt | 1905 | 1944 | 39 years | American | baseball player | car | | Spokane, Washington | |
| Jaime Bravo | 1932 | 1970 | 37 years | Mexican | Matador | car | | Zacatecas, Mexico | |
| Nino Bravo | 1944 | 1973 | 28 years | Spanish | singer and songwriter | car | BMW 2800 | Villarrubio, Cuenca, Spain | |
| Gianni Brera | 1919 | 1992 | 73 years | Italian | sports journalist and novelist | car | | Codogno, Lodi, Italy | |
| Jim Brewer | 1937 | 1987 | 50 years | American | baseball player | car | | Tyler, Texas | Died of his injuries after. |
| Michel Brière | 1949 | 1971 | 21 years | Canadian | NHL player | car | Mercury Cougar | Quebec Route 117, Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada | Crashed his car on May 15, 1970, and was ejected, suffering major head trauma. Died 11 months after the crash without regaining consciousness. |
| Richard Bright | 1937 | 2006 | 68 years | American | actor | pedestrian | | Manhattan, New York City | Struck by a bus. |
| Rolf Dieter Brinkmann | 1940 | 1975 | 35 years | German | poet | pedestrian | | London, England | Killed in a hit-and-run crash. |
| Lorenzo Brino | 1998 | 2020 | 21 years | American | former child actor | car | | San Bernardino County, California | |
| Jay Briscoe | 1984 | 2023 | 38 years | American | professional wrestler | car | | Laurel, Delaware | |
| Nick Broad | | 2013 | 38 years | English | football nutritionist | car | | | |
| Lino Brocka | 1939 | 1991 | 52 years | Filipino | film director | car | | Quezon City, Philippines | |
| Jake Brockman | 1955 | 2009 | 53 years | English | musician and sound recordist (Echo & the Bunnymen) | motorcycle | ambulance | Isle of Man | |
| Gladys Brockwell | 1893 | 1929 | 35 years | American | actress | car | | Ventura Highway near Calabasas, California | Male friend driver, who later said he'd been blinded by dust in an eye, went off-road and over a 75-foot (23 m) embankment, she was crushed under the car. |
| Norman Brookman | 1884 | 1949 | 65 years | Australian | politician | car | | South Road, Noarlunga, South Australia | Head-on collision with 4t truck. |
| Herb Brooks | 1937 | 2003 | 66 years | American | ice hockey coach, most notably of the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team | car | | Interstate 35 in Washington County, Minnesota | Believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel. Was not wearing a seat belt. |
| Boris Brott | 1944 | 2022 | 78 years | Canadian | conductor | pedestrian | | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Brott was reported to have been struck by a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road on Hamilton Mountain. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. A 33-year-old man was arrested for the hit-and-run after a police chase. |
| Clifford Brown | 1930 | 1956 | 25 years | American | jazz trumpeter | car (passenger) | | west of Bedford, Pennsylvania | Powell's wife Nancy was driving at night in the rain on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, she lost control of the car and it went off the road. All three people in the car were killed in the resulting crash. |
| Jerome Brown | 1965 | 1992 | 27 years | American | American football player | car | Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 | Brooksville, Florida | Lost control of his car at high speed and hit a power pole. His nephew, a passenger in the car, was also killed. |
| Jerry Brown | 1987 | 2012 | 25 years | American | football player | car | | Dallas, Texas | Brown was a passenger in a car driven by a teammate when it skidded on a highway, hit a curb, rolled several times and caught fire. |
| Tara Browne | 1945 | 1966 | 21 years | Irish | socialite, heir to the Guinness fortune | car | Lotus Elan | South Kensington, London | Browne was driving at high speed and failed to stop at a traffic light, colliding with a parked lorry. He died of his injuries the following day. Browne's death is supposedly the source of some of the lyrics of The Beatles' song "A Day in the Life". |
| Bart Bryant | 1962 | 2022 | 59 years | American | golfer | | | | |
| Jefri Al Buchori | 1973 | 2013 | 40 years | Indonesian | preacher, singer and actor | motorcycle | Kawasaki ER-6 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| Jean Bugatti | 1909 | 1939 | 30 years | French | automotive designer | car | Bugatti Type 57S Tank | near Duppigheim, France | |
| Haydn Bunton | 1911 | 1955 | 44 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | near Gawler, South Australia | Bunton's car left the road and hit trees. He died in hospital on September 5, 1955, four days later. |
| Bobby Buntrock | 1952 | 1974 | 21 years | American | former child actor | car | | Keystone, South Dakota | His car veered off a bridge under construction into Battle Creek, drowning him in the submerged car. |
| Gianluca Buonanno | 1966 | 2016 | 50 years | Italian | Politician | car | | Varese, Italy | |
| Václav Burda | 1973 | 2018 | 45 years | Czech | Ice hockey player | car | | Mikulčice, Czech Republic | |
| Brandon Burlsworth | 1976 | 1999 | 22 years | American | American football player | car | | near Alpena, Arkansas | |
| Bob Burns | 1950 | 2015 | 64 years | American | Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer | car | | Cartersville, Georgia | He hit a mailbox and a tree on a sharp curve. |
| Jim Burns | 1952 | 2017 | 65 years | American | producer | pedestrian | | New York City | Struck by a taxi cab while crossing the street. |
| Cliff Burton | 1962 | 1986 | 24 years | American | Metallica bass guitarist | tour bus | | European route E4 in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden | Thrown out of the window and crushed after the bus skidded off the road and landed on its side. |
| Norman Burton | 1923 | 2003 | 79 years | American | actor | car | | Imperial, California, United States | Auto crash while returning from Ajijic, Mexico near the California–Arizona state line. |
| Fred Buscaglione | 1921 | 1960 | 38 years | Italian | singer, musician | car | Ford Thunderbird | Rome, Italy | collided with a truck |
| Paul Bush | 1956 | 2023 | 66–67 years | British | experimental film director and animator | motorcycle | | Wales | |
| Rasual Butler | 1979 | 2018 | 38 years | American | basketball player | car | Range Rover | Studio City, California | His wife, singer Leah LaBelle died in the same crash. |
| Jack Butterfield | 1929 | 1979 | 50 years | American | college baseball coach and New York Yankees executive | car | | Paramus, New Jersey | |
| Dennis Byrd | 1966 | 2016 | 50 years | American | football | car | Hummer H2 | Claremore, Oklahoma | |

## C

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Victor Cabedo | 1989 | 2012 | 23 years | Spanish | cyclist | car | | Almedijar, Spain | |
| Cadet, real name Blaine Johnson | 1990 | 2019 | 28 years | British | Rapper | car (passenger) | Toyota Prius | Betley, Staffordshire | Cadet and three friends were travelling to a gig at Keele University in Staffordshire. Their taxi and another car collided and Cadet was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Tommy Caldwell | 1949 | 1980 | 30 years | American | The Marshall Tucker Band bassist | car | Toyota Land Cruiser | Spartanburg, South Carolina | |
| Cosimo Caliandro | 1982 | 2011 | 29 years | Italian | middle-distance runner | motorcycle | | Francavilla Fontana, Italy | Caliandro died in a motorcycle collision. |
| Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık | 1994 | 2022 | 27 years | Turkish | footballer | car | | Ankara, Turkey | |
| Jason Callahan | 1976 | 1995 | 19 years | American | | car | | Emporia, Virginia | Victim remained unidentified until December 2015. |
| Ashley Callie | 1973 | 2008 | 34 years | South African | actress | car | | Johannesburg, South Africa | Callie was driving home at night after an event. Her car collided with another vehicle at an intersection. |
| Teofilo Camomot | 1914 | 1988 | 74 years | Filipino | Archbishop | car | | San Fernando, Cebu, Philippines | Camomot was riding in a car when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Eric Campbell | 1878 | 1917 | 38 years | British | silent screen star and ubiquitous nemesis of Charlie Chaplin | car | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Dan Campilan | 1980 | 2006 | 25 years | Filipino | newscaster | bus (passenger) | Toyota Corolla | Quezon City, Philippines | Campilan was riding in a GMA bus when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Albert Camus | 1913 | 1960 | 46 years | French-Algerian | writer and Nobel Prize-winner | car | Facel Vega | Villeblevin, France | Michel Gallimard, the driver, was also killed. |
| Leopoldo Cantancio | 1963 | 2018 | 54 years | Filipino | boxer | motorcycle | | Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines | |
| Cornelius Cardew | 1936 | 1981 | 45 years | English | composer | pedestrian | | Leyton, London, England | Killed in a hit and run incident. The driver of the car was never found. |
| Steve Cardiff | 1957 | 2011 | 53 years | Canadian | politician | car | | Lewes Lake, South Klondike Highway | |
| Heron Carvic | 1913 | 1980 | 67 years | British | actor | car | | Appledore, Kent, England, United Kingdom | Crashed his car into a ditch whilst travelling at high speed with a flat tyre, losing control of the vehicle in August 1979. He never fully recovered, despite an operation and a period in intensive care and died from pneumonia. |
| Àlex Casademunt | 1981 | 2021 | 39 years | Spanish | singer, actor, TV presenter | car | | Matarò, Spain | |
| Miquel Roger Casamada | 1954 | 2017 | 62 years | Spanish | composer | car | | Vilagrassa, Spain | |
| Marcus Cassel | 1983 | 2006 | 23 years | American | football player | car | | Santa Monica, California | |
| José Castillo | 1981 | 2018 | 37 years | Venezuelan | baseball player (infielder) | car (passenger) | | Yaracuy, Venezuela | The car he was riding in hit a fallen rock and went off the road. |
| Renato Cecchetto | 1951 | 2022 | 70 years | Italian | actor | moped | | Rome, Italy | |
| Martin Čech | 1976 | 2007 | 31 years | Czech | ice hockey player | car | | Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic | The deadly crash occurred in his hometown. |
| Cecilia | 1948 | 1976 | 27 years | Spanish | singer-songwriter | car | SEAT 124 | near Benavente, in Zamora Province, Spain | Musician José Luiz Gonzalez also died in the crash. |
| Andújar Cedeño | 1969 | 2000 | 31 years | Dominican | baseball player (shortstop) | car | | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| Mondli Cele | 1989 | 2016 | 26 years | South African | footballer | car | | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | Cele died in collision. |
| Giambattista Cescutti | 1939 | 2023 | 84 years | Italian | basketball player and head coach | pedestrian | | Udine, Italy | Cescutti was hit by a vehicle while walking in heavy rain. |
| Rusty Chambers | 1953 | 1981 | 27 years | American | football player (linebacker) | car | | Hammond, Louisiana | |
| Sita Chan | 1987 | 2013 | 26 years | Hong Konger | pop singer | car | | Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong | |
| Wilma Chan | 1949 | 2021 | 72 years | American | politician | pedestrian | | Alameda, California | |
| Chang Yu-sheng | 1966 | 1997 | 31 years | Taiwanese | pop singer, composer and producer | car | Saab 900 | Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan | |
| Kak Channthy | 1980 | 2018 | 38 years | Cambodian | singer (member of Cambodian Space Project) | auto rickshaw | | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | |
| Harry Chapin | 1942 | 1981 | 38 years | American | musician and film producer | car | Volkswagen Rabbit | Long Island Expressway, New York | A truck hit him from behind. |
| Virgil Chapman | 1895 | 1951 | 55 years | American | United States Senator from Kentucky | car | | Washington, DC | |
| Vernal Charles | 1985 | 2013 | 27 years | South African | cricketer | car | | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
| Sonika Chauhan | 1989 | 2017 | 27 years | Indian | actress | car | | Kolkata, India | |
| Ernest Chausson | 1855 | 1899 | 44 years | French | composer | bicycle | | Limay, Yvelines, France | Collision with wall. |
| Germán Chaves | 1995 | 2023 | 28 years | Colombian | professional cyclist | bicycle | | Chocontá, Colombia | Training with his father when they were both hit by a truck. Germán died instantly while his father later died in hospital |
| Nikolay Chebotko | 1982 | 2021 | 38 years | Kazakhstani | cross country skier | car | | Burabay District, Kazakhstan | |
| Yelena Chernykh | 1979 | 2011 | 32 years | Russian | actress | car | | Novoanninsky, Novoanninsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia | Chernykh died in car collision. |
| Steve Chiasson | 1967 | 1999 | 32 years | Canadian | hockey player | pickup truck | | North Carolina | Fell out of truck after collision. Was over drink-drive limit. |
| Merab Chigoev | 1951 | 2016 | 64 years | South Ossetian | politician | car | | Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Georgia | |
| Gwinyai Chingoka | 1982 | 2022 | 39 years | Zimbabwean | tennis player | pedestrian | | Harare, Zimbabwe | Chingoka was hit by a vehicle on his way home from a private function. Zimbabwean cricket player Tarisai Musakanda was charged in connection to his death. |
| Ron Chippindale | 1933 | 2008 | 74 years | New Zealander | Chief Inspector of Air Accidents | pedestrian | | Porirua, near Wellington, New Zealand | Chippindale, who investigated many airplane crashes, most notably the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 into Mount Erebus, Antarctica, was struck by an out of control car while walking near his home. |
| Tim Choate | 1954 | 2004 | 49 years | American | actor | motorcycle | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Dugald Christie | 1941 | 2006 | either 64 or 65 years | Canadian | lawyer and political activist | bicycle | | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada | Collision with truck. |
| Mieczysław Cieślar | 1950 | 2010 | 60 years | Polish | theologian and bishop | car | | Przecław, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | |
| Bob Clark | 1939 | 2007 | 67 years | American | film director | car | Infiniti I30 | Pacific Coast Highway, near Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California | Collision with SUV. |
| Earl Clark | 1907 | 1938 | 30 years | American | baseball player | car | | Washington, D.C. | Collided with a streetcar. |
| Kevin Clark | 1988 | 2021 | 32 years | American | child actor and professional drummer | Bicycle | | Chicago | Clark was riding his bicycle in Avondale, a neighborhood in Chicago, near a notoriously dangerous intersection in the Northwest Side of Chicago. Clark was struck and killed by a Hyundai Sonata driven by a 20-year-old woman in the early morning. Clark died after being taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. |
| Spencer Clark | 1987 | 2006 | 19 years | American | NASCAR driver | truck | | near Albuquerque, New Mexico | Truck was carrying a car and fell over. |
| Tom Clark | 1941 | 2018 | 77 years | American | poet | pedestrian | | Berkeley, California | Clark was hit by a car while crossing the street. He later died from his injuries. |
| Terrence Clarke | 2001 | 2021 | 19 years | American | college basketball player | car | Genesis GV80 | Los Angeles, California | |
| Claudisabel | 1976 | 2022 | 46 years | Portuguese | singer | car | | Alcácer do Sal, Portugal | |
| Judy Clay | 1938 | 2001 | 62 years | American | soul and gospel singer | car | | Fayetteville, North Carolina | She died a few weeks after a crash. |
| Sam Cobean | 1913 | 1951 | 37 years | American | cartoonist | car | | Schuyler County, New York | He lost control and collided into a tree |
| Eddie Cochran | 1938 | 1960 | 21 years | American | musician | taxi | Ford Consul | A4 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom | Taxi blew a tyre and collided with a lamppost. Gene Vincent and Sharon Sheeley, the other passengers, survived the crash. |
| Ludo Coeck | 1955 | 1985 | 30 years | Belgian | footballer | car | BMW | near Rumst, Belgium | Collision with Median strip, a.k.a. central reservation. |
| Alexis Cohen | 1983 | 2009 | 25 years | American | actress and American Idol participant | Pedestrian | Mitsubishi Galant | Seaside Heights, New Jersey | Killed in a "hit-and-run" incident. The driver of the car, Daniel Bark, was arrested and charged with drunk driving and leaving the scene of a crash. |
| Felipe Colares | 1994 | 2023 | 29 years | Brazilian | mixed martial artist | | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Colares was returning from training when he was reportedly hit by a bus. The fire department arrived but Colares died on his way to hospital. |
| Brian Cole | 1979 | 2001 | 22 years | American | baseball player | car | | Marianna, Florida | |
| John Coleman | 1863 | 1922 | 61 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Bonar Colleano | 1924 | 1958 | 34 years | American | actor | car | | Queensway Tunnel, Birkenhead, United Kingdom | |
| Alex Collins | 1994 | 2023 | 28 years | American | football player | motorcycle | | Lauderdale Lakes, Florida | Collins collided with the rear of a SUV making a left turn, causing him to go through the window. |
| Billy Collins | 1961 | 1984 | 22 years | American | boxer | car | 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass | Antioch, Tennessee | Collision with culvert. |
| Jerry Collins | 1980 | 2015 | 34 years | New Zealander | rugby union player and former All Black | car | | Béziers, France | Collision with bus. Partner Alana Madill was also killed however Collins' daughter Ayla survived. |
| Rob Collins | 1965 | 1996 | 33 years | English | musician and keyboardist of The Charlatans | car | BMW | Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom | Was over the drink-drive limit and not wearing a seat belt. |
| Mike Colman | 1968 | 1994 | 25 years | American | ice hockey player | car | | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Coluche | 1944 | 1986 | 41 years | French | comedian | motorcycle | | Opio, Alpes-Maritimes, France | Collision with truck. |
| Amie Comeaux | 1976 | 1997 | 21 years | American | country singer | car | Dodge Avenger | near Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Car overturned. |
| Tom Compernolle | 1975 | 2008 | 32 years | Belgian | middle-distance runner | army truck | | Zedelgem, West Flanders, Belgium | Compernolle died in an accident during an army exercise. |
| Adam Comrie | 1990 | 2020 | 30 years | Canadian-American | ice hockey player (defenceman) | motorcycle | | Leesburg, Virginia | |
| Gene Connell | 1906 | 1937 | 31 years | American | baseball player | car | | Waverly, New York | |
| Ashleigh Connor | 1989 | 2011 | 21 years | Australian | soccer player | car | | Cataract, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Pete Conrad | 1930 | 1999 | 69 years | American | lunar astronaut | motorcycle | | Ojai, California | Veered off-road and crashed. |
| Ryan Dallas Cook | 1982 | 2005 | 23 years | American | musician (Suburban Legends) | motorcycle | | Costa Mesa Freeway, near Orange, California | Collision with car. |
| Tom Cooper | 1904 | 1940 | 36 years | English | Footballer | motorcycle | | Aldeburgh, England | Cooper was out on his despatch motorcycle when he collided with a lorry and was killed. An enquiry took place into his death with the outcome being an order that stated despatch riders were no longer allowed to ride their motorcycles without wearing a crash helmet. |
| William Coperthwaite | | 2013 | 83 years | American | yurt building | car | | Washington, Maine | |
| Marjorie Corcoran | 1950 | 2017 | 66 years | American | particle physicist, professor | bicycle | train | Houston, Texas | Collided with a METRORail train while bicycling. |
| Diogo Correa de Oliveira | 1983 | 2021 | 38 years | Brazilian | footballer | motorcycle | | Maringá, Brazil | |
| Eddie Costa | 1930 | 1962 | 31 years | American | jazz musician | car | | New York City | |
| Russell Coughlin | 1960 | 2016 | 56 years | Welsh | footballer | car | | Carlisle, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom | Coughlin rides in a car when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Stephen Covey | 1932 | 2012 | 79 years | American | author, professional speaker, professor, consultant, management-expert | bike | | Provo, Utah | Complications after falling off a bike. |
| Joy Covey | 1963 | 2013 | 50 years | American | business executive | bicycle | | Portola Valley, California | Complications after struck by delivery van. |
| Joey Covington | 1945 | 2013 | 67 years | American | musician | car | | Palm Springs, California | |
| Arnaud Coyot | 1980 | 2013 | 33 years | French | cyclist | bicycle | | Amiens, France | |
| Kenneth Craik | 1914 | 1945 | 31 years | British | philosopher and psychologist | bicycle | | Cambridge, England, United Kingdom | Struck by a car while cycling. |
| Gottfried von Cramm | 1909 | 1976 | 67 years | German | tennis player | car | | near Cairo, Egypt | |
| Seymour Cray | 1925 | 1996 | 71 years | American | supercomputer architect | car | Jeep Cherokee | Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs, Colorado | Collision with another vehicle. |
| Tonya Crews | 1938 | 1966 | 28 years | American | model and Playboy Playmate | car | | | |
| Tom Crooke | 1884 | 1929 | 44 years | American | baseball player | bus (passenger) | | | |
| Alan Crosland | 1894 | 1936 | 41 years | American | film director | car | | Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California | |
| Bob Cryer | 1934 | 1994 | 59 years | British | Labour MP | car | Rover | M1 motorway near Watford, England, United Kingdom | Car overturned on motorway. His wife, Ann, survived the crash. |
| Laurie Cunningham | 1956 | 1989 | 33 years | English | footballer | car | Renault 5 GTI | Madrid, Spain | Car collided with barrier and overturned. |
| Joseph Cure | 1983 | 2015 | 31 years | American | actor and ice hockey player | car | | Ennis, Montana | Slick conditions made for risky driving. |
| Pierre Curie | 1859 | 1906 | 46 years | French | chemist and physicist, 1903 Nobel Prize recipient | pedestrian | | Rue Dauphine, Paris, France | Run over by a horse-drawn vehicle. |
| Greg Curnoe | 1936 | 1992 | 55 years | Canadian | painter | bicycle | | Delaware, Ontario, Canada | Knocked down by a pickup truck. |
| Steve Currie | 1947 | 1981 | 33 years | British | bassist for T. Rex | car | | Algarve, Portugal | |
| Mac Curtis | 1939 | 2013 | 74 years | American | singer | car | | Weatherford, Texas | |
| Ian Cuttler | 1971 | 2014 | 43 years | Mexican | art director, photographer & graphic design | car | | Los Angeles, California | |

## D

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Jay Dahl | 1945 | 1965 | 19 years | American | baseball player | car (passenger) | GTO | Salisbury, North Carolina | |
| Jack Dakin | 1996 | 2016 | 19 years | British | drummer of the rock band Viola Beach | car (passenger) | Nissan Qashqai | Södertälje, Sweden | All four members of the band died in this crash, along with their manager Craig Tarry. |
| LaShawn Daniels | 1977 | 2019 | 41 years | American | songwriter | car | | South Carolina | |
| Omar Daoud | 1983 | 2018 | 35 years | Libyan | footballer | car | | Cyrene, Libya | |
| Vitaly Daraselia | 1957 | 1982 | 25 years | Georgian | footballer | car | | Zestaponi, Georgia | |
| Troy Dargan | 1997 | 2023 | 26 years | Australian | rugby league player | motorcycle | | Aitutaki, Cook Islands | |
| Mike Darr | 1976 | 2002 | 25 years | American | baseball player | car | | Peoria, Arizona | |
| Betty Jack Davis | 1932 | 1953 | 21 years | American | country music singer; one half of The Davis Sisters | car | | near Cincinnati, Ohio | Skeeter Davis (no relation), the other half of the Davis Sisters, was seriously injured in the same crash. She recovered and went on to a successful recording career whereas Betty didn't survive. |
| Jimmy Davis | 1982 | 2003 | 21 years | British | Manchester United footballer | car | BMW 3 series | M40 motorway in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | Crashed into back of truck. Was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
| Victor Davis | 1964 | 1989 | 25 years | Canadian | swimmer, Olympic gold medallist | pedestrian | | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada | Outside a nightclub in a Montreal suburb, Davis was struck by a car whose driver fled the scene. It was later determined that, due to an earlier verbal altercation with the driver, Davis had walked to the middle of the road and was brandishing a juice bottle toward the car at the time he was struck. Two days later, Davis died of his injuries in hospital. In February 1992, Glen Crossley was found guilty of leaving the scene of a crash and was sentenced to ten months in prison, ultimately serving four months. |
| Ann Day | 1938 | 2016 | 77 years | American | politician | car | | Tucson, Arizona | Died in a multi-vehicle crash caused by an impaired driver. |
| James Dean | 1931 | 1955 | 24 years | American | actor | car | Porsche 550 Spyder | near Cholame, California | See here |
| Stelio De Carolis | 1937 | 2017 | 80 years | Italian | politician | car | | Meldola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | |
| Andrea de Cesaris | 1959 | 2014 | 55 years | Italian | racing driver | motorcycle | | Rome, Italy | Was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Grande Raccordo Anulare motorway in Rome. |
| Rube DeGroff | 1879 | 1955 | 76 years | American | baseball player | car | | Poughkeepsie, New York | Struck head-on by a drunk driver. |
| Wisse Dekker | 1924 | 2012 | 88 years | Dutch | businessman | car | | Zoutelande, Netherlands | |
| Roger Delgado | 1918 | 1973 | 55 years | British | actor | car | | Republic of Turkey | Delgado died on location in Turkey while shooting an episode of French TV show La cloche tibétaine (Bell of Tibet). Two Turkish film technicians were killed in the same crash. |
| Jonathan Delisle | 1977 | 2006 | 28 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | | Beauce, Quebec, Canada | |
| Dorothy Dell | 1915 | 1934 | 19 years | American | actress | car (passenger) | | Altadena, California | Driver hit a telephone pole, bounced off a palm tree, and finally hit a boulder. Dell was killed instantly while the driver died hours later. |
| Miguel Del Toro | 1972 | 2001 | 29 years | Mexican | baseball player (pitcher) | car | | Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico |
| Andy DeMize | 1983 | 2009 | 25 years | Mexican-American | musician; drummer for the band Nekromantix | car | 1972 Chevrolet Nova | outside Fullerton, California | He lost control and hit a tree causing the vehicle to catch fire. |
| Dener | 1971 | 1994 | 23 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Willie Dennis | 1926 | 1965 | 39 years | American | jazz trombonist | car | | New York City | |
| Joe DeSa | 1959 | 1986 | 27 years | American | baseball player | car | | Cayey, Puerto Rico | |
| Tony Destra | 1954 | 1987 | 32 years | American | glam metal musician; drummer for Cinderella | car | | Pennsylvania | |
| Brandon deWilde | 1942 | 1972 | 30 years | American | actor | camper van | | Denver, Colorado | He went off the roadway, struck a guardrail and then a parked truck. Not seat-belted, he was then pinned in the wreckage as the camper rolled onto its side. He later died of his injuries in the hospital. |
| Kazimierz Deyna | 1947 | 1989 | 41 years | Polish | footballer | car | BMW | San Diego, California | |
| Rudy Dhaenens | 1961 | 1998 | 36 years | Belgian | cyclist | car | | Aalst, Belgium | He died in a car crash on his way to the start of the Tour of Flanders. |
| Arnold Diamond | 1915 | 1992 | 76 years | British | actor | car | | Bournemouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom | Whilst on holiday in Bournemouth with his wife, he was hit by a car and hospitalised. He never regained consciousness and died a week later. |
| Diana, Princess of Wales | 1961 | 1997 | 36 years | British | member of British royal family | car (passenger) | 1994 Mercedes-Benz S280 W140 | Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, Paris, France | See here |
| Sandra Dianne | 1994 | 2020 | 25 years | Malaysian | singer | car | Haval H1 | Putrajaya, Malaysia | |
| Mike Dickin | 1943 | 2006 | 63 years | British | radio DJ | car | | Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom | |
| Joel DiGregorio | 1944 | 2011 | 67 years | American | keyboardist for Charlie Daniels' band | car | | Cheatham County, Tennessee | He was driving on Interstate 40 to meet with the band at their tour bus when the fatal crash occurred. |
| Lou DiMuro | 1931 | 1982 | 51 years | American | baseball umpire | pedestrian | | Arlington, Texas | |
| Nh. Dini | 1936 | 2018 | 82 years | Indonesian | novelist | taxi (passenger) | Toyota Avanza | Semarang, Indonesia | The taxi she was riding in collided with a truck. |
| Mlondi Dlamini | 1997 | 2017 | 20 years | South African | footballer | car | | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
| Alfred Dobbs | 1882 | 1945 | 63 years | British | politician | car | | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | Dobbs' car was in collision with a military vehicle. |
| Marshall Dodge | 1935 | 1982 | 47 years | American | humorist | bicycle | | Waimea, Hawaii | He was struck by a motorist. |
| Ian Stuart Donaldson | 1957 | 1993 | 36 years | British | neo-Nazi musician | car | Volkswagen Polo | near Burnaston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Françoise Dorléac | 1942 | 1967 | 25 years | French | film actress | car | Renault 10 | A8 autoroute near Villeneuve-Loubet | While en route to Nice airport, Dorléac lost control of her car, which collided with a signpost and burst into flames. A witness saw her struggling to escape and tried to help, but the flames engulfed the car and she burned to death. |
| Ibrahim Dossey | 1972 | 2008 | 36 years | Ghanaian | footballer | car | | Breaza, Romania | The crash occurred on September 13, 2008, putting him in a coma until his death three months later. |
| Dee Dowis | 1968 | 2016 | 48 years | American | football | car | | Gwinnett County, Georgia | |
| Danielle Downey | 1980 | 2014 | 33 years | American | professional golfer | single-car | | Lee County, Alabama | |
| Brian Drebber | 1950 | 2018 | 68 years | American | sportscaster for Speed | motorcycle | | Canton, Georgia | While en route to an airport, he hit a deer and died. |
| Karl Drews | 1920 | 1963 | 43 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Dania, Florida | His car stalled and Drews had exited it to try to flag down a passing motorist for help. While standing at the roadside, he was struck and killed by a drunk driver. |
| Charles R. Drew | 1904 | 1950 | 45 years | American | surgeon, blood transfusion researcher | car | | Burlington, North Carolina | |
| Bridget Driscoll | 1852 | 1896 | 44 years | British | The first pedestrian victim of an automobile crash in the United Kingdom. | pedestrian | | Crystal Palace, London | One of the earliest recorded road crash victims. |
| Piero Drogo | 1926 | 1973 | 46 years | Italian | racing driver and coachbuilder | car | Ferrari 250 California | Bologna, Italy | Crashed into a broken down truck in a tunnel; both were unlit. |
| Alexander Dubček | 1921 | 1992 | 70 years | Slovak | politician | car | BMW 535i | D1 highway near Humpolec, Czech Republic | Car veered off-road. |
| Gus Dudgeon | 1942 | 2002 | 59 years | British | record producer | car | Jaguar XK8 | M4 motorway between Reading and Maidenhead in England, United Kingdom | Car veered off-road. |
| Fred Duesenberg | 1876 | 1932 | 55 years | American | automobile pioneer, designer and manufacturer | car | Duesenberg | Lincoln Highway near Jennerstown, Pennsylvania | Car overturned. Duesenberg died in hospital after being comatose for three weeks. |
| Boet van Dulmen | 1948 | 2021 | 73 years | Dutch | motorcycle racer | bicycle | | Ammerzoden, Netherlands | Collided with a van. |
| Glenn Dunaway | 1914 | 1964 | 49 years | American | race car driver | car | | near Camden, South Carolina | Struck by a Seaboard Air Line Railroad train at a railroad crossing. |
| Isadora Duncan | 1877 | 1927 | 50 years | American | dancer | car | Amilcar | Nice, France | Strangled by scarf getting tangled in rear wheel of open-top sports car. Thrown out onto road, died instantly. |
| Joey Dunlop | 1952 | 2000 | 48 years | British | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | Tallinn, Estonia | Died in an open-road race. |
| William Dunlop | 1984 | 2018 | 33 years | Irish | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | County Dublin, Ireland | |
| Ryan Dunn | 1977 | 2011 | 34 years | American | reality television personality and daredevil (MTV's Jackass) | car | Porsche 911 GT3 | Chester County, Pennsylvania | Collided with tree. Was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
| Junior Durkin | 1915 | 1935 | 19 years | American | actor | car (passenger) | | San Diego, California | While returning home from a hunting trip in Mexico, the driver swerved to avoid a collision and crashed at the side of the road. Several other passengers also died. |
| Al Dvorin | 1923 | 2004 | 81 years | American | Elvis Presley concert announcer | car | | near Ivanpah, California | |

## E

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Crash location | Details |
| Dave Early | 1957 | 1996 | 39 years | British | drummer (Sade) | car | Ireland | |
| Mark Eaton | 1957 | 2021 | 64 years | American | basketball player | bike | Park City, Utah | |
| Donald Eccles | 1908 | 1986 | 77 years | British | actor | car | Brighton, England, United Kingdom | |
| Paul Edmondson | 1943 | 1970 | 27 years | American | baseball player | car | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Jerry Edmonton | 1946 | 1993 | 47 years | Canadian | drummer for rock band Steppenwolf | car | Santa Ynez, California | |
| Colin Edwards | 1991 | 2013 | 21 years | Guyanese | footballer | motorcycle | Georgetown, Guyana | |
| Jim Joe Edwards | 1894 | 1965 | 70 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | Sarepta, Mississippi | |
| Mike Edwards | 1948 | 2010 | 62 years | British | Electric Light Orchestra cellist | van | Devon, England, United Kingdom | Edwards was killed on the A381 road between Harbertonford and Halwell near where he lived in Totnes in Devon when a cylindrical hay bale weighing 1,300 pounds (590 kg) rolled down a hillside and collided with the van he was driving. |
| Bjarte Eikeset | 1937 | 2017 | 80 years | Norwegian | politician | car | Eikefjord, Norway | Collided with an RV. |
| Martín Elías | 1990 | 2017 | 26 years | Colombian | singer | car | Sincelejo, Colombia | |
| Kevin Ellison | 1987 | 2018 | 31 years | American | football player | car | | |
| Jimbo Elrod | 1954 | 2016 | 62 years | American | football player | car | Chandler, Oklahoma | |
| Edem Ephraim | 1959 | 1996 | 36 years | British | singer and one half of the London Boys | car | Eastern Alps, Austria | His colleague, Dennis Fuller, also died in the head-on collision with a drunken Swiss. |
| Chit Estella | 1957 | 2011 | 53 years | Filipina | journalist and professor | bus (passenger) | | |
| Greg Evers | 1955 | 2017 | 62 years | American | politician | car | Okaloosa County, Florida | |

## F

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Pål Arne Fagernes | 1974 | 2003 | 29 years | Norwegian | athlete (javelin) | car | | European route E6 near Moss, Norway | Collided with a truck. |
| Jock Fahey | 1911 | 1936 | 24 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | bicycle | | between Numurkah and Wunghnu, Australia | Struck by a vehicle returning to his home in Wunghnu. |
| Falco | 1957 | 1998 | 40 years | Austrian | rock musician | SUV | Mitsubishi Montero | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | Collided with a bus. |
| Jessica Falkholt | 1988 | 2018 | 29 years | Australian | actress | car | | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | She was a passenger in a two car collision which also took the lives of her parents, sister and the driver of the other vehicle. Falkholt died in hospital 22 days later. |
| Oussama Falouh | 1999 | 2023 | 24 years | Moroccan | footballer | car (passenger) | | Casablanca, Morocco | The car Falouh was in crashed into a large truck. He had multiple brain haemorrhages, a broken neck and thorax. After being in a coma for almost a month, he succumbed to his injuries. |
| Housseyn Fardjallah | 1993 | 2016 | 23 years | Algerian | weightlifter | car | | | |
| Giuseppe Farina | 1906 | 1966 | 59 years | Italian | inaugural Formula One world champion | car | Lotus Cortina | Chambéry, France | |
| Richard Fariña | 1937 | 1966 | 29 years | American | musician and writer | motorcycle | | Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, California | Motorbike veered off-road. |
| Richard Farrell | 1926 | 1958 | 31 years | New Zealander | classical pianist | car | | Arundel, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | |
| Turk Farrell | 1934 | 1977 | 43 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom | |
| John R. "Bo" Farrington | 1936 | 1964 | 28 years | American | football player | car | Volkswagen Beetle | Rensselaer, Indiana | Teammate Willie Galimore also died in the crash when they were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled multiple times. |
| Dodi Fayed | 1955 | 1997 | 42 years | Egyptian | companion of Diana, Princess of Wales | car | 1994 Mercedes-Benz S280 W140 | Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, Paris, France | Fayed was traveling with Diana, Princess of Wales at the time of the crash. Both were killed in this crash along with the driver of the car, Henri Paul; Fayed's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones survived. Further reading: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales |
| Dan Fegan | 1961 | 2018 | 56 years | American | basketball agent | SUV | bus | near Aspen, Colorado | |
| Cheo Feliciano | 1935 | 2014 | 78 years | Puerto Rican | composer and singer | singer-car | | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Mike Fellows | 1957 | 2016 | 58 years | American | politician | car | | Missoula County, Montana | Fellows collided with another vehicle. |
| Torsten Fenslau | 1964 | 1993 | 29 years | German | record producer, DJ (Culture Beat) | car | Mercedes-Benz 500SL | Landesstraße 3097, Near Messel, Hessen, Germany | Fenslau lost control of his car, causing it to roll several times before coming to rest in a field. Not seat-belted, he was thrown from the vehicle, dying in the hospital a short time later. |
| Scott Fenton | 1964 | 1989 | 24 years | Australian | basketball player | car | Honda | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | |
| Myles Ferguson | 1981 | 2000 | 19 years | Canadian | child actor | car | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Alberto Fernández | 1955 | 1984 | 29 years | Spanish | road racing cyclist | car | | near Aranda de Duero, Burgos Province, Spain | His wife was also killed in the crash. |
| Rommel Fernández | 1966 | 1993 | 27 years | Panamanian | footballer | car | | near Albacete, Spain | His cousin, Ronny Rojo, survived the crash. |
| Pietro Ferrero Jr. | 1963 | 2011 | 47 years | Italian | businessman | bicycle | | Camps Bay, South Africa | |
| Amela Fetahović | 1986 | 2021 | 35 years | Bosnian | footballer | car | | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
| Peter Fisher | 1950 | 2018 | 67 years | British | physician | bicycle | | High Holborn, London, United Kingdom | |
| Aaron Flahavan | 1975 | 2001 | 25 years | English | footballer | car | BMW sports car | near Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom | |
| Jeff Fletcher | | 2014 | 36 years | British | indie rock musician (Northern Uproar) | pedestrian | | Stockport, England, United Kingdom | He was hit by a lorry and was decapitated. |
| Zenon de Fleur | 1951 | 1979 | 27 years | British | guitarist for rock band The Count Bishops | car | Aston Martin | London, England | |
| Ibrahima Fofana | 1952 | 2010 | 57 years | Guinean | trade unionist | car | | Fria, Guinea | |
| Wenty Ford | 1946 | 1980 | 33 years | Bahamian | baseball player | car | | Nassau, Bahamas | |
| Jack Foster | 1932 | 2004 | 72 years | New Zealander | marathon runner | bicycle | | Rotorua, New Zealand | |
| Arthur Fox | 1924 | 1953 | 29 years | Australian | Australian rules football player | motorcycle | | Mildura, Victoria, Australia | |
| Charley Fox | 1920 | 2008 | 88 years | Canadian | RCAF fighter pilot | car | | Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada | |
| Stan Fox | 1952 | 2000 | 48 years | American | racing driver | van | | Desert Road, south of Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Danny Frawley | 1963 | 2019 | 56 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Millbrook, Victoria, Australia | |
| Pete de Freitas | 1961 | 1989 | 27 years | Trinidadian | drummer (Echo & the Bunnymen) | motorcycle | | Longdon Green, England, United Kingdom | Collided with a motor vehicle while on his way to Liverpool from London. |
| Pat Frink | 1945 | 2012 | 67 years | American | basketball player | car | | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Frankie Frisch | 1898 | 1973 | 74 years | American | baseball player | car | | Wilmington, Delaware | Frisch died from injuries sustained in a car crash in Elkton, Maryland, one month earlier. |
| Marcelo Fromer | 1961 | 2001 | 39 years | Brazilian | musician for rock band Titãs | pedestrian | | São Paulo, Brazil | He was hit by a motorcyclist while jogging. |
| Norman Fruchter | 1937 | 2023 | 85 years | American | writer and academic | pedestrian | | New York City | Fruchter died January 4, 2023, of injuries sustained on December 22, 2022, when a driver who was speeding in reverse backed into him on 68th Street in Bay Ridge while he was walking home. |
| Dennis Fuller | 1959 | 1995 | 36 years | Jamaican | singer and one half of London Boys | car | | Eastern Alps, Austria | His colleague, Edem Ephraim, also died in the head-on collision with a drunken Swiss. |
| Terry Furlow | 1954 | 1980 | 25 years | American | basketball player | car | | Linndale, Ohio | Cocaine and Valium were found in his system. |
| Mduduzi Fuzwayo | 1986 | 2023 | 36 years | Zimbabwean | cricketer | car | | Zimbabwe | |

## G

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Gary Gabelich | 1940 | 1984 | 43 years | American | land speed record holder | motorcycle | | Long Beach, California | Collision with truck. |
| Rino Gaetano | 1950 | 1981 | 30 years | Italian | singer-songwriter | car | Volvo 343 | Via Nomentana, Rome, Italy | Collision with truck. |
| Gennadi Gagulia | 1948 | 2018 | 70 years | Abkhazian | politician | car | | Miusera, Abkhazia, Georgia | |
| Bryan Gahol | 1977 | 2014 | 36 years | Filipino | basketball player | van | Nissan Urvan Escapade | South Luzon Expressway, Philippines | He and Manalo were declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. |
| Wahome Gakuru | 1966 | 2017 | 51 years | Kenyan | politician | car | | Thika, Kiambu County | |
| Willie Galimore | 1935 | 1964 | 29 years | American | football player | car | Volkswagen Beetle | Rensselaer, Indiana | Teammate John R. "Bo" Farrington also died in the crash when they were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled multiple times. |
| Niccolò Galli | 1983 | 2001 | 17 years | Italian | footballer | motorcycle | | Bologna, Italy | Collided with Median strip, a.k.a. central reservation. |
| Julio Gallo | 1910 | 1993 | 83 years | American | winemaker | car | | near Tracy, California | Car veered off-road. |
| Rosman García | 1979 | 2011 | 32 years | Venezuelan | baseball player (relief pitcher) | car | | Aragua, Venezuela | |
| Scott Garland | 1952 | 1979 | 27 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Blew a tire, lost control and hit a wall. |
| Juan Garriga | 1963 | 2015 | 52 years | Spanish | Grand Prix motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | Spain | |
| Patrick Gasienica | 1998 | 2022 | 24 years | American | ski jumper | motorcycle | | Bull Valley, Illinois | |
| Bob Gassoff | 1953 | 1977 | 24 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | motorcycle | | near Villa Ridge, Missouri | Head-on collision with car. |
| Antoni Gaudí | 1852 | 1926 | 73 years | Spanish | architect | pedestrian | | Barcelona, Spain | Struck by a tram and died from his injuries three days later. |
| Johnny Gaudreau | 1993 | 2024 | 31 years | American | ice hockey player | bicycle | | Oldmans Township, New Jersey | Struck by vehicle while cycling. |
| Janet Gaynor | 1906 | 1984 | 77 years | American | actress | car | | San Francisco, California | The crash occurred in 1982 in San Francisco, California when a van ran a red light and crashed into the vehicle that Janet, her husband Paul Gregor, actress Mary Martin and her manager were in. Janet died of her injuries two years thereafter in a Palm Springs, California, hospital along with pneumonia and other ailments. |
| Mike Gazella | 1895 | 1978 | 82 years | American | baseball player | car | | Odessa, Texas | |
| Jeremy Geathers | 1986 | 2017 | 30 years | American | football player | limousine | | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Giuliano Gemma | 1938 | 2013 | 75 years | Italian | actor | car | | Civitavecchia, Italy | Two passengers died in car crash. |
| Bill George | 1929 | 1982 | 52 years | American | American football Hall of Famer | van | | Rockford, Illinois | Mr. George was driving eastbound on Illinois 72 when a tractor-trailer struck his van at an intersection. |
| Ifeanyi George | 1993 | 2020 | 26 years | Nigerian | footballer | car | | Abudu, Nigeria | Ifeanyi, a teammate, and a friend all died in the fatal car crash. |
| Mat George | 1995 | 2021 | 26 years | American | podcast host | pedestrian | | Los Angeles | He was killed in a hit-and-run crash. |
| Vladimir Gerasimov | 1989 | 2018 | 28 years | Russian | footballer | motorcycle | | Zhejiang, China | |
| Melody Gersbach | 1985 | 2010 | 24 years | Filipina | beauty pageant contestant | bus (passenger) | | Bula, Camarines Sur, Philippines | Gersbach was riding in a bus when it collided with a vehicle. |
| Marie-Christine Gessinger | 1992 | 2010 | 17 years | Austrian | fashion model | car (passenger) | Volkswagen Golf | Austria | Struck a tree at 150 km/h in a 100 km/h limit zone. |
| Ghazi of Iraq | 1912 | 1939 | 27 years | | King of Iraq 1933–1939 | car | | Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq | Ghazi died in 1939 in a mysterious crash involving a sports car he was driving. Some believe he was killed on the orders of Nuri as-Said. |
| Ray Gibb | 1928 | 1953 | 24 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | motorcycle | | Vermont, Victoria, Australia | Crashed into a milk cart. |
| Martin Gilks | 1965 | 2006 | 41 years | British | drummer for The Wonder Stuff | motorbike | | Tooting, London, England | Lost control of motorbike and crashed. |
| Brian Gilmore | 1933 | 1959 | 26 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | |
| Maximiliano Giusti | 1991 | 2016 | 25 years | Argentinian | footballer | car | | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Edward Givens | 1930 | 1967 | 37 years | American | NASA astronaut and fighter pilot | car | Volkswagen | Pearland, Texas | On June 6, 1967, Givens was driving home from a meeting of the Quiet Birdmen fraternal organization, with two other officers, when he missed a sharp, unmarked turn and crashed into a ditch, near the Manned Spacecraft Center. |
| Alicia Gladden | 1985 | 2013 | 27 years | American | basketball player | car | | Avondale, Florida | |
| Jeff Gladney | 1996 | 2022 | 25 years | American | football player (cornerback) | car | | Dallas | |
| Terry Glenn | 1974 | 2017 | 43 years | American | football player (wide receiver) | car | | Irving, Texas | |
| Go Eun-bi | 1992 | 2014 | 21 years | South Korean | singer (member of Ladies' Code) | van | Hyundai Grand Starex | Yeongdong Expressway, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | |
| Keith Godchaux | 1948 | 1980 | 32 years | American | pianist for the Grateful Dead | car (passenger) | | Marin County, California | Sustained head injuries in a crash. |
| Johnathan Goddard | 1981 | 2008 | 27 years | American | Arena League football player | motorcycle | | Clay County, Florida | |
| David Gold | 1980 | 2011 | 31 years | Canadian | doom metal musician (Woods of Ypres) | car | | Barrie, Ontario, Canada | |
| Andrew Golden | 1986 | 2019 | 33 years | American | one of the perpetrators of the Westside Middle School shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in 1998 | SUV | 2017 Honda CRV | Cave City, Arkansas | Andrew and the driver of the vehicle that he collided with both died. Andrew and the other perpetrator of the massacre, Mitchell Johnson were tried a juveniles and were released from prison when they were 21 years old. |
| Marina Golub | 1957 | 2012 | 54 years | Russian | actress | car | | Moscow, Russia | |
| Julia Gomelskaya | 1964 | 2016 | 52 years | Ukrainian | composer | car | | Odesa Oblast, Ukraine | Lost control and crashed. |
| Miguel Alfredo González | 1983 | 2017 | 34 years | Cuban | baseball player | car | | Havana, Cuba | |
| Abderrahim Goumri | 1976 | 2013 | 36 years | Moroccan | runner | car | | Temara, Morocco | |
| Dražen Gović | 1981 | 2022 | 40 years | Croatian | footballer | car | | near Šibenik, Croatia | Both occupants of the vehicle, including Gović died. |
| Charlie Grant | 1874 | 1932 | 57 years | American | baseball player | stationary | | Cincinnati, Ohio | He was sitting on the steps of a building when a passing car suffered a tire blowout, jumped the curb and struck him. |
| Kirby Grant | 1911 | 1985 | 73 years | American | actor | car | | west of Titusville, Florida | He swerved to avoid a collision and crashed into a water-filled ditch throwing him out of the vehicle, all while trying to pass two vehicles. |
| Earle Graser | 1909 | 1941 | 32 years | Canadian | actor (radio's Lone Ranger) | car | | Farmington, Michigan | Presumed to have fallen asleep at the wheel while driving to WXYZ's studios (where The Lone Ranger was produced). |
| Eddie Griffin | 1982 | 2007 | 25 years | American | basketball player | SUV | | Houston, Texas | He ignored a railroad warning and went through a barrier before striking a moving train. |
| David Griggs | 1967 | 1995 | 28 years | American | American football player | car | | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Collision with billboard. |
| Patrick Grimlund | 1972 | 2023 | 50 years | Swedish | television presenter | car | | outside Mariefred, Sweden | died from injuries after a crash between a car and a truck on country road 990. |
| Timo Grönlund | 1954 | 2022 | 68 years | Finnish | sprint canoer | | | Pälkäne, Finland | |
| Dovid Grossman | 1946 | 2018 | 71–72 years | American | rabbi | motorcycle | | Staten Island, New York | |
| Herta Groves | 1920 | 2016 | 96 years | Austrian/British | hat maker | pedestrian | | London, UK | Groves was struck by a truck while leaving a function. |
| Nicolas Grunitzky | 1913 | 1969 | 56 years | Togolese | exiled President of Togo | car | | Ivory Coast | |
| Slađa Guduraš | 1987 | 2014 | 27 years | Bosnian | pop singer and bit actress | car | Volkswagen Golf | Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia | Died in a crash while en route to Belgrade. She was reported missing, but then her body and damaged vehicle were found six days after her death. |
| Aurel Guga | 1898 | 1936 | 38 years | Romanian | footballer | car | | Timișoara, Romania | |
| Eduard Gutiérrez | 1995 | 2017 | 21 years | Colombian | footballer | car | | Garzón, Colombia | |
| Arthur Guyton | 1919 | 2003 | 83 years | American | physiologist | car | | Jackson, Mississippi | |

## H

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Paul Hackman | 1953 | 1992 | 38 years | Canadian | musician (Helix) | van | | near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada | Van belonging to Helix, Hackman's band, veered off-road and fell down embankment. |
| Glenn Hackney | 1924 | 2022 | 98 years | American | politician | car | | | died from injuries sustained in a serious traffic crash. |
| Roger Hagberg | 1939 | 1970 | 31 years | American | football player (running back) | car | | Lafayette, California | |
| Nelson Haggerty | 1973 | 2021 | 47 years | American | basketball coach and former college basketball player | car | | Wise County, Texas | |
| Roger Hägglund | 1961 | 1992 | 30 years | Swedish | ice hockey player | car | | Sweden | |
| Nagare Hagiwara | 1953 | 2015 | 62 years | Japanese | actor | motorcycle | | Suginami, Tokyo | |
| Jörg Haider | 1950 | 2008 | 58 years | Austrian | politician, Governor of Carinthia | car | Volkswagen Phaeton | near Köttmannsdorf, Carinthia, Austria | Car veered off-road and fell down embankment. |
| Mike Hailwood | 1940 | 1981 | 40 years | British | motorcycle racer | car | Rover SD1 | A435 Alcester Road, near Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom | Collision with truck. Hailwood's daughter Michelle was also killed. |
| George Hainsworth | 1893 | 1950 | 57 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | | Gravenhurst, Ontario | Head-on collision with truck. |
| Veikko Hakulinen | 1925 | 2003 | 78 years | Finnish | skier | pedestrian | | Valkeakoski, Finland | Hit by a car. |
| David Halberstam | 1934 | 2007 | 73 years | American | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist | car | Toyota Camry | California State Route 84 at Menlo Park, California, near the Dumbarton Bridge | Collision with car. Kevin Jones, Halberstam's assistant, was the driver. |
| Tibor Halgas | 1981 | 2020 | 38 years | Hungarian | footballer | car | | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Freddy Hall | 1985 | 2022 | 37 years | Bermudian | footballer | car | | St. George's, Bermuda | |
| Mike Hall | 1981 | 2017 | 35 years | British | cyclist and race organizer | car | | Canberra, Australia | |
| Charles Hallahan | 1943 | 1997 | 54 years | American | actor | car | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Bianca Halstead | 1965 | 2001 | 36 years | American | rock musician (Betty Blowtorch) | car (passenger) | | New Orleans, Louisiana | She was killed in a car crash when she accepted a ride from a drunk driver. |
| Dorothy Cann Hamilton | 1949 | 2016 | 67 years | American | chef and businesswoman | car | | Litchfield County, Connecticut | |
| William Hamilton | 1939 | 2016 | 76 years | American | cartoonist | car | | Lexington, Kentucky | Drove his car through a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck. |
| Mike Hammond | 1990 | 2023 | 33 years | British | ice hockey player | car | | Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada | Hammond was involved in a single vehicle collision and died from his injuries. |
| Paul Hampshire | 1981 | 2022 | 40 years | Scottish | footballer | pedestrian | | | Died from injuries sustained after a car hit him. |
| Josh Hancock | 1978 | 2007 | 29 years | American | baseball player | car | 2007 Ford Explorer | St. Louis, Missouri | Collision with truck. Hancock was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
| Steven Hancock | 1957 | 2016 | 58 years | British | sprint canoer | bicycle | | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Collision with car. |
| Rufus Hannah | 1954 | 2017 | 63 years | American | advocate (homeless rights) | car | | Swainsboro, Georgia | |
| Mary Hansen | 1966 | 2002 | 36 years | Australian | vocalist with Stereolab | bicycle | | London, United Kingdom | Crushed to death by truck. |
| Baba Hardev Singh | 1954 | 2016 | 62 years | Indian | spiritual guru | car | | Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada | |
| Gus Hardin | 1945 | 1996 | 50 years | American | country music singer | car | | Salina, Oklahoma | |
| Nandamuri Harikrishna | 1956 | 2018 | 61 years | Indian | actor and politician | car | Toyota Fortuner | near Narketpally, India | He turned his face to grab a water bottle and crashed into a road median. He was not seat-belted, and died then and there. |
| Abdalelah Haroun | 1997 | 2021 | 24 years | Qatari | track and field sprinter | car | | Doha, Qatar | |
| Aaron Harper | 1981 | 2023 | 42 years | American | basketball player | car | | Mississippi | Harper's car left the highway and rolled multiple times. |
| Joi Harris | 1976 | 2017 | 40 years | American | motorcycle racer and stunt woman | motorcycle | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Kylie Rae Harris | 1989 | 2019 | 30 years | American | country music singer | car | | Taos, New Mexico | Speeding and drunk driving contributed to Kylie's fatal car crash. |
| Chris Hartje | 1915 | 1946 | 31 years | American | baseball player | bus | | Snoqualmie Pass Highway (US 10), Washington | Passenger in a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team, which swerved to avoid a wrong-way driver and plunged 300–500 feet down a mountainside. Hartje and eight of his teammates were killed. He was burned severely and died two days after the crash. |
| Sajjadul Hasan | 1978 | 2007 | 28 years | Bangladeshi | cricketer | motorcycle | | Bangladesh | |
| Dwayne Haskins | 1997 | 2022 | 24 years | American | football player | pedestrian | | Florida, United States | Haskins was walking on a South Florida highway when he was struck by a dump truck in the early hours of the morning. Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Ahmed Hassanein | 1889 | 1946 | 56 years | Egyptian | political advisor, writer, and sportsman | car | | Egypt | Collision with British military vehicle. |
| Ernst-Paul Hasselbach | 1966 | 2008 | 42 years | Dutch | television host and producer | car | | Lom, Norway | |
| Michael Hastings | 1980 | 2013 | 33 years | American | journalist | car | Mercedes C250 Coupé | Los Angeles, California | Car collided with a tree. |
| Darcy Haugan | | 2018 | 42 years | Canadian | hockey coach and general manager (member of Humboldt Broncos) | bus (passenger) | | Saskatchewan, Canada | Haugan was riding in a bus when it collided with a semi-trailer truck. |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1929 | 1959 | 29 years | British | racing driver | car | Jaguar Mark 1 | A3 near Guildford, England, United Kingdom | Collision with tree. |
| D.J. Hayden | 1990 | 2023 | 33 years | American | football player | car (passenger) | Acura SUV | Houston, Texas | Hayden was among six killed in a crash that also killed two of his former college teammates. A Chrysler 300 reportedly ran a red light colliding with the vehicle Hayden was in. |
| Nicky Hayden | 1981 | 2017 | 35 years | American | motorcycle racer | bicycle | S-Works Venge | Cesena, Italy | Car driver drove at 43 mph on a 30 mph zone. Neither driver nor Hayden braked when the pair collided. |
| Victor Hayden, also known as "The Mascara Snake" | 1948 | 2018 | 70 years | American | painter and musician | pedestrian | | | Hayden died from complications after being struck by a van. |
| Brian Hebditch | 1948 | 2023 | 75 years | British | sports shooter | pedestrian | | Titchfield, England | Hebditch was hit by a lorry outside a garden centre. |
| Anne Heche | 1969 | 2022 | 53 years | American | actress | car | Mini Cooper | Los Angeles | Heche crashed her car into a house. The following week, relatives said she was not expected to survive and organ donation was being considered. Her life support was later switched off. |
| Kurt Hector | 1972 | 2013 | 41 years | Dominican | football team manager | car | | Pont Cassé, Dominica | |
| Michael Hedges | 1953 | 1997 | 43 years | American | musician | car | BMW | State Route 128, near Boonville, California | Car veered off-road and fell down embankment. |
| Jo Henderson | 1934 | 1988 | 54 years | American | actress | car | | Chinle, Arizona | |
| Conrad Hendricks | 1979 | 2006 | 27 years | South African | footballer | car | | near Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Chris Henry | 1983 | 2009 | 26 years | American | football player | pick-up truck | | near Charlotte, North Carolina | Fell out of pick-up truck window. |
| Steve Henry | 1957 | 2021 | 64 years | American | football player | pickup truck | | Emporia, Kansas | He was rear-ended by a reckless driver who was fleeing police. |
| Stefan Henze | 1981 | 2016 | 35 years | German | slalom canoeist | taxi (passenger) | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Taxi in which he was riding crashed on August 12, 2016, during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Henze died of his injuries three days later. |
| Bob Herbert | 1942 | 1999 | 57 years | British | talent manager | car | MG F | Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom | Collision with fence. |
| Jon Hernandez | 1969 | 1993 | 24 years | Filipino | actor | van (passenger) | | Quezon City, Philippines | Hernandez was a passenger in a van when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Billy Herrington | 1969 | 2018 | 48 years | American | pornographic actor | car | | Palm Springs, California | |
| Ian Hibell | 1934 | 2008 | 74 years | British | cyclist | bicycle | | Athens, Salonika, Greece | |
| Bertha Hill | 1905 | 1950 | 45 years | American | blues singer | pedestrian | | New York City | She died in a hit and run incident. |
| Jayson Hinder | 1965 | 2017 | 51 years | Australian | lawyer and politician | motorcycle | | | |
| Harris Hines | 1943 | 2018 | 75 years | American | judge | car | | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | |
| Shahnaz Himmeti | | 2013 | | Afghan | politician | car | | | |
| Brian Hitchen | 1936 | 2013 | 77 years | British | newspaper editor | pedestrian | | Altea, Spain | Struck by car while crossing the road. His wife was also killed. |
| Ivan Hlinka | 1950 | 2004 | 54 years | Czech | ice hockey player | car | | near Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Collision with truck. |
| Heinz Hofer | 1943 | 1977 | 34 years | Swiss | racing team manager and mechanic | car | Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer | A27, near Portsmouth, England | Collision with another vehicle. Car belonged to Roger Penske, whom he was helping to deliver the car to the United States. |
| Marty Hogan | 1869 | 1923 | 53 years | American | baseball player | car | | Youngstown, Ohio | Died of injuries received in crash. |
| Patrick Hogan | 1891 | 1936 | 45 years | Irish | politician | car | | Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland | |
| Honey Sri-Isan | 1970 | 1992 | 21 years | Thai | Singer | car | | Sisaket | |
| John Holliman | 1948 | 1998 | 49 years | American | CNN reporter | car | | Atlanta | Holliman died in a head-on collision near his home in suburban Atlanta. |
| Ben Hollioake | 1977 | 2002 | 24 years | English | cricketer | car | Porsche 968 convertible | Kwinana Freeway, Perth, Australia | Collision with wall. |
| Richard Holmlund | 1963 | 2011 | 47 years | Swedish | football manager | car | | Örebro, Sweden | |
| Dick Hoover | 1925 | 1981 | 55 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Lake Placid, Florida | |
| Johnny Horton | 1925 | 1960 | 35 years | American | country and rockabilly musician and singer | car | Cadillac | near Milano, Texas | Car collided with a truck on a bridge. |
| Tim Horton | 1930 | 1974 | 44 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | De Tomaso Pantera | Queen Elizabeth Way at crossing of Twelve Mile Creek, Ontario | Car collided with culvert, throwing Horton out. |
| Dean Horrix | 1961 | 1990 | 28 years | English | footballer | car | | Berkshire, England | His wife survived the crash. |
| Melissa Hoskins | 1991 | 2023 | 32 years | Australian | cyclist | pedestrian | | Adelaide, Australia | Hoskins was hit by a vehicle allegedly driven by her husband, fellow Australian representative cyclist Rohan Dennis |
| Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh | 1977 | 2016 | 39 years | Iranian | politician | car | Peugeot Pars | Qazvin–Zanjan road 63 km, Iran | |
| Jim House | 1948 | 2018 | 70 years | American | Democratic politician | tractor on his farm | | Washington County, Arkansas, United States | |
| Peter Houseman | 1945 | 1977 | 31 years | English | footballer | car | | near Oxford, England | His wife and two friends were also killed. |
| Thomas Howard | 1983 | 2013 | 30 years | American | football player | car | | Oakland, California | |
| Steve Howe | 1958 | 2006 | 48 years | American | baseball pitcher | pickup truck | | Interstate 10, Coachella, California | Howe's pickup truck rolled over on the westbound side of the highway. |
| E. Philip Howrey | 1937 | 2011 | 73 years | American | economist | bicycle | truck | Boulder, Colorado | Howrey was killed in a collision with a dump truck. |
| Beatrice Hsu | 1978 | 2007 | 28 years | Taiwanese | actress | car | Mini Cooper | National Highway No. 1 near Taichung, Taiwan | Car collided with central reservation and then with a truck. |
| Huang Wenpan | 1995 | 2018 | 22 years | Chinese | swimmer | car | | Hongya County, Sichuan, China | |
| Allan Hubbard | 1928 | 2011 | 83 years | New Zealander | businessman, financier | car | | Oamaru, New Zealand | Car in which he was passenger collided with another vehicle. |
| Carl Hubbell | 1903 | 1988 | 85 years | American | baseball player | car | | Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| John Hugenholtz | 1914 | 1995 | 80 years | Dutch | race circuit designer | car | | Zandvoort, Netherlands | His wife died instantly; he died later of his injuries. |
| Emil Huhn | 1892 | 1925 | 33 years | American | baseball player and manager | car | | Camden, South Carolina | While driving six of his players back from an away game, Huhn lost control of his car on a curve and overturned into a ditch. Huhn was killed instantly; his front-seat passenger, catcher Frank Reiger, died shortly thereafter. The remaining five passengers were injured. |
| Ralph Hunt | 1933 | 1964 | 31 years | English | footballer | passenger | | Grantham, England | Crash occurred on the return journey to watch future opponents Peterborough United with teammates Peter Stringfellow (who was driving), Ron Powell and Doug Wragg. |
| Troy Hurtubise | 1963 | 2018 | 54 years | Canadian | inventor and conservationist | car | | North Bay, Ontario | |
| Andriy Husin | 1972 | 2014 | 41 years | Ukrainian | football | motorcycle | | Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| James Hylton | 1934 | 2018 | 83 years | American | former NASCAR driver | car | | near Carnesville, Georgia | Hylton and his son died when their vehicle left the road. |

## I

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Ovidiu Iacov | 1981 | 2001 | 20 years | Romanian | footballer | car | Volkswagen | Târgoviște, Romania | He was driving while drunk. |
| Jay Ilagan | 1955 | 1992 | 36 years | Filipino | actor | motorcycle | | Quezon City, Philippines | Ilagan was killed on a motorbike. |
| Vladislav Illich-Svitych | 1934 | 1966 | 31 years | Soviet | linguist, establisher of Nostratic hypothesis | pedestrian | | Zagoryanka train station, Schelkovo, Moscow region, Russia | Hit by Volga 21 car, possibly KGB assassination. |
| Nadezhda Ilyina | 1949 | 2013 | 64 years | Russian | track and field athlete | car | | Moscow, Russia | |
| Masada Iosefa | 1988 | 2021 | 32 years | Samoan | rugby league player | quad bike | | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | |
| Sana Iqbal | 1987 | 2017 | 29 years | Indian | cyclist and anti-suicide activist | car | | Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad, India | |
| Mohammad Irfan | 1951 | 2016 | 64 years | Indian | politician | car | | Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Satoshi Iriki | 1967 | 2023 | 55 years | Japanese | baseball player | car | | Miyakonojō, Japan | |
| Charlie Irwin | 1869 | 1925 | 56 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Chicago, Illinois | Hit by a bus. |
| Vernon Isley | 1942 | 1955 | 13 years | American | singer and original member of The Isley Brothers | bicycle | | Cincinnati, Ohio | His bicycle was struck by a car near his home. |
| Ted Itani | 1939 | 2021 | 81 years | Canadian | military officer and humanitarian | pedestrian | | Canada | He was hospitalized in January 2021 after being struck in the head by a bus while running. He died in the hospital two months later. |
| Festus Iyayi | 1947 | 2013 | 66 years | Nigerian | writer | car | | Kano, Nigeria | |

## J

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| James Jabara | 1923 | 1966 | 43 years | American | U.S. Air Force jet ace | car (passenger) | | Delray Beach, Florida | While on leave, he and his daughter were traveling with family when the car crashed, killing James and his daughter. |
| Edwin Jackson | 1991 | 2018 | 26 years | American | football player (linebacker) | pedestrian | | Indianapolis, Indiana | He exited the car of an Uber driver and was hit from the side of the road by a pickup truck where the driver was fleeing a crime scene. |
| Michael Jackson | 1969 | 2017 | 48 years | American | football player (wide receiver) | motorcycle | | Tangipahoa, Louisiana | |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 1983 | 2020 | 36 years | American | football player | car | Chevrolet Camaro | Pike Road, Alabama | He drifted off the road, struck a tree and flipped while driving 70 mph in a 30-mile zone. |
| Rosamond Jacob | 1888 | 1960 | 71 years | Irish | writer, activist | pedestrian | | Dublin | She was struck by a car while walking in Dublin and died two weeks later in hospital. |
| Jadiel | 1985 | 2014 | 28 years | Puerto Rican | reggaeton singer | motorcycle | | Rochester, New York | Riding his new motorcycle that his brother got him, Jadiel (whose brith name is Ramón Alberto González Adams) lost control of it, veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a car. He later died in the hospital. |
| Sinethemba Jantjie | 1989 | 2019 | 30 years | South African | footballer | car | | Bethlehem, South Africa |
| Helmut Jahn | 1940 | 2021 | 81 years | German-American | architect | bicycle | | Campton Hills, Illinois | Jahn rode through a stop sign and was struck by two vehicles. |
| Randall Jarrell | 1914 | 1965 | 51 years | American | poet | pedestrian | | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Jarrell was hit by a car alongside U.S. Highway 15–501 on October 14, 1965, during dusk. |
| Paul Jarrico | 1915 | 1997 | 82 years | American | screenwriter | car | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Jhon Jarrín | 1961 | 2021 | 59 years | Ecuadorian | track cyclist | bicycle | | Cuenca, Ecuador | He was hit by a car and died from his injuries shortly after. |
| Andrew Jenkins | 1885 | 1957 | 71 years | American | country and folk composer, preacher | car | | Thomaston, Georgia | |
| Claudia Jennings | 1949 | 1979 | 29 years | American | model and Playboy Playmate | car | Volkswagen Beetle | Malibu, California | |
| Anton Jeyanathan | 1948 | 2016 | 68 years | Tamil | Politician | motorcycle | | Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka | |
| Arvin "Tado" Jimenez | 1974 | 2014 | 39 years | Filipino | comedian | bus (passenger) | Nissan Diesel RB46S (DMMC Aero Adamant) | Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines | Jimenez died in a crash while riding a bus in Barangay Talubin, Bontoc, Mountain Province. He was among the 14 people killed in the crash. |
| Ryan Jimmo | 1981 | 2016 | 34 years | Canadian | mixed martial artist | pedestrian | | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Got into an altercation with the occupants of a truck in a parking lot. As he walked away, the truck ran him down. Two men faced serious charges over the incident. |
| Prince Ital Joe | 1963 | 2001 | 38 years | Dominican-American | reggae musician | car | | Phoenix, Arizona | Died en route to Los Angeles, California. |
| Jan Johansson | 1931 | 1968 | 37 years | Swedish | jazz musician | car | | Sollentuna, Sweden | Jan was on his way to perform in Jönköping, Sweden when the fatal car crash occurred. |
| Jack Johnson | 1878 | 1946 | 68 years | American | boxer | car | | Franklinton, North Carolina | |
| James Weldon Johnson | 1871 | 1938 | 67 years | American | lawyer and civil rights advocate | car | | Wiscasset, Maine | Crash happened on level crossing. |
| Jing Johnson | 1894 | 1950 | 56 years | American | baseball player | car | | Pottstown, Pennsylvania | |
| Kenneth Jones | 1952 | 1969 | 16 years | American | songwriter | car | | | Jones was killed in an automobile crash. |
| Ray Jones | 1988 | 2007 | 18 years | English | footballer | car (passenger) | Volkswagen Golf | East Ham, London | Vehicle collided with bus. |
| Juanito | 1954 | 1992 | 37 years | Spanish | footballer | car | | Calzada de Oropesa, Toledo, Spain | He died in a road crash while returning to Mérida, Spain. |
| Nathaël Julan | 1996 | 2020 | 23 years | French | footballer | car | Audi Q5 | Pordic, France | |
| Ismail Juma | 1991 | 2017 | 26 years | Tanzanian | long-distance runner | motorcycle | | | |
| Jung Yong-hoon | 1979 | 2003 | 24 years | South Korean | footballer | car | | Seoul, South Korea | |
| Junkyard Dog | 1952 | 1998 | 45 years | American | professional wrestler | car | | Interstate 20, near Forest, Mississippi |
| Khyree Jackson | 1999 | 2024 | 24 years | American | professional football player | car (passenger) | Dodge Charger | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | Jackson, alongside two others, were killed in the crash. |

## K

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Toshitami Kaihara | 1933 | 2014 | 81 years | Japanese | former Governor of Hyōgo | car | | Port Island, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan | His car collision from another car on the left side, and former governor dead by traumatic aortic injury with left side of the body swipe. |
| Domagoj Kapec | 1989 | 2008 | 18 years | Croatian | ice hockey player | car | | Zagreb, Croatia | |
| Aleksandr Karakin | 1991 | 2023 | 32 years | Russian | footballer | car | | Moscow, Russia | |
| Pavel Karelin | 1990 | 2011 | 21 years | Russian | ski jumper | car | | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | |
| Jonathan Kaufer | 1955 | 2013 | 58 years | American | director and writer | car | | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Sagardeep Kaur | 1981 | 2016 | 35 years | Indian | athlete | car | | Haryana, India | |
| Darwood Kaye | 1929 | 2002 | 72 years | American | Our Gang actor | pedestrian | | Riverside, California | He was severely injured in a hit-and-run on May 15, 2002, and died from injuries that same evening. |
| Gerry Kearby | 1947 | 2012 | 65 years | American | businessman | car | | Pescadero, California | |
| Grace Kelly | 1929 | 1982 | 52 years | American | Actress, Princess of Monaco | car | 1971 Rover P6 3500 | Route de la Turbie, between Mont Agel and Monaco | Grace suffered a stroke while driving, lost control of car which veered off-road, overturned and plunged down a 120 ft. mountainside road. She survived the crash, but died from her injuries the following night in a Monaco Hospital. Her passenger, daughter Princess Stéphanie, survived the crash. |
| Tim Kelly | 1963 | 1998 | 35 years | American | guitarist for rock band Slaughter | car | | Bagdad, Arizona | He was hit by an 18-wheeler on Highway 96, whose driver was found to have been driving under the influence, and sentenced to prison in result. |
| Mose Kelsch | 1897 | 1935 | 38 years | American | football player | car | | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| Kemistry | 1963 | 1999 | 35 years | English | DJ | car (passenger) | | Hampshire, England, United Kingdom | Olusanya died when her car was travelling behind a van on the M3 motorway. She was hit by the steel body of a cat's eye, which had been dislodged by the van and flew through the windscreen of the car in which she was a passenger. The cat's eye hit Olusanya in the face and she was killed instantly. |
| Hal Kemp | 1904 | 1940 | 36 years | American | bandleader | car | | Madera, California | On December 19, while Kemp was driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco, he got into a head-on collision with a truck, resulting in several broken ribs and a punctured lung. He developed pneumonia while in the hospital recovering, and died two days later. |
| Nic Kerdiles | 1994 | 2023 | 29 years | American | hockey player | motorcycle | | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Neil Kerley | 1934 | 2022 | 88 years | Australian | footballer | car | | Walker Flat, Australia | |
| John Kezdy | | 2023 | 64 years | American | punk singer | bicycle | | Glencoe, Illinois | Kezdy collided with a parked Amazon delivery van that was illegally stopped in the bike lane. |
| Valeri Kharlamov | 1948 | 1981 | 33 years | Russian | ice hockey player | car | | Solnechnogorsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | Valeri and his wife Irina died in a crash on the busy highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg. |
| Papi Khomane | 1975 | 2023 | 48 years | South African | footballer | car | | | Khomane and his mother were killed in a collision en route to a funeral taking place in Kwalazulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Anatoly Khrapaty | 1962 | 2008 | 45 years | Russian | weightlifter | motorcycle | | Arshaly, Kazakhstan | |
| Gour Khyapa | 1947 | 2013 | 65 years | Indian | singer | car | | West Bengal, India | |
| Desiet Kidane | 2000 | 2021 | 21 years | Eritrean | racing cyclist | bicycle | | Asmara, Eritrea | Hit by a car while training. |
| Johnny Kidd | 1935 | 1966 | 30 years | British | rock and roll singer for Johnny Kidd & The Pirates | car | | Bury, England, United Kingdom | |
| Terrence Kiel | 1980 | 2008 | 27 years | American | football player | car | Chevy Sedan | San Diego, California | Kiel was driving alone in San Diego's upscale Scripps Ranch neighborhood when he hit a wall and was thrown from his car. Police said he was barely breathing when paramedics got to him and he died about an hour later. |
| Witold Kiełtyka | 1984 | 2007 | 23 years | Polish | death metal drummer | bus (passenger) | | Novozybkov, Russia | |
| Ken Kifer | 1945 | 2003 | 57 years | American | writer, bicyclist and webmaster | bicycle | | 6 miles (9.7 km) from his home near Scottsboro, Alabama | Kifer was struck and killed by a serial drunk driver. He was taken to the hospital where he died the next morning. |
| Killer Kau | 1998 | 2021 | 23 years | South African | rapper | car | | South Africa | |
| Kim Hyun-jun | 1960 | 1999 | 39 years | South Korean | basketball player | car | | Seongnam, South Korea | |
| Kim Joo-hyuk | 1972 | 2017 | 45 years | South Korean | actor | car | | Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul | Joo-hyuk was riding in a car when it around 16:30 KST when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Kim Min-woo | 1986 | 2007 | 21 years | South Korean | ice dancer | car | | Seoul, South Korea | |
| Sam Kinison | 1953 | 1992 | 38 years | American | comedian and actor | car | 1989 Pontiac Trans Am | west of Needles, California | He was traveling on U.S. Route 95, four miles (6 km) north of Interstate 40 to perform at a sold-out show in Laughlin, Nevada, when a 17-year-old pickup driver, Troy Pierson, who was drunk, crossed the center line of the roadway, went into Kinison's lane, and struck him head-on. Kinison died at the scene. |
| Michael King | 1945 | 2004 | 58 years | New Zealander | historian | car | | near Maramarua, New Zealand | Crash occurred on New Zealand State Highway 2 when he hit a tree. |
| Stephen Kipkorir | 1970 | 2008 | 37 years | Kenyan | Olympic athlete | military vehicle | | | Kipkorir was a professional soldier and died in a military vehicle while on manoeuvres |
| Kelvin Kiptum | 1999 | 2024 | 24 years | Kenyan | marathon runner (World Record holder) | car | | Kaptagat, Kenya | His coach Gervais Hakizimana also died in the crash. |
| Andy Kirby | 1961 | 2002 | 40 years | American | NASCAR stockcar driver | motorcycle | | White House, Tennessee | He was killed in a motorcycle crash in his hometown. |
| Eddie Kirkland | 1923 | 2011 | 87 years | American | electric blues musician | car | 1998 Ford Taurus | Crystal River, Florida | A bus hit him while he was attempting to make a U-turn. |
| Bob Klinger | 1908 | 1977 | 69 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Villa Ridge, Missouri | |
| Greg Knapp | 1963 | 2021 | 58 years | American | football coach | bicycle | | San Ramon, California | He was hit by a car while bicycling and died five days later in a hospital in Walnut Creek, California. |
| Rolf Knierim | 1928 | 2018 | 90 years | German | biblical scholar | car | | Arizona | |
| Hugo Koblet | 1925 | 1964 | 39 years | Swiss | champion cyclist | car | | Egg, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland | Koblet died days after a car crash, with speculation that his death may have been suicide. |
| Rudi Koertzen | 1949 | 2022 | 73 years | South African | cricket umpire | car | | Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa | |
| Nkosiphendule Kolisile | 1973 | 2013 | 40 years | South African | politician | car | | | |
| Lou Kolls | 1896 | 1941 | 48 years | American | baseball umpire | car | | Hooppole, Illinois | |
| Amalie Konsa | 1873 | 1949 | 76 years | Estonian | stage and film actress | bus (passenger) | | Tartu, Estonia | |
| Mary Jo Kopechne | 1940 | 1969 | 28 years | American | passenger of U.S. Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy | car (passenger) | 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 | Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts | Kennedy drove the car off a narrow, unlit bridge, which lacked guardrails. The Oldsmobile landed in Poucha Pond and overturned in the water; Kennedy extricated himself from the vehicle and survived, but Kopechne did not. |
| Artem Kopot | 1972 | 1992 | 19 years | Russian | ice hockey player | car | | Chelyabinsk, Russia | He was driving alone at the time of the fatal car crash. |
| Adam Koppy | 1973 | 2013 | 40 years | American | mechanical engineer | car | | Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan | |
| Radivoj Korać | 1938 | 1969 | 30 years | Serbian (Yugoslav) | basketball player | car | | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia And Herzegovina | |
| Cornelis H. A. Koster | 1943 | 2013 | 69 years | Dutch | computer scientist | motorcycle | | | |
| Nikola Kotkov | 1938 | 1971 | 32 years | Bulgarian | footballer (striker) | car | | Sofia, Bulgaria | Kotkov died together with his friend and teammate Georgi Asparuhov in a traffic crash in the Vitinya Pass of the Balkan Mountains, en route to Vratsa. |
| Ernie Kovacs | 1919 | 1962 | 42 years | American | comedian, actor, and writer | car | Chevrolet Corvair station wagon | Los Angeles, California | The crash occurred in the early morning hours. Kovacs, who had worked for much of the evening, met his wife Edie Adams at a baby shower for Milton Berle and his wife, who had recently adopted a newborn baby boy. The couple left the party in separate cars. After a light rainstorm, Kovacs lost control of his car while turning fast and crashed into a power pole at the corner of Beverly Glen and Santa Monica Boulevards. He was thrown halfway out the passenger side, dying almost instantly from chest and head injuries. |
| Sammi Kane Kraft | 1992 | 2012 | 20 years | American | actress | car | | Los Angeles, California | Was riding passenger in the car when it rear-ended a semi trailer and was then struck by another vehicle. |
| Dennis Kramer | 1992 | 2023 | 31 years | German-American | basketball player | car | | Barterode, Germany | |
| Philip Taylor Kramer | 1952 | 1995 | 42 years | American | bass guitarist for rock band Iron Butterfly | minivan | 1993 green Ford Aerostar | near Malibu, California | On February 12, 1995, Kramer drove to Los Angeles International Airport to pick up an investor and his wife. He spent forty-five minutes at the airport but failed to meet them. Kramer did make a flurry of cell phone calls, including one to the police during which he said, "I am Philip Taylor Kramer, and I'm going to kill myself." He was never heard from again. This led to a massive search, many news reports, and talk show segments. An article in Skeptic reported numerous conspiracy theories about his death. On May 29, 1999, Kramer's minivan and skeletal remains were found by photographers looking for old car wrecks to shoot at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. Based on forensic evidence and Kramer's emergency call to the police, authorities ruled his death as a probable suicide committed on the day on which he was last heard. |
| Harry Krause | 1888 | 1940 | 52 years | American | baseball player | car | | San Francisco, California | |
| Marek Krejčí | 1980 | 2007 | 26 years | Slovak | footballer | car | Audi S3 | near Maitenbeth, Bavaria, Germany | He lost control of his vehicle while driving to Burghausen, Altötting, Germany on the B12 road. Car swung off the road and into a tree, trapping him. The fire brigade couldn't save him in time. |
| Trent Kresse | 1966 | 1986 | 22 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | bus | | Saskatchewan Highway 1, Canada | The crash killed three other teammates. |
| Robert Kroetsch | 1927 | 2011 | 83 years | Canadian | novelist and poet | car | | Alberta, Canada | |
| Richard Kröll | 1968 | 1996 | 28 years | Austrian | alpine skier | car | | Zillertal road (B 169), Austria | He hit a German bus on a wet road head and died at the scene. |
| Jamilia Ksiksi | 1968 | 2022 | 54 years | Tunisian | politician | | | near Sfax, Tunisia | Killed in a road crash on an express road near the city of Sfax. |
| Juscelino Kubitschek | 1902 | 1976 | 73 years | Brazilian | former president | car | | near Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Evgeny Kucherevsky | 1941 | 2006 | 65 years | Ukrainian | football coach | car | Mercedes-Benz | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Kucherevskyi's car suffered a head-on collision with a KAMAZ truck. |
| Besik Kudukhov | 1986 | 2013 | 27 years | Russian | wrestler | car | | Krasnodar Krai, Russia | Collided with a truck. |
| Janusz Kulig | 1969 | 2004 | 35 years | Polish | rally driver | car | Fiat Stilo | Rzezawa, Poland | Kulig died after his car collided with a train on a level crossing. The crossing barriers were not lowered. |
| Kalia Kulothungan | 1977 | 2018 | 40 years | Indian | footballer | bike | | Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Igor Kurnosov | 1985 | 2013 | 28 years | Russian | chess grandmaster | car | | Chelyabinsk, Russia | |
| Atsushi Kuroi | 1969 | 2010 | 40 years | Japanese | professional drifting driver | motorcycle | | Osaka, Japan | Kuroi was hit by another vehicle while travelling home from work on his motorcycle and later died in the hospital after bleeding to death from injuries to his thigh. |
| Andriy Kuzmenko | 1968 | 2015 | 46 years | Ukrainian | singer for rock band Skryabin | car | Toyota Sequoia | Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine | |
| Vladimir Kuzmichyov | 1979 | 2016 | 37 years | Russian | footballer | car | | Moscow, Russia | Crash occurred on the highway. |
| Kwon Ri-se | 1991 | 2014 | 23 years | Korean / Japanese | singer (member of Ladies' Code) | van | | Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | |
| Doug Kyle | 1932 | 2023 | 91 years | Canadian | olympic runner | car | Chevrolet Spark | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Kyle was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash that caused injuries that he succumbed to in hospital. |

## L

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Nicolae Labiş | 1935 | 1956 | 21 years | Romanian | poet | pedestrian | | University Square, Bucharest, Romania | He lost his balance, caught the grille between the tram wagons, his head hit the pavement, and he was dragged a short distance. |
| Leah LaBelle | 1986 | 2018 | 31 years | Canadian-American | R&B singer | car (passenger) | Range Rover | Studio City, California | While speeding, basketball player Rasual Butler lost control of the vehicle and hit a curb. The vehicle flipped, killing him and his wife Leah LaBelle. |
| Scott LaFaro | 1936 | 1961 | 25 years | American | jazz musician | car | | Flint, New York | LaFaro died in a car crash in the summer of 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. Route 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua. |
| Siarhei Lahun | 1988 | 2011 | 22 years | Belarusian | weightlifter | car | | Novopolotsk, Belarus | |
| Dolores Lambaša | 1981 | 2013 | 32 years | Croatian | actress | car | | Slavonski Brod, Croatia | Car hit the back of another car in the morning fog on the A3 motorway at 130 km/h (80 mph). Lambaša was sleeping in the reclined front seat and was ejected from the vehicle by the force of the crash despite wearing a seatbelt and died in hospital. The driver, actor Stojan Matavulj was slightly over the BAC legal limit. The crash happened near crash sites of Toše Proeski and of actor Emir Hadžihafizbegović, who ran over two people mending a broken down car, all within the span of several years. |
| Davey Lambert | 1969 | 2017 | 48 years | English | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | Aintree, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | |
| Marion Lambert | 1943 | 2016 | 73 years | | art collector | pedestrian | | London, United Kingdom | Struck by bus on Oxford Street |
| Martin Lamble | 1949 | 1969 | 19 years | British | drummer for British folk rock band, Fairport Convention | van | | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | Crashed on the M1 motorway on the way home from a gig at Mothers, a club in Birmingham. |
| Mark Langford | 1964 | 2007 | 42 years | British | controversial company director of The Accident Group | car | Opel Corsa | Marbella, Spain | Langford died when his car left the road. |
| Álvaro Lara | 1984 | 2011 | 26 years | Chilean | footballer | car | | San Javier, Chile | |
| Braulio Lara | 1988 | 2019 | 30 years | Dominican | baseball player (pitcher) | car | | Baní, Dominican Republic | |
| Bob Laraba | 1933 | 1962 | 28 years | American | football player (linebacker) | car | | San Diego, California | |
| Joseba Larrinaga | 1968 | 2013 | 45 years | Spanish | paralympic athlete | bicycle | | Aramaio, Álava, Spain | He was struck by a car while riding his bicycle. |
| Nick Lashaway | 1988 | 2016 | 28 years | American | actor | car | | Framingham, Massachusetts | |
| Billy Laughlin | 1932 | 1948 | 16 years | American | child actor; part of "Our Gang" | scooter | | La Puente, California | A speeding truck struck him while he was delivering newspapers. |
| T. E. Lawrence | 1888 | 1935 | 46 years | British | army officer | motorcycle | Brough Superior SS100 | Dorset, England, United Kingdom | Lawrence was fatally injured when a dip in the road obstructed his view of two boys on their bicycles: swerving to avoid them, he lost control, and was thrown over the handlebar. He died six days later of his injuries. |
| Lee Eon | 1981 | 2008 | 27 years | South Korean | actor | motorcycle | | Hannam-dong, Seoul, South Korea | Died of a broken neck when his motorcycle collided with the guardrail of an overpass. |
| Steve Lee | 1963 | 2010 | 47 years | Swiss | singer for hard rock band Gotthard | motorcycle | | outside of Mesquite, Nevada | |
| Sauli Lehtonen | 1975 | 1995 | 20 years | Finnish | tango singer | car | | near Sipoo, Finland | Car (driven by his father, who survived) struck a moose on a highway. Lehtonen later died of his injuries. |
| Inaki Lejarreta | 1983 | 2012 | 29 years | Spanish | mountain biker | car | | Iurreta, Spain | |
| Iry LeJeune | 1928 | 1955 | 26 years | American | Cajun accordionist | pedestrian | | Eunice, Louisiana | Hit by a car while changing a tire. |
| Deon Lendore | 1992 | 2022 | 29 years | Trinidadian | olympic sprinter | car | | near College Station, Texas, United States | |
| Julia Lennon | 1914 | 1958 | 44 years | British | mother of John Lennon | pedestrian | | Menlove Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | While crossing Menlove Avenue to the central reservation between two traffic lanes, she was struck and killed by a Standard Vanguard car. |
| Kris Leonard | 1996 | 2016 | 19 years | British | vocalist of the rock band Viola Beach | car (passenger) | Nissan Qashqai | Södertälje, Sweden | All four members of the band died in this crash, along with their manager. See under Craig Tarry. |
| Chete Lera | 1949 | 2022 | 72 years | Spanish | actor | car | | Rincón de la Victoria, Spain | Lera drove off the road and fell down a 50 m steep slope, landing on a plantation. |
| Walt Lerian | 1903 | 1929 | 26 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Baltimore, Maryland | A truck jumped a curb and pinned him against a building. |
| Charles Lewis Jr. | 1963 | 2009 | 45 years | American | businessman, promoter and entertainer | car | Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale | Newport Beach, California | Lewis died in a high-speed car crash when he collided with a 1977 Porsche before hitting a light pole. It is presumed that the two vehicles were traveling alongside one another at high speed, and were most likely engaged in a "street race". |
| Meade Lux Lewis | 1905 | 1964 | 58 years | American | composer | car | Chrysler Imperial | Minneapolis, Minnesota | He was rear-ended by a speeder, was pushed 300 feet (90 m), and crashed into a tree. |
| Jim Liberman | 1945 | 1977 | 31 years | American | NHRA drag racing driver | car | 1972 Corvette | West Goshen Township near West Chester, Pennsylvania | Liberman died in a head-on collision with a bus. |
| Pelle Lindbergh | 1959 | 1985 | 26 years | Swedish | ice hockey goaltender | car | Porsche 930 Turbo | Somerdale, New Jersey | Lindbergh lost control of his car and struck a wall in front of an elementary school, critically injuring himself and severely injuring his two passengers. Although declared brain dead a few hours later, he was kept on life support until his father arrived from Sweden late the next day and his parents gave their permission to terminate treatment. |
| Magnus Lindgren | 1982 | 2012 | 30 years | Swedish | chef | taxi | | Hong Kong | |
| Lasse Lindroth | 1972 | 1999 | 26 years | Swedish | comedian | car | | Uddevalla, Sweden | |
| Audrey Lindvall | 1982 | 2006 | 23 years | American | model | bicycle | | Lee's Summit, Missouri | She was riding a bike near her childhood home when she hit a curb, was thrown from her bike, and fell under the rear wheels of a tanker truck carrying fuel. She died instantly when the truck rolled over her. |
| Jaclyn Linetsky | 1986 | 2003 | 17 years | Canadian | actress | car | Dodge Grand Caravan | Saint-Césaire, Quebec, Canada | Linetsky and her 15/Love costar Vadim Schneider were killed in a collision on their way to the set. |
| Claudio Lippi | 1970 | 2013 | 42 years | Italian | sports journalist | car | | Buccinasco, Italy | |
| Desmond Llewelyn | 1914 | 1999 | 85 years | British | actor, played Q in the James Bond movies | car | Renault Mégane | Firle, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom | Llewelyn's car collided head-on with a Fiat Bravo on the A27. |
| Lisa Lopes | 1971 | 2002 | 30 years | American | singer with the R&B trio TLC | SUV | Mitsubishi Montero Sport | La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras | Lopes swerved slightly to the right then again to the left as she tried to avoid a collision with another vehicle that was in her lane. Her vehicle rolled several times after hitting two trees, throwing Lopes and three others out of the windows. She died of neck injuries and severe head trauma. |
| Aurelio López | 1948 | 1992 | 44 years | Mexican | baseball player | car | | Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Car overturned and he was thrown from the vehicle. |
| Ira Louvin | 1924 | 1965 | 41 years | American | country music singer; one half of the Louvin Brothers. | car | | Williamsburg, Missouri | Louvin was fatally injured when a drunk driver struck his car. |
| Slim Love | 1890 | 1942 | 52 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Vince Lovegrove | 1947 | 2012 | 65 years | Australian | music manager (The Valentines) | car | | Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Linda Lovelace | 1949 | 2002 | 53 years | American | actress | car | | Denver, Colorado | She was involved in a serious automobile crash, suffering massive trauma and internal injuries. On April 22, 2002, she was taken off life support. |
| Tomas Lowe | 1989 | 2016 | 27 years | British | bassist of the rock band Viola Beach | car (passenger) | Nissan Qashqai | Södertälje, Sweden | All four members of the band died in this crash, along with their manager. See under Craig Tarry. |
| Jason Lowndes | 1994 | 2017 | 23 years | Australian | cyclist | bicycle | car | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | |
| Bo Lozoff | 1947 | 2012 | 65 years | American | writer & interfaith humanitarian | motorcycle | | Puna, Hawaii | |
| Michael Lucero | 1963 | 1998 | 34 years | American | music video director | car | | Elko County, Nevada | |
| Mitch Lucker | 1984 | 2012 | 28 years | American | frontman of metal band Suicide Silence | motorcycle | 2013 Harley Davidson | Huntington Beach, California | Lucker's death from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash was announced on November 1, 2012. One report stated that the crash occurred shortly after 9:00 pm on October 31. |
| Danny Lynch | 1926 | 1978 | 52 years | American | baseball player | car | | Plano, Texas | Collision with a cement truck. |

## M

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Alceste Madeira | 1944 | 2021 | 77 years | Brazilian | politician | car (passenger) | | Vila Petrolina, Caracaraí, Brazil | |
| Shawn Mackay | 1982 | 2009 | 26 years | Australian | rugby union player | pedestrian | | Durban, South Africa | Died of complications a week after being hit by an armed response vehicle while crossing the street |
| Peter MacGregor-Scott | 1947 | 2017 | 69 years | British | film director | taxi | | New York City | |
| David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron | 1924 | 2006 | 82 years | British | Peerage | motorcycle | | | Died from sustained injuries from a collision with dustcart seven weeks later. |
| Joe Mafela | 1942 | 2017 | 75 years | South African | actor | car | | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Patrick Mafisango | 1980 | 2012 | 32 years | Rwandan | footballer | car | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | |
| Magic | 1975 | 2013 | 37 years | American | rapper | car | | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | |
| Keith Magnuson | 1947 | 2003 | 56 years | Canadian | hockey player | car | Chrysler Intrepid | Vaughan, Ontario, Canada | Killed in a crash with fellow NHL alumnus Rob Ramage behind the wheel. Ramage survived but was later found guilty of vehicular manslaughter. |
| Doug Magor | 1947 | 1969 | 21 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Jesse Mahelona | 1983 | 2009 | 26 years | American | football player | car | | Hawaii | Driving while intoxicated contributed to the fatal crash. |
| Aristide Maillol | 1861 | 1944 | 82 years | French | artist and sculptor | car | | Banyuls-sur-Mer, France | |
| Sigisfredo Mair | 1939 | 1977 | 38 years | Italian | luger | car | | Toblach, Italy | |
| Emmanuel Makori Nyambane | | 2017 | | Kenyan | comedian | car | | | Head on collision. |
| Junior Malanda | 1994 | 2015 | 20 years | Belgian | footballer | car (passenger) | Volkswagen Touareg | near Porta Westfalica, Germany | Malanda, sitting in the back seat, had just unbuckled his seat belt to pick up a smartphone cable. The off-road vehicle in which he and two friends were sitting was travelling at 120 km/h in strong rain and heavy gusts of wind. |
| Stephen Malcolm | 1970 | 2001 | 30 years | Jamaican | footballer | car | | Duncans, Jamaica | |
| Gene Malin | 1908 | 1933 | 25 years | American | actor | car | | Venice, Los Angeles, California | Malin confused the gears while driving and launched his car into reverse and went off a pier into the water. He was pinned and was instantly killed. |
| Anna Malle | 1967 | 2006 | 38 years | American | adult movie actress | car (passenger) | | near Las Vegas, Nevada | She was a passenger in a car in which the driver made a U-turn and turned into the path of pickup truck. |
| Sakhavat Mammadov | 1953 | 1991 | 38 years | Azerbaijani | Mugham singer | car | | Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| Dragan Mance | 1962 | 1985 | 22 years | Yugoslav | footballer | car | | Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Barry Mannakee | 1947 | 1987 | 39 years | British | bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of Wales | motorcycle (passenger) | Suzuki | Woodford, east London | |
| César Manrique | 1919 | 1992 | 73 years | Spanish | architect | car | | Tahiche, Lanzarote, Canary Islands | |
| Jayne Mansfield | 1933 | 1967 | 34 years | American | actress | car (passenger) | 1966 Buick Electra | U.S. Highway 90 | En route to New Orleans, the car crashed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that had slowed down and was under-rode because of the truck spraying mosquito fogger. Mansfield, her boyfriend Sam Brody, and her driver died instantly. |
| Johnny Mantz | 1918 | 1972 | 54 years | American | race car driver | car | | Ojai, California | |
| José Manuel de la Sota | 1949 | 2018 | 68 years | Argentine | politician | car | | Altos Fierro, Córdoba, Argentina | |
| Lesley Manyathela | 1981 | 2003 | 21 years | South African | footballer | car | | Musina, South Africa | |
| Darren Manzella | 1977 | 2013 | 36 years | American | gay activist | car | | Pittsford, New York | |
| Garry Mapanzure | 1998 | 2023 | 25 years | Zimbabwean | singer | car (passenger) | | Masvingo, Zimbabwe | Mapanzure was involved in a collision that also killed his friend and his niece. It was possible that he had waited hours for a ambulance because air medical teams didn't land due to issues at the Masvingo helipad. |
| Gary Mara | 1962 | 2012 | 50 years | Australian | rugby league player | car | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Niki Marangou | 1948 | 2013 | 65 years | Cypriot | writer and painter | car | | Fayoum, Egypt | |
| Jason Marcano | 1983 | 2019 | 35 years | Trinidadian and Tobagonian | footballer | car | | Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Theo Marcuse | 1920 | 1967 | 47 years | American | actor | car | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Joey Marella | 1963 | 1994 | 31 years | American | World Wrestling Federation referee | car | | New Jersey Turnpike near Willingboro, New Jersey | Marella fell asleep at the wheel and crashed while driving home on the New Jersey Turnpike after a night of refereeing WWF matches in Ocean City, Maryland. Bruno Lauer, better known by his ring name Harvey Wippleman, was with him at the time and was critically injured. Lauer was wearing a seatbelt, while Marella was not. |
| Doug Marlette | 1949 | 2007 | 57 years | American | cartoonist | pickup truck | Toyota | Marshall County, Mississippi | Hydroplaned and struck a tree. |
| Gonzalo Márquez | 1946 | 1984 | 38 years | Venezuelan | major league baseball player | car | | Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela | He was returning home from a baseball game. |
| Dennis Marshall | 1985 | 2011 | 25 years | Costa Rican | footballer | car | | San José, Costa Rica | |
| Nathaniel Marston | 1975 | 2015 | 40 years | American | actor | car | | Reno, Nevada | Crash occurred on October 30, 2015, leaving him in the hospital for days before he was taken off life support. |
| Andy Marte | 1983 | 2017 | 33 years | Dominican | baseball player | car (passenger) | Mercedes-Benz | San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic | |
| Billy Martin | 1928 | 1989 | 61 years | American | baseball player and manager | car (passenger) | 1989 Ford pickup truck | Port Crane, north of Binghamton, New York | He was killed in a low speed, single vehicle collision during an ice storm at the end of the driveway to his farm on Christmas Day, 1989. |
| Fernando Martín Espina | 1962 | 1989 | 27 years | Spanish | basketball player | car | limited edition Lancia Thema 8.32 | Madrid, Spain | The first Spaniard to play in the NBA and inductee of the FIBA Hall of Fame died in a car crash. |
| José Carlos Martínez | 1962 | 2011 | 48 years | Argentinian | politician | car | | Tolhuin, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina | |
| Pyotr Masherov | 1918 | 1980 | 62 years | Belarusian | first secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus | car | | Minsk, Soviet Union (now Belarus) | His car, escorted by police, collided with a produce truck (potatoes). |
| Germaine Mason | 1983 | 2017 | 34 years | Jamaican | track and field | motorcycle | | Jamaica | |
| Tareque Masud | 1956 | 2011 | 54 years | Bangladeshi | independent film director, producer | microbus | | near Ghior Upazila, Bangladesh | Masud died while returning to Dhaka after visiting a shooting location. His microbus collided head-on with a passenger bus. His long-time co-worker Mishuk Munier also died while Masud's wife and four others survived. |
| Lebo Mathosa | 1977 | 2006 | 29 years | South African | popular Kwaito singer | car | | Johannesburg, South Africa | Her driver lost control of her vehicle. Mathosa's car overturned and hit a tree. |
| Jolidee Matongo | 1975 | 2021 | 45–46 years | South African | politician, mayor of Johannesburg | car | | Soweto, South Africa | |
| Altero Matteoli | 1940 | 2017 | 77 years | Italian | politician | car | | Capalbio, Italy | |
| Johnny Mauro | 1910 | 2003 | 92 years | United States | racing driver | car | | Interstate 70, near Denver, Colorado | Head-on collision |
| Panagiotis Mavrikos | 1974 | 2016 | 42 years | Greek | newspaper | car | | Athens, Greece | |
| Jason Mayélé | 1976 | 2002 | 26 years | Congolese | footballer | car | | Parma, Italy | His car collided with another while Mayélé was attempting to catch the Chievo team bus for a match against Parma. He was taken to hospital in nearby Verona by helicopter, but died of his injuries. |
| Lucien Mazan | 1882 | 1917 | 35 years | French | road bicycle racer | | | Troyes, France | When he was six he moved with his parents to Buenos Aires where he took Argentine nationality. He joined the French army during the First World War and died when he crashed into an oncoming car at the front near Troyes. |
| Jean-Marc Mazzonetto | 1983 | 2018 | 34 years | French | rugby union player | car | | Gaillères, France | |
| Thembinkosi Mbamba | 1995 | 2019 | 23 years | South African | footballer | car | | South Africa | |
| Aubrey McClendon | 1959 | 2016 | 56 years | American | CEO of Chesapeake Energy | SUV | Chevy Tahoe | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Probable suicide the day after he had been indicted by a federal grand jury |
| Cara McCollum | 1992 | 2016 | 24 years | American | beauty pageant contestant | car | | Camden, New Jersey | |
| Walter McGinn | 1936 | 1977 | 40 years | American | actor | car | | Los Angeles, California | Killed on Interstate 210; swerving to avoid an obstacle, he plunged down an embankment and collided with a truck. |
| Mike McKeever | 1940 | 1967 | 27 years | American | football player | car | | Montebello, California | The car crash occurred in 1965 and left Mike in a coma for 22 months until he died. |
| Bruce McLenna | 1941 | 1968 | 26 years | American | football player | truck | | Urbana, Missouri | His military truck was sideswiped by an automobile causing him to crash. |
| Dinny McNamara | 1905 | 1963 | 58 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Arlington, Massachusetts | Struck by a car. |
| Andy McVann | 1965 | 1986 | 21 years | British | drummer (The Farm) | car | | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | He died in a crash after attempting to outrun a police car near his Liverpool home. |
| Miguel Mena | 1986 | 2021 | 34 years | Peruvian-American | horse jockey | pedestrian | | Louisville, Kentucky | Struck by a vehicle. |
| Justin Mentell | 1982 | 2010 | 27 years | American | actor | car | 2005 Jeep | Mineral Point, Wisconsin | His vehicle left the roadway on Highway 39, went down an embankment and struck two trees. Possibly Mentell had fallen asleep at the wheel, he was not wearing a seat belt. |
| Vittorio Mero | 1974 | 2002 | 27 years | Italian | footballer | car | | Rovato, Italy | Vittorio died in a car crash on the A4 highway near Rovato. |
| Gigi Meroni | 1943 | 1967 | 24 years | Italian | footballer | pedestrian | | Turin, Italy | Meroni was hit by a car while recklessly crossing Corso Re Umberto in Turin with his friend and Torino teammate Fabrizio Poletti. |
| Bernd and Reiner Methe | 1964 | 2011 | 47 years | German | handball | car | Mercedes-Benz | between Empfingen and Haigerloch, Germany | |
| Mario Meoni | 1965 | 2021 | 56 years | Argentine | politician | car | Ford Mondeo | San Andrés de Giles | Died after his Ford Mondeo lost control and overturned on Route 7 near San Andrés de Giles. |
| Jordan Michallet | 1993 | 2022 | 29 years | French | rugby player | car | Renault Mégane | Rouen, France | Michallet crashed his vehicle into the center reservation on the Mathilde bridge. Although he survived the crash, he made his way to a nearby building, which was under construction, and jumped from the fourth floor, being ruled as suicide from jumping. |
| Solomon Mikhoels | 1890 | 1948 | 55 years | Russian | actor and Jewish activist | pedestrian | | Minsk, Soviet Union | According to official records, Mikhoels and a friend, Sergei Golubev, were run over by a truck. True circumstances became known only in 1951 when Viktor Abakumov, ex-state security minister of the USSR was arrested. It turned out Golubev was a KGB agent. He got a task to invite Mikhoels to his friends' dacha, that belonging to the Belarusian state security chief, Lavrentiy Tsanava. The truck was already prepared, under whose wheels Mikhoels and Golubev (who was sacrificed for the story's credibility) were thrown. |
| Mike Miley | 1953 | 1977 | 23 years | American | baseball player | car | | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Darren Millane | 1965 | 1991 | 26 years | Australian | Australian rules football | car | | Albert Park, Victoria, Australia | An intoxicated Millane was driving on Queens Road, near Albert Park Lake before he clipped a semi-trailer and rolled his car, being killed instantly. |
| Bing Miller | 1894 | 1966 | 71 years | American | baseball player | car | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Jacob Miller | 1952 | 1980 | 27 years | Jamaican | reggae musician | car | | Kingston, Jamaica | |
| Maikhail Miller | 1992 | 2016 | 23 years | American | football | SUV | | Holly Springs, Mississippi | |
| Fred Mills | 1935 | 2009 | 74 years | Canadian | trumpeter and music professor | car | | Athens, Georgia | |
| Gionata Mingozzi | 1984 | 2008 | 23 years | Italian | footballer | car | Porsche | Campagna Lupia, Italy | Mingozzi died when his Porsche hit a truck. |
| Soledad Miranda | 1943 | 1970 | 27 years | Spanish | actress | car (passenger) | | Lisbon, Portugal | Soledad and her husband were driving along the Costa do Sol highway between Estoril and Lisbon when they collided with a small truck, which crushed the car. Although her husband, who was driving, only had minor injuries, Soledad received serious skull and spine fractures, and entered a coma. She died hours later at the Hospital of São José in Lisbon, never having come out of her coma. |
| Margaret Mitchell | 1900 | 1949 | 48 years | American | author of Gone with the Wind | pedestrian | | Atlanta, Georgia | Struck by a speeding automobile as she crossed Peachtree Street at 13th Street in Atlanta with her husband, John Marsh, while on her way to see a movie. She died five days later without regaining full consciousness. |
| Tom Mix | 1880 | 1940 | 60 years | American | actor | car | 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton | Florence, Arizona | Heading to Phoenix, he came upon construction barriers at a bridge washed away by a flash flood. He was unable to stop in time. The car swerved twice, then rolled into a gully, pinning his body underneath. The 60-year-old actor was killed almost instantly. |
| Nikola Mladenov | 1964 | 2013 | 49 years | Macedonian | journalist | car | Mercedes-Benz | Skopje, Macedonia | |
| Russell Mockridge | 1928 | 1958 | 30 years | Australian | racing cyclist | bicycle | | Clayton (south-east suburb of Melbourne, Australia) | During the Tour of Gippsland cycle race, shortly after the start, Mockridge was struck by a bus and killed at the Dandenong Rd and Clayton Rd intersection. |
| Mpho Moerane | | 2022 | | South African | businessman and politician | car | | Johannesburg, South Africa | Exactly a week after Moerane was involved in his car crash, he succumbed to his injuries and never woke up after being unconscious. |
| Afshin Moghadam | 1945 | 1976 | 30 years | Iranian | pop singer | car | | Tehran, Iran | |
| Émilie Mondor | 1981 | 2006 | 25 years | Canadian | runner | car | | Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada | She lost control over of her vehicle while passing two other vehicles. |
| Michel Monet | 1878 | 1966 | 87 years | French | son of Claude Monet | car | | Vernon, France | |
| Michelle Monkhouse | 1991 | 2011 | 19 years | Canadian | fashion model | car | | Markham, Ontario | Contact with black ice caused her to collide with oncoming traffic. |
| Carlos Monzón | 1942 | 1995 | 52 years | Argentinian | boxer | car | | Santa Rosa de Calchines, Argentina | Monzon was killed when his car ran off a road and overturned during a weekend furlough. |
| Aurelio Monteagudo | 1943 | 1990 | 46 years | Mexican-Cuban | baseball pitcher | car | | Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Al Montgomery | 1920 | 1942 | 21 years | American | baseball player (catcher) | car | | Waverly, Virginia | |
| Fred Moore | 1911 | 1952 | 41 years | American | animator | car | | Big Tujunga Canyon near the Angeles National Forest | |
| Bob Moose | 1947 | 1976 | 29 years | American | baseball player | car | | near Martins Ferry, Ohio | Killed in a head-on collision heading to Bill Mazeroski's golf course on his 29th birthday. |
| Constancia de la Mora | 1906 | 1950 | 43 years | Spanish | writer and political activist | car | | Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
| Saúl Morales | 1973 | 2000 | 26 years | Spanish | racing cyclist | bicycle | | Caucete, San Juan Province, Argentina | During the Tour of Argentina he was hit by a truck that came between the riders. |
| Peggy Moran | 1918 | 2002 | 84 years | American | actress | car | | California | She died from her injuries two months after a crash on August 26, 2002, in Camarillo, California. |
| Rushton Moreve | 1948 | 1981 | 32 years | American | bass guitarist for Steppenwolf | car | | Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California | |
| Rob Moroso | 1968 | 1990 | 22 years | American | NASCAR Winston Cup driver | car | Oldsmobile Cutlass (1990) | near Terrell, North Carolina | Under the influence of alcohol and travelling at too high a speed, Moroso lost control going round a tight curve, veering into an oncoming car killing its driver along with himself. |
| Elhard von Morozowicz | 1893 | 1934 | 40 years | German | SA-Gruppenführer | car | | Berlin, Germany | |
| Damien "Damo" Morris | 1980 | 2007 | 27 years | Australian | deathcore musician (The Red Shore) | bus | | Pacific Highway near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Runako Morton | 1978 | 2012 | 33 years | Nevisian | cricketer | car | | Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Ezra Moseley | 1958 | 2021 | 63 years | Barbadian | cricketer | bicycle | | Christ Church, Barbados | He was hit by a car while cycling for exercise. |
| Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho | 1938 | 1996 | 57 years | Sotho | monarch of his country | car | | in the Maloti Mountains, Lesotho | Car veered off cliff, killing both the royal and his chauffeur. |
| Mike Mosley | 1946 | 1984 | 37 years | American | Indy car driver | van | | near Aguanga, California | Died when he lost control of the truck, which rolled down an embankment and caught fire. |
| Idriss Ndele Moussa | 1959 | 2013 | 54 years | Chadian | politician | car | | N'Djamena, Chad | |
| MS-1 | 1956 | 2012 | 55 years | Mexican | luchador | car | | Huamantla, Tlaxcala, Mexico | |
| Howard Mudd | 1942 | 2020 | 78 years | American | football player and coach | motorcycle | | Seattle, Washington | Died in intensive care in Seattle two weeks after a motorcycle crash. |
| Lucille Mulhall | 1885 | 1940 | 55 years | American | cowgirl, Wild West performer | car | | Mulhall, Oklahoma | Killed in an automobile crash less than a mile from the Mulhall Ranch. |
| Pat Mullins | 1937 | 2017 | 79 years | American | politician | car | | Hanover County, Virginia | Drove off the road and collided with a tree. |
| Rich Mullins | 1955 | 1997 | 41 years | American | Christian music artist | car | Jeep | north of Bloomington, Illinois | Mullins and a friend were traveling southbound on I-39 when his Jeep rolled over. They were not wearing seat belts and were both ejected from the vehicle. When a passing semi-trailer truck swerved to miss the overturned Jeep, Mullins, who was too injured to move out of the path of the oncoming truck was hit and died instantly at the scene. |
| Brenda Muntemba | 1970 | 2019 | 48 years | Zambian | Zambia's High Commissioner to Kenya | car | | | Muntemba was involved in a head-on collision on February 26, 2019, and was admitted to hospital where she died on March 19, 2019. |
| F. W. Murnau | 1888 | 1931 | 42 years | German | film director of Nosferatu | car | Rolls-Royce | along the Pacific Coast Highway near Rincon Beach, south of Santa Barbara. | Murnau hit his head and died in a hospital the day after his car hit an electric pole. |
| Sir John Murray | 1841 | 1914 | 73 years | Scots-Canadian | marine biologist | car | | Kirkliston, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | His car overturned near his home. |
| M. V. V. S. Murthi | 1942 | 2018 | 76 years | Indian | politician | car | | Cantwell, Alaska | |
| Paola Musiani | 1949 | 1985 | 35 years | Italian | singer | car | | Bologna, Italy | |
| Charles Mutschler | 1955 | 2019 | 63 years | American | archivist | car | | Cheney, Washington, United States | |
| Mike Muuss | 1958 | 2000 | 42 years | American | computer programmer, creator of Ping | car | | Havre de Grace, Maryland | He died while returning home from a restaurant, when his car was involved in a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95. |
| Erik Myers | 1980 | 2021 | 40 years | American | actor-comedian and writer | pedestrian | | Amarillo, Texas | He was hit by a van. |
| Aliaksei Mzhachyk | 1996 | 2021 | 25 years | Belarusian | weightlifter | car | | Germany | |

## N

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Iuliu Năftănăilă | 1942 | 1967 | 25 years | Romanian | footballer | car | | Făgăraș, Romania | Crashed into a tree. |
| Shobha Nagi Reddy | 1968 | 2014 | 45 years | Indian | politician | car | | Hyderabad, India | |
| Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu | 1957 | 2012 | 55 years | Indian | politician | car | | Ranasthalam, India | |
| Eric Namesnik | 1970 | 2006 | 35 years | American | swimmer, Olympic medalist | car | | Pittsfield Township, Michigan | He died in Ypsilanti, Michigan, from his injuries a week after a car crash. |
| Dorothy Napangardi | | 2013 | | Australian | indigenous artist | car | | | |
| Norberto Napolitano | 1950 | 2005 | 54 years | Argentinian | blues and metal/rock musician | motorcycle | Harley-Davidson | route 5, km 71, Luján, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | |
| Nicolás Naranjo | 1990 | 2021 | 31 years | Argentinian | racing cyclist | bicycle | | Mendoza, Argentina | |
| Hiromu Naruse | 1944 | 2010 | 67 years | Japanese | chief test driver and chief test engineer of Toyota | car | Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition | Boos, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany | Veered onto the path of a prototype BMW 3 Series, also on a testing exercise, frontally. All three occupants involved wore helmets. |
| John Nash | 1928 | 2015 | 86 years | American | mathematician | taxi | Ford Crown Victoria | Monroe Township, New Jersey | |
| Jared Nathan | 1985 | 2006 | 21 years | American | former child actor for Zoom | car (passenger) | | Hollis, New Hampshire | Jared’s best friend Gabriel King was driving recklessly when he hit a roadside tree. Jared was pronounced dead at the hospital. |
| Atashasta Justus Nditiye | 1969 | 2021 | 51 years | Tanzanian | politician | car | | Dodoma, Tanzania | |
| Adam Ndlovu | 1970 | 2012 | 42 years | Zimbabwean | footballer | car | | Victoria Falls Airport, Zimbabwe | |
| Merv Neagle | 1958 | 2012 | 54 years | Australian | footballer | truck | | Tharbogang, New South Wales, Australia | Neagle's B-double truck flipped over and crushed the cabin. |
| Louis Neefs | 1937 | 1980 | 42 years | Belgian | singer and presenter | car | | Lier, Antwerp Province, Belgium | Neefs and his wife Liliane were killed on Christmas Day when another car hit theirs. Their 15-year old son survived. |
| Abdou Nef | 1995 | 2013 | 18 years | Algerian | footballer | car | | Boumerdès, Boumerdès Province, Algeria | |
| Franz Leopold Neumann | 1900 | 1954 | 54 years | German-Jewish | political activist | car | | Visp, Switzerland | |
| Fred Newman | 1942 | 1987 | 45 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Holliston, Massachusetts | |
| Dick Newsome | 1909 | 1965 | 56 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Ahoskie, North Carolina | |
| Anele Ngcongca | 1987 | 2020 | 33 years | South African | footballer | car | | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
| Yves Niare | 1977 | 2012 | 35 years | French | shot putter | car | | Pirmil, France | |
| John Nicholson | 1936 | 1966 | 29 years | English | footballer | car | | Doncaster, England, United Kingdom | |
| Rudolf Nierlich | 1966 | 1991 | 25 years | Austrian | Alpine skier | car | | Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Vienna, Austria | |
| Richard Nixon | 1965 | 1992 | 26 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | van (passenger) | | Millicent, South Australia, Australia | He was one of seven occupants in the van that collided with a truck. |
| Elli Norkett | 1996 | 2017 | 20 years | Welsh | rugby union player | car | | Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom | |
| Ralph Norwood | 1966 | 1989 | 23 years | American | American football player | car | | Suwanee, Georgia | Veered off down an embankment into a tree 8 miles (13 km) from his team's training complex. |
| Emiddio Novi | 1946 | 2018 | 72 years | Italian | journalist and politician | car | | Sant'Agata di Puglia, Italy | |
| Nujabes | 1974 | 2010 | 36 years | Japanese | record producer, DJ | car | | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mthokozisi Nxumalo | 1989 | 2021 | 32 years | South African | politician | car | | Nongoma, South Africa | |
| Siddu B. Nyamagouda | | 2018 | 70 years | Indian | politician | car | | | |

## O

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Richard O'Brien | 1956 | 2017 | 60 years | American | newscaster | car | | | |
| Frank O'Hara | 1926 | 1966 | 40 years | American | writer | pedestrian | | Fire Island, New York | O'Hara was struck by a jeep when the taxi he was riding in broke down on the side of the road and he went out to help investigate the problem. He died of a ruptured liver the next day. |
| Gene O'Quin | 1932 | 1978 | 46 years | American | country and honky tonk singer | car | | Riverside, California | The car he was in was hit by a bus. |
| John O'Quinn | 1941 | 2009 | 68 years | American | lawyer | car | Chevrolet Suburban | Houston, Texas | O'Quinn was driving twice the 40 mph speed limit in the rain at 8 am where his Suburban slammed into a tree. |
| Beverley O'Sullivan | 1981 | 2009 | 28 years | Irish | singer | car (passenger) | | Bharatpur, India | She died in a car accident while on holiday in India with her boyfriend, who was the driver of the car and was hospitalized with injuries. |
| Paul O'Sullivan | 1964 | 2012 | 48 years | Canadian | comedian | car | | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | O'Sullivan's car left the road and struck a parked flatbed truck. |
| Berry Oakley | 1948 | 1972 | 24 years | American | bass guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band | motorcycle | | Macon, Georgia | Oakley was driving around a sharp right bend of the road when he crossed the line and collided with a city bus making the bend from the opposite direction. He was thrown from his bike and struck his head. He said he was okay, declined medical treatment, and caught a ride home. Three hours later, he was rushed to the hospital where he died of cerebral swelling caused by a fractured skull. |
| Barack Obama Sr. | 1936 | 1982 | 46 years | Kenyan | economist; father of Barack Obama | car | | Nairobi, Kenya | After surviving two car crashes, a third one took his life. |
| Solomon Oboh | 1989 | 2013 | 23 years | Nigerian | footballer | car | | Ughelli, Nigeria | |
| Sigifredo Ochoa | 1942 | 2023 | 80 years | Salvadoran | military officer and politician | car (passenger) | | San Juan Opico, El Salvador | Ochoa was a passenger in a vehicle on the highway heading to Quezaltepeque when the driver, 64- year old Emma Micaela Friedman de Martínez lost control and crashed into the back of a parked truck. Sigifredo was trapped under the truck and was freed using hydraulic equipment, but died from injuries hours later in hospital. |
| James Ocholi | 1960 | 2016 | 55 years | Nigerian | politician | car | | Kaduna, Abuja | |
| Frank Odoi | 1948 | 2012 | 63 or 64 years | Ghanaian | cartoonist | bus | | Nairobi, Kenya | |
| Patricia Ofori | 1981 | 2011 | 29 years | Ghanaian | footballer | car | Ford Mustang | Huntsville, Alabama, United States | |
| Daihachi Oguchi | 1924 | 2008 | 84 years | Japanese | drummer (Osuwa Daiko) | pedestrian | | Japan | |
| Oh Se-jong | 1982 | 2016 | 33 years | South Korean | short track speed skater | motorcycle | | Seoul, South Korea | |
| Masao Ohba | 1949 | 1973 | 23 years | Japanese | boxer | car | Chevrolet Corvette | Tokyo, Japan | Ohba died on an expressway in Tokyo, when his car hit a truck coming down the opposite lane. |
| Metin Oktay | 1936 | 1991 | 55 years | Turkish | footballer | car | | Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Daisuke Oku | 1976 | 2014 | 38 years | Japanese | footballer | car | | Miyakojima, Miyako-jima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | |
| Criss Oliva | 1963 | 1993 | 30 years | American | lead guitarist and co-founder of heavy metal band Savatage | car | Mazda RX-7 | near Zephyrhills, Florida | His wife Dawn was a passenger when he was struck by a drunk driver. Dawn survived, but Criss died immediately. |
| José Oliva | 1971 | 1997 | 26 years | Dominican | baseball player | car | | San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | Car overturned. |
| Max Orr | 1931 | 1955 | 24 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | van | | Melton, Victoria, Australia | He collided with a semi trailer and died instantly. His father, who was a passenger, was injured. |
| Eli Ostreicher | 1983 | 2023 | 39 years | British-born American | serial entrepreneur | motorcycle | | Thailand | |
| Mel Ott | 1909 | 1958 | 49 years | American | baseball player and Hall of Famer | car | | New Orleans, Louisiana | He died one week after a head-on collision in which the other driver died instantly. |
| Willem van Otterloo | 1907 | 1978 | 70 years | Dutch | conductor, cellist and composer | car | | St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia | He died from injuries suffered in an automobile crash. |
| Ricardo Otxoa | 1974 | 2001 | 26 years | Spanish | racing cyclist | bicycle | | Cártama, Spain | Ricardo and his twin brother Javier were hit by a car during a training ride. Ricardo died while Javier survived despite being in a coma afterwards. |
| Lassaâd Ouertani | 1980 | 2013 | 32 years | Tunisian | footballer | car | | Tunis, Tunisia | |
| David Overstreet | 1958 | 1984 | 25 years | American | football player | car | 1980 Mercedes | Winona, Texas | |
| Şehmus Özer | 1980 | 2016 | 36 years | Turkish | footballer | SUV | Range Rover | Sivrice, Elazığ, Turkey | |

## P

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Ignacio Padilla | 1968 | 2016 | 47 years | Mexican | writer | car | | Querétaro, Mexico | Padilla was driving at the central state of Querétaro when his car collided with another vehicle. |
| Luis Fernando Páez | 1989 | 2019 | 29 years | Paraguayan | footballer | car | | Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay | |
| Carlos Paião | 1957 | 1988 | 30 years | Portuguese | singer-songwriter | car | Datsun Urvan | Rio Maior, Santarém District, Portugal | |
| Alan J. Pakula | 1928 | 1998 | 70 years | American | film producer | car | 1995 Volvo | Melville, New York | |
| Johnny Palermo | 1982 | 2009 | 27 years | American | television actor | car | | North Hollywood, California | He and his girlfriend were both killed in the crash. |
| Mauro Pane | 1963 | 2014 | 50 years | Italian | racing driver | car (passenger) | | between Tromello and Gambolò, Lomellina, Italy | |
| Pantelis Pantelidis | 1983 | 2016 | 32 years | Greek | singer-songwriter | car | | Elliniko, Greece | |
| Sibusiso Papa | 1987 | 2014 | 26 years | South African | footballer | car | | | |
| Fran Papasedero | 1969 | 2003 | 34 Years | American | arena football player and coach | car | Lexus sedan | Orlando, Florida | Car lost control and rolled four times; ejected due to not wearing seat belt. |
| Park Chul-soo | 1948 | 2013 | 64 years | South Korean | film director | car | | Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Seoul, South Korea | |
| Mike Parkes | 1931 | 1977 | 45 years | English | auto racer | car | | Turin, Italy | |
| Jordan Parsons | 1990 | 2016 | 25 years | American | mixed martial artist | pedestrian | | Delray Beach, Florida | Parsons was crossing an intersection on foot when he was struck by a vehicle. |
| Virgil Partch | 1916 | 1984 | 67 years | American | cartoonist | car | | Valencia, Santa Clarita, California | |
| Frank Pastore | 1957 | 2012 | 55 years | American | baseball player | motorcycle | | Upland, California | |
| David Patten | 1974 | 2021 | 47 years | American | football player | motorcycle | | Columbia, South Carolina | Collided with a sedan, which later collided with another vehicle. |
| Jarrod Patterson | 1973 | 2020 | 46 years | American | Baseball player | car | | Clanton, Alabama | Two-vehicle crash. The driver of the other car was also killed. |
| Roger Patterson | 1968 | 1991 | 22 years | American | bassist for rock band Atheist | car | | | |
| Simon Patterson | 1982 | 2006 | 24 years | English | footballer | car | BMW 328i | Shepherd's Bush, London, England | |
| George S. Patton | 1885 | 1945 | 60 years | American | General | car | 1939 Cadillac Series 75 | near Mannheim, Germany | Hit limousine detachment. Died from complications 12 days later. |
| Alexandra Paul | 1991 | 2023 | 31 years | Canadian | figure skater | car | | Country Road 124 in Melancthon, Ontario, Canada | Stopped in a line of traffic in a construction zone when a tractor trailer crashed into the line of cars. Although others were injured, Paul is the only reported fatality. |
| Butch Paul | 1943 | 1966 | 22 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Henri Paul | 1956 | 1997 | 41 years | French | chauffeur | car | Mercedes-Benz S280 | Pont de l'Alma tunnel, Paris | See also Death of Diana, Princess of Wales. |
| Oswaldo Payá | 1952 | 2012 | 60 years | Cuban | dissident and political activist | car | | Bayamo, Cuba | Died under controversial circumstances. The Cuban government stated that the driver had lost control of the vehicle and collided with a tree, while Payá's children and one of the car's passengers asserted that the car had been deliberately run off of the road. |
| Charles E. M. Pearce | 1940 | 2012 | 72 years | New Zealander | mathematician | car | | Manakaiua River, West Coast, New Zealand | |
| Sebastijan Pečjak | 1976 | 2012 | 35 years | Slovenian | darts player | motorcycle | | Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
| Yadier Pedroso | 1986 | 2013 | 26 years | Cuban | baseball pitcher | car | | Cuba | |
| José Pedrozo | 1982 | 2021 | 38 years | Paraguayan | footballer | car | | Misiones, Paraguay | |
| George Pelawa | 1968 | 1986 | 18 years | American | ice hockey player | car (passenger) | | Bemidji, Minnesota | The fatal crash occurred three months after he was selected by the Calgary Flames in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. |
| David Penhaligon | 1944 | 1986 | 42 years | British | politician | car | Rover SD1 | Truck Fork, Probus, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom | |
| Eddie Peregrina | 1944 | 1977 | 32 years | Filipino | singer | car | | Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines | Peregrina rides in a central EDSA when it collided with a truck. |
| Fábio Pereira de Azevedo | 1977 | 2018 | 41 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | | Maravilha, Brazil | |
| Maicon Pereira de Oliveira | 1988 | 2014 | 25 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | | Donetsk, Ukraine | |
| AJ Perez | 1993 | 2011 | 18 years | Filipino | actor | van (passenger) | | Moncada, Tarlac, Philippines | Perez was riding in an ABS-CBN service van when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Halina Perez | 1981 | 2004 | 22 years | Filipina | actress | van (passenger) | | Del Gallego, Camarines Norte, Philippines | Perez was riding in a van as a passenger when it collided with another vehicle. Her neck was broken and although she was still breathing when rescuers arrived, she was dead on reaching hospital. |
| Åke Persson | 1932 | 1975 | 42 years | Swedish | jazz trombonist | car | | Stockholm, Sweden | On February 5, 1975, he drove his car into the Djurgården canal in Stockholm and drowned. It is unknown if it was accidental or deliberate. |
| Maurício Alves Peruchi | 1990 | 2014 | 24 years | Brazilian | footballer (striker) | car | | Gauchy, Hauts-de-France, France | |
| Saleem Pervez | 1947 | 2013 | 65 years | Pakistani | cricketer | car | | Lahore, Pakistan | |
| Pessalli | 1990 | 2017 | 26 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | | Curitiba, Brazil | |
| Odirlei Pessoni | 1982 | 2021 | 38 years | Brazilian | bobsledder | motorcycle | | Ibiraci, Brazil | |
| Dražen Petrović | 1964 | 1993 | 28 years | Croatian | basketball player | car | Volkswagen Golf | Bundesautobahn 9 near Denkendorf, Bavaria, Germany | On a cloudy and rainy afternoon, the driver of a northbound semi-trailer truck swerved to avoid a collision with a car in his lane. The truck broke through the median, blocking all three southbound lanes. Seconds later, the car in which Petrović was a passenger hit the truck. The sleeping Petrović, who was not seat-belted, died on impact. His girlfriend, who was driving, and another passenger in the car suffered grave injuries, but survived. |
| Peter Pettalia | 1955 | 2016 | 61 years | American | politician | motorcycle | | Montmorency County, Michigan | |
| Ouk Phalla | | 2018 | 39 years | Cambodian | dancer (member of royal family) | car | | Sihanoukville Province, Cambodia | |
| Vince Phason | 1953 | 2018 | 65 years | American | football player | car | | Denver, Colorado, United States | |
| Bobby Phills | 1969 | 2000 | 30 years | American | basketball player | car | 1997 Porsche 993 Cabriolet | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Mark Philo | 1984 | 2006 | 21 years | English | footballer | car | Vauxhall Astra | Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Peace Pilgrim | 1908 | 1981 | 72 years | American | Peace activist | car | | Knox, Indiana | Birth name Mildred Lisette Norman. Walked across the United States seven times over a span of 28 years, speaking with others about peace. |
| Rajesh Pilot | 1945 | 2000 | 55 years | Indian | Indian Minister and politician from Congress party | jeep | | Jaipur, India | |
| Andrea Pininfarina | 1957 | 2008 | 51 years | Italian | engineer and manager, CEO of Pininfarina | scooter | Vespa GT60 | Trofarello, Piedmont, Italy | |
| Ja'far Pishevari | 1893 | 1947 | 53–54 years | Persian | founder and chairman of short-lived Azerbaijan People's Government | car | | Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| Audie Pitre | 1970 | 1996 | 26 years | American | bassist of music group Acid Bath | car | | Bourg-Larose Highway, Louisiana | Audie Pitre and his parents were killed when they were hit head-on by a drunk driver on the Bourg-Larose Highway in Louisiana. |
| Tulsa Pittaway | 1974 | 2017 | 42 years | South African | musician | car | | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | |
| Walter Plecker | 1861 | 1947 | 86 years | American | physician and public health advocate | pedestrian | | Richmond, Virginia | Hit by a car. |
| Greg Plitt | 1977 | 2015 | 37 years | American | fitness model, actor | pedestrian | | Burbank, California, United States | Struck by a train. |
| Vasek Polak | 1914 | 1997 | 82 years | American | racing team owner | car | 1997 Porsche 993 Turbo S | German Autobahn, Germany | Died from injuries in Great Falls, Montana whilst flying back to the US, a month after he crashed his car on a German autobahn at 110 mph, breaking his bones but no internal injuries. |
| Jackson Pollock | 1912 | 1956 | 44 years | American | artist | car | 1950 Oldsmobile 88 convertible | Springs, New York | Intoxicated while driving. |
| Jim Pomeroy | 1952 | 2006 | 53 years | American | motocross racer | car | Jeep | Yakima, Washington | Single vehicle, rollover crash. |
| Wangnia Pongte | | 2013 | 60 years | Indian | football and politician | car | | | |
| Anca Pop | 1984 | 2018 | 34 years | Romanian/Canadian | singer | car | | Svinița, Mehedinți County, România | |
| Krystian Popiela | 1998 | 2018 | 20 years | Polish | footballer | car | | Wola Wielka, Poland | |
| Ben Portis | 1960 | 2017 | 56 years | Canadian | artist and curator | car | | | |
| Viktor Potapov | 1947 | 2017 | 70 years | Russian | sailor | car | | Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |
| Cozy Powell | 1947 | 1998 | 50 years | British | drummer with Whitesnake | car | Saab 9000 | M4 motorway, Bristol, England, United Kingdom | Powell's blood-alcohol reading shown that he was over the legal limit at the time of crash, also he was not wearing a seatbelt, and was talking to his girlfriend on his mobile phone while driving. |
| Richie Powell | 1931 | 1956 | 24 years | American | jazz pianist | car (passenger) | | near Bedford, Pennsylvania | He was killed in the same crash that killed jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. |
| David Prater | 1937 | 1988 | 50 years | American | soul singer; one half of Sam & Dave | car | | Sycamore, Georgia | |
| Steve Prefontaine | 1951 | 1975 | 24 years | American | athlete | car | MG MGB | Eugene, Oregon | Car swerved, hit a rock wall, and flipped, trapping him underneath. A witness saw him alive beneath the car, but could not move the vehicle. By the time the witness returned with help, Prefontaine had died. |
| June Preisser | 1920 | 1984 | 64 years | American | actress | car | | Florida | Son Ricky Preisser lost control of vehicle on rain-slick road, killing himself and mother. |
| Toše Proeski | 1981 | 2007 | 26 years | Macedonian | pop star | car | Volkswagen Touareg | Nova Gradiška, Brod-Posavina County, Croatia | Driver's inattention allowed the car to crash into the back of a truck trailer on the A3 motorway. Proeski was sitting in the front passenger seat and was killed instantly. Car's speed was 140–171 km/h (87–106 mph), but experts found it did not play a role in the singer's death. |
| Jory Prum | 1975 | 2016 | 41 years | American | audio engineer | motorcycle | | Palo Alto, California | |
| Buford Pusser | 1937 | 1974 | 36 years | American | Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee | car | Chevrolet Corvette | near Adamsville, Tennessee | Pusser died from injuries sustained when he struck an embankment at high speed and was ejected from the vehicle and the car caught fire and burned. |

## Q

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Eric Qin | 1967 | 1993 | 25 years | American | experimental music composer | bicycle | | Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York | |
| Valérie Quennessen | 1957 | 1989 | 31 years | French | actress | car | | A13 autoroute, France | |
| Jack Quinlan | 1927 | 1965 | 38 years | American | sportscaster | car | | Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| Ludovic Quistin | 1984 | 2012 | 28 years | Guadeloupean | footballer | car | | Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe | |
| Jocelyn Quivrin | 1979 | 2009 | 30 years | French | actor | car | Ariel Atom | Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Lost control while driving on a wet highway. |

## R

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Ntuthuko Radebe | 1994 | 2017 | 22 years | South African | footballer | car | | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Varkala Radhakrishnan | 1927 | 2010 | 83 years | Indian | politician | car | | Thiruvananthapuram, India | |
| Darko Radovanović | 1975 | 2011 | 35 years | Serbian | singer | car | | Belgrade, Serbia | |
| Mamie Rallins | 1941 | 2016 | 74 years | American | hurdler | car | | Fremont, Ohio | Rallins lost control on the collision. |
| Dottie Rambo | 1934 | 2008 | 74 years | American | gospel singer and songwriter | tour bus | | Mount Vernon, Missouri | |
| Paul Ramos | 1990 | 2019 | 28 years | Argentinian | footballer | car | | Córdoba, Argentina | |
| Manjural Islam Rana | 1984 | 2007 | 22 years | Bangladeshi | cricketer | motorcycle | | Khulna, Bangladesh | Collided with a microbus and then hit an electrical pole. |
| Joe Ranft | 1960 | 2005 | 45 years | American | animator and voice actor for Pixar | car | 2004 Honda Element | California State Route 1, Mendocino County, California | |
| Razzle | 1960 | 1984 | 24 years | British | Hanoi Rocks drummer | car | De Tomaso Pantera | Redondo Beach, California | Car was driven by its owner, Vince Neil who crashed while driving intoxicated as well was speeding |
| Darryl Read | 1951 | 2013 | 61 years | British | musician | motorcycle | | Pattaya, Thailand | |
| Davide Rebellin | 1971 | 2022 | 51 years | Italian | cyclist | bicycle | | Montebello Vicentino, Italy | A month after he retired from professional cycling, Rebellin was hit by a truck and killed while out on a training ride. |
| Ron Rector | 1944 | 1968 | 24 years | American | football player | motorcycle | | Interstate 71 | He suffered a fractured skull and a concussion and later died from the injuries. |
| Ken Reed | 1941 | 2014 | 72 years | Canadian | CFL player | car | | Alaska Highway | |
| Natina Reed | 1980 | 2012 | 31 years | American | actress, rapper and singer-songwriter | pedestrian | | Lawrenceville, Georgia | She was struck by a vehicle and rushed to a close hospital in Duluth, Georgia, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. |
| River Reeves | 1996 | 2016 | 19 years | British | guitarist of the rock band Viola Beach | car (passenger) | Nissan Qashqai | Södertälje, Sweden | All four members of the band died in this crash, along with their manager. See under Craig Tarry. |
| Clay Regazzoni | 1939 | 2006 | 67 years | Swiss | retired racing driver | car | Chrysler Voyager | A1 Autostrada, near Parma, Italy | |
| Bruce K. Reid | 1950 | 1970 | 20 years | Australian | Australian rules football player | car | | Leeton, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Ebony Reigns | 1997 | 2018 | 20 years | Ghanaian | singer | car | | Sunyani, Ghana | |
| Mike Reinbach | 1949 | 1989 | 39 years | American | baseball player | car | | Palm Desert, California | |
| Don Reinhoudt | 1945 | 2023 | 78 years | American | weightlifter | car | | Chautauqa County, New York | Reinhoudt crashed into a tree in a one vehicle accident in New York and died from his injuries. |
| Heinie Reitz | 1867 | 1914 | 47 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Sacramento, California | Reitz was struck by a car. |
| Wolfgang Reitherman | 1909 | 1985 | 75 years | American | film director, producer & animator for Disney | single-car | | Burbank, California | |
| José Antonio Reyes | 1983 | 2019 | 35 years | Spanish | footballer | car | Mercedes-Benz S550 | between Utrera and Seville, Spain | |
| Don Rich | 1941 | 1974 | 32 years | American | country music musician and singer; member of Buck Owens' Buckaroos | motorcycle | | near Bakersfield, California | Struck a guardrail after losing control of his motorcycle on Highway 99 north of Bakersfield, while traveling to Morro Bay for a family vacation. |
| Jacques Richard | 1952 | 2002 | 50 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | | Issoudun, Quebec, Canada | Crashed into a culvert. |
| Gareth Richards | 1979 | 2023 | 43 years | British | comedian | car | | M25 Motorway near Heathrow Airport | He was involved in a collision that caused severe brain injuries, putting him on life support in a London hospital. Just over a week after the accident, he died. |
| Ed "Doc" Ricketts | 1897 | 1948 | 50 years | American | Collaborator with John Steinbeck, inspiration for "Doc" in Cannery Row. | car | | Monterey, California | Struck by passenger train. |
| Gregory Rigters | 1985 | 2017 | 32 years | Surinamese | footballer | car | | Paramaribo, Suriname | |
| Freddy Rincón | 1966 | 2022 | 55 years | Colombian | footballer | | | Cali, Colombia | Died from head injuries sustained in a traffic collision |
| Cowboy Slim Rinehart | 1911 | 1948 | 37 years | American | country & western singer | car | | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Hartmut Ritzerfeld | 1950 | 2024 | 73 years | German | painter | car | | Stolberg-Büsbach | Died from head injuries sustained in a traffic collision weeks before. |
| Jennie Robak | 1932 | 2014 | 81 years | American | politician | car | | Lincoln, Nebraska | |
| Curt Roberts | 1929 | 1969 | 40 years | American | baseball player | stationary | | Oakland, California | Struck by a car while changing a flat tire. |
| Rockin' Robin Roberts | 1940 | 1967 | 27 years | American | rock and roll singer for The Fabulous Wailers | car | | San Mateo County, California | Killed on impact after traveling the wrong way on a divided freeway. |
| Derrell Robertson | 1967 | 1994 | 27 years | American | CFL football player | car | | Dallas, Texas | |
| Isiah Robertson | 1949 | 2018 | 69 years | American | football player | limousine | | Dallas, Texas | Rain and driving at high speeds caused a three-car crash. |
| Sherry Robertson | 1919 | 1970 | 51 years | American | baseball player | car | | Houghton, South Dakota | |
| Kenny Robinson | 1969 | 1999 | 29 years | American | major league baseball pitcher | car | | Tucson, Arizona | |
| Graciano Rocchigiani | 1963 | 2018 | 54 years | German | boxer | pedestrian | | Belpasso, Italy | |
| John D. Rockefeller III | 1906 | 1978 | 72 years | American | philanthropist | car | | Mount Pleasant, New York | He was en route to Pocantico Hills from his farm in Mount Pleasant when a teenaged driver crashed head-on into the car Rockefeller's secretary was driving. |
| Rodrigo Bueno | 1973 | 2000 | 27 years | Argentinian | cuarteto singer and songwriter | car | Ford Explorer | Berazategui Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Paulo Rodrigues da Silva | 1986 | 2012 | 25 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | | Bohutín, Czech Republic | |
| Andres Rodriguez | 1984 | 2016 | 31 years | Venezuelan | show jumper | car | | Wellington, Florida | |
| Aurelio Rodríguez | 1947 | 2000 | 52 years | Mexican | baseball player | pedestrian | | Detroit, Michigan | Hit by a woman with suspended license. |
| Joe Rollino | 1905 | 2010 | 104 years | American | strongman | pedestrian | | Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, New York | Crossing street 40 ft (12 m) from nearest crosswalk. |
| Maxi Rolón | 1995 | 2022 | 27 years | Argentine | footballer | car | | near Casilda, Argentina | Both Maxi and his brother Ariel were in a vehicle that went off the road and crashed head on into a nearby tree. Both Maxi and Ariel died from the injuries. |
| Jean Rondeau | 1946 | 1985 | 39 years | French | racing driver and race car builder | car | | Champagné, France | Attempted to drive through a closed level crossing to follow a police car and was struck by a train. |
| Ed Ross | 1965 | 2016 | 50 years | American | photographer | motorcycle | | near Yosemite National Park | |
| Braggo Roth | 1892 | 1936 | 44 years | American | baseball player | car | | Chicago, Illinois | Collided with a newspaper truck. |
| Hansford Rowe | 1924 | 2017 | 93 years | American | actor | car | | | |
| Jerry Rubin | 1938 | 1994 | 56 years | American | social activist | pedestrian | | Los Angeles, California | Jaywalked on Wilshire Boulevard and was struck by a car. Died of a heart attack while hospitalized. |
| Porfirio Rubirosa | 1909 | 1965 | 56 years | Dominican | Dominican diplomat | car | 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet | Paris, France | Crashed into a tree while driving intoxicated. |
| Don Rudolph | 1931 | 1968 | 37 years | American | baseball pitcher | truck | | Granada Hills, California | Lost control of his truck on a steep grade; was thrown from the cab and the truck rolled over him. |
| Chico Ruiz | 1938 | 1972 | 33 years | Cuban | baseball player | car | | San Diego, California | He drove into a sign pole. |
| Ted Rusoff | 1939 | 2013 | 74 years | Canadian-American | actor | car | | Rome, Italy | |
| Darrell Russell | 1976 | 2005 | 29 years | American | football player | car (passenger) | 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix | Los Angeles, California | Car was driven by former teammate Michael Bastianelli, who was also killed. |
| Frank Ryan | 1960 | 2010 | 50 years | American | plastic surgeon | car | 1995 Jeep Wrangler | California State Route 1, Malibu, California | Car drove off the cliff, his passenger Jill the dog was thrown out of the vehicle but survived with some minor injuries. Likely to have been caused by "tweeting" while driving. |

## S

| Name Sabri, Joni | Birth Feb.1964 | Death Aug 2024 | Aged 60 | Nationality USA | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location Brandon, Fl | Details |
| Natasja Saad | 1974 | 2007 | 32 years | Danish | rapper and reggae singer | car | | Spanish Town, Jamaica | |
| Silvester Sabolčki | 1979 | 2003 | 23 years | Croatian | footballer | car | Audi A3 | Varaždin, Croatia | Sabolčki's vehicle was torn apart upon hitting two light poles and traffic signs at high speed. He and two other passengers were ejected from the vehicle and killed instantly. |
| Keiji Sada | 1926 | 1964 | 37 years | Japanese | actor | car | | Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan | |
| Roei Sadan | 1982 | 2021 | 39 years | Israeli | cyclist | bicycle | | Israel | He was hit by a bus while cycling. |
| Alex Sadkin | 1949 | 1987 | 38 years | American | record producer | car | | Nassau County, Florida | |
| Sumy Sadurni | 1989 | 2022 | 32 years | Chilean | photojournalist | | | Uganda | Sadurni was killed in a traffic crash in Uganda. A Ugandan NGO worker, named Thomas Mugisha was also killed in the crash. |
| Dulce Saguisag | 1943 | 2007 | 64 years | Filipina | politician | van (passenger) | Toyota Grandia | Makati, Philippines | Saguisag was riding in a van when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Proloy Saha | 1968 | 2016 | 47 years | Indian | football | car | | Odisha, India | |
| Sultan Saif | 1993 | 2020 | 27 years | Emirati | footballer | car | | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |
| Gonzague Saint Bris | 1948 | 2017 | 69 years | French | Novelist, biographer & journalist | car | | Saint-Hymer, Calvados, France | |
| Yakkun Sakurazuka | 1976 | 2013 | 37 years | Japanese | comedian | car | | Mine, Yamaguchi, Japan | |
| Emanuel Saldaño | 1985 | 2014 | 28 years | Argentinian | cyclist | bicycle | | Argentina | |
| Jlloyd Samuel | 1981 | 2018 | 37 years | Trinidadian | footballer | car | | High Legh, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom | Samuel was travelling home after taking his children to school on the morning of May 15, 2018, when he collided with a lorry and was killed. |
| Adán Sánchez | 1984 | 2004 | 19 years | Mexican | singer | car (passenger) | 1990 Lincoln Town Car | Sinaloa, Mexico | A tire blew causing the driver to lose control and rolled into a ditch. Sánchez died of his injuries in the hospital. |
| David Sánchez | 1992 | 2017 | 25 years | Mexican | boxer | car | | Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico | Pre-dawn, driving at the speed, crashed into a highway. |
| Salvador Sánchez | 1959 | 1982 | 23 years | Mexican | boxer | car | 1981 Porsche 928 | Mexican federal highway, north of Santiago de Querétaro | Pre-dawn, driving at high speed, crashed into a heavily loaded tractor-trailer. |
| Ray Sanders | 1916 | 1983 | 66 years | American | baseball player | car | | Washington, Missouri | |
| Richard Sanders | 1945 | 1972 | 27 years | American | amateur wrestler | car | Land Rover | Skopje, Yugoslavia | Following the 1972 Olympic Games, Sanders began touring Europe. While hitchhiking to Greece, the vehicle he was riding in crashed head-on into a bus. |
| Keith Sanderson | 1940 | 2022 | 82 years | British | footballer | car | | Levens, Cumbria | |
| Maurie Sankey | 1940 | 1965 | 25 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | Head-on collision. |
| Maharajapuram Santhanam | 1928 | 1992 | 63 years | Indian | guru and exponent of Indian classical music | car | | Tindivanam, India | Maharajapuram died on June 24, 1992, in a car crash near Tindivanam. |
| Benoît Sauvageau | 1963 | 2006 | 42 years | Canadian | politician and educator | car | | Repentigny, Quebec, Canada | He was distracted by his cell phone use while driving, causing the crash. |
| Alexei Savin | 1986 | 2007 | 21 years | Belarusian | ice hockey player | bicycle | | Chelyabinsk, Russia | He was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. |
| Jessica Savitch | 1947 | 1983 | 36 years | American | journalist | car | 1982 Oldsmobile station wagon | Pennsylvania Canal (Delaware Division), US | In heavy rainfall, Savitch was a passenger in the back seat with her dog. The vehicle veered too far left and fell over the canal wall, landing upside-down and in deep mud. All inside were trapped and drowned. |
| Michele Scarponi | 1979 | 2017 | 37 years | Italian | competitive cyclist | bicycle | | Filottrano, Italy | He was cycling on a training ride on a road near his home town and was in a collision with a van at an intersection. |
| James Schaefer | 1938 | 2018 | 79 years | American | politician | UTV | | Kennebec, South Dakota | |
| Robert Schimmel | 1950 | 2010 | 60 years | American | comedian | car (passenger) | | Scottsdale, Arizona | Schimmel was being driven by his 19-year-old daughter Aliyah when the car veered off the road to avoid a collision with a passerby. The car flipped on its side and came to a stop at Loop 101 freeway. While Aliyah was in stable condition, Robert died in the hospital eight days later from his injuries. |
| Ursula Wolff Schneider | 1906 | 1977 | 71 years | German, American | photojournalist | car | | | On August 4, 1977, she was killed in an automobile crash. |
| Josef Schnitzer | 1939 | 1978 | 39 years | German | racing driver, founder and team manager of Schnitzer Motorsport | car | | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Died on 31 August 1978, 2 weeks later, from injuries sustained in accident. |
| Henry Schultz | 1893 | 1938 | 45 years | American | economist | car | | San Diego, California | |
| Chico Science | 1966 | 1997 | 30 years | Brazilian | singer, songwriter | car | | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | |
| Gaetano Scirea | 1953 | 1989 | 36 years | Italian | footballer | car (passenger) | Polski Fiat 125p | Babsk, Poland | The car carrying him and three other people was hit from behind by a van. The track carried four canisters of gasoline, which exploded on impact, killing Scirea and two other passengers. |
| Caleb Scofield | 1979 | 2018 | 39 years | American | bassist and singer (member of Cave In, Old Man Gloom and Zozobra) | car | | Bedford, New Hampshire | |
| Ramblin' Tommy Scott | 1917 | 2013 | 96 years | American | musician and vocalist | car | | Toccoa, Georgia | |
| Malik Sealy | 1970 | 2000 | 30 years | American | basketball player | SUV | | St. Louis Park, Minnesota | He was on his way home from a birthday celebration when he collided with a truck, whose driver was drunk, and was killed. |
| W. G. Sebald | 1944 | 2001 | 57 years | German | novelist | car | | near Norwich, United Kingdom | Sebald suffered an aneurysm while driving and died of this condition before his car swerved across the road and collided with an oncoming truck. His daughter Anna survived the crash. |
| Mihail Sebastian | 1907 | 1945 | 38 years | Romanian | writer | pedestrian | | Bucharest, Romania | Hit by a truck. |
| Molefi Sefularo | 1957 | 2010 | 52 years | South African | Deputy Minister of Health | car | | N4, Pretoria, South Africa | |
| Ric Segreto | 1952 | 1998 | 45 years | Filipino | singer (member of APO Hiking Society) | motorcycle | | Makati, Philippines | |
| Raul Costa Seibeb | 1992 | 2017 | 25 years | Namibian | cyclist | bicycle | | Windhoek, Namibia | |
| Donald Sellers | 1974 | 2001 | 26 years | American | football player | car | | Wickenburg, Arizona | He lost control of the vehicle and crashed. |
| Frank Serafine | 1953 | 2018 | 65 years | American | sound designer and editor | pedestrian | | Palmdale, California | |
| Antonio Serapio | 1937 | 2007 | 69 years | Filipino | lawmaker | car | | Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines | Serapio was riding in car when it collided with another vehicle. |
| Luca Serianni | 1947 | 2022 | 74 years | Italian | linguist | pedestrian | | Ostia, Italy | Was crossing the street in a pedestrian crossing in Ostia when he was hit by a car and died. |
| Socks Seybold | 1870 | 1921 | 51 years | American | baseball player | car | | Greensburg, Pennsylvania | Overturned his car on a sharp curve. |
| John Nanzip Shagaya | 1942 | 2018 | 75 years | Nigerian | politician | car | | Amper, Kanke LGA Plateau State, Nigeria | |
| Mufti Abdul Shakoor | | 2023 | | Pakistani | politician | car | | Islamabad, Pakistan | While driving his vehicle from a hotel to Secretariat Chowk, Shakoor was struck by a Toyota Hilux Revo that had five passengers and struck Shakoor's side of his vehicle. Shakoor was airlifted to a hospital in the capital but died due to internal bleeding caused by the crash. 2 of the 5 men in the other vehicle were injured and all were arrested by police. |
| Mike Sharperson | 1961 | 1996 | 34 years | American | baseball player | car | | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Shawty Lo | 1976 | 2016 | 40 years | American | rapper | car | Audi A7 | Atlanta, Georgia | Collided with another vehicle. |
| Andrey Shcharbakow | 1991 | 2018 | 27 years | Belarusian | footballer | car | | Talachyn, Belarus | |
| Jack Shea | 1910 | 2002 | 91 years | American | Olympic gold medalist speed skater (1932). Father of Olympic skier Jim Shea and grandfather of Olympic speed skater Jimmy Shea. | car | | Saranac Lake, New York | Head-on collision with a drunk driver. |
| Dave Shean | 1883 | 1963 | 79 years | American | baseball player | car | | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Jimmy Sheckard | 1878 | 1947 | 68 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Struck by a car. |
| Alexander Fu Sheng | 1954 | 1983 | 28 years | Hong Konger | martial arts actor | car (passenger) | Porsche 911 Targa | Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong | Collision with concrete wall. |
| Larisa Shepitko | 1938 | 1979 | 41 years | Soviet Russian | film director | car | | near Tver, Russia | |
| Samadagha Shikhlarov | 1955 | 2021 | 65 years | Azerbaijani | footballer | car | | Baku, Azerbaijan | |
| Sadamu Shimomura | 1887 | 1968 | 80 years | Japanese | army general | car | | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Gene Shoemaker | 1928 | 1997 | 69 years | American | (astro)geologist and astronomer | car | | Australia | Head-on collision on the Tanami Road near Alice Springs. |
| Alaa al-Siddiq | 1988 | 2021 | 33 years | Emirati | human rights activist | car | | Shipton-under-Wychwood, United Kingdom | |
| Obaid Siddiqi | 1932 | 2013 | 81 years | Indian | biologist and academic | car | | Bangalore, India | |
| Björn Sieber | 1989 | 2012 | 23 years | Austrian | alpine skier | car | | Schwarzenberg, Austria | |
| Karen Silkwood | 1946 | 1974 | 28 years | American | labor activist | car | 1974 Honda Civic | Crescent, Oklahoma | Silkwood's body was found in her car which had run off the road and struck a culvert. Some journalists have theorized that her car was rammed from behind by another vehicle with the intent to cause her death. |
| Elizete da Silva | 1971 | 2017 | 46 years | Brazilian | heptathlon | car | | Londrina, Brazil | |
| Trinidad Silva | 1950 | 1988 | 38 years | American | Hill Street Blues actor | car | | Whittier, California | Collided with a drunken driver. |
| Lew Simmons | 1838 | 1911 | 73 years | American | baseball manager, vaudeville performer | pedestrian | | Reading, Pennsylvania | While crossing a street, Simmons was struck by an ice wagon and then a beer truck. |
| Wayne Simmons | 1969 | 2002 | 32 years | American | football player | car | Mercedes | Independence, Missouri | Simmons was killed in a single-car crash on Interstate 70. Witnesses report he was driving at high speed, weaving through traffic before losing control. The car rolled several times before landing in a ditch and catching fire. |
| Brian Simnjanovski | 1981 | 2009 | 27 years | American | football player | car | Audi A4 | San Diego, California | Simnjanovski was driving alone when his car left the road and collided with a tree. |
| Bob Simon | 1941 | 2015 | 73 years | American | journalist | rental limousine (back seat passenger) | Lincoln Town Car | New York City | Crash occurred on West Side Highway of Manhattan, New York City. Simon's for-hire driver lost control, resulting in a collision with another vehicle. Simon was extracted from the roof of the limo by rescue workers and transported to St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital, where he later died after suffering a severe head trauma and a broken neck. |
| Gazmend Sinani | 1991 | 2018 | 27 years | Kosovan | basketball player | car | | Gjakova, Kosovo | |
| Rekha Sindhu | 1995 | 2017 | 22 years | Indian | actress | car | | Chennai, Bengaluru, India | |
| Lokendra Singh | 1976 | 2018 | 41 years | Indian | politician | car | | Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India | |
| Bjørn Skaare | 1958 | 1989 | 30 years | Norwegian | ice hockey player | car | | Sweden | |
| David J. Skal | 1952 | 2024 | 71 years | American | author and film historian | car | | Los Angeles, California | |
| Imogen Skirving | 1937 | 2016 | 78 years | British | hotelier | car | | Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain | |
| Peter Slaghuis | 1961 | 1991 | 30 years | Dutch | DJ, record producer and remixer | car | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Paul Smart | 1943 | 2021 | 78 years | English | short circuit motorcycle road racer | motorcycle | Ducati | Kent, England, United Kingdom | Collision with a car while travelling on A21. |
| Bessie Smith | 1894 | 1937 | 43 years | American | blues singer | car (passenger) | | between Memphis, Tennessee, and Clarksdale, Mississippi | Smith was critically injured in a car crash while traveling along U.S. Route 61. |
| Darren Smith | 1972 | 1992 | 20 years | Australian | cyclist | bicycle | | Gold Coast road in Australia | Just months after competing at the Barcelona Olympics, Smith was killed in a crash while training. |
| Germany Smith | 1863 | 1927 | 64 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Altoona, Pennsylvania | Struck by a car. |
| Horace Smith-Dorrien | 1858 | 1930 | 72 years | British | soldier | car | | Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Nels J. Smith | 1939 | 2023 | 84 years | American | politician | car | Chrysler minivan | U.S. 85 North of Lingle, Wyoming | Both Smith and his wife were driving on U.S. 85 when the vehicle crossed the center line and hit another vehicle head on. Both Smith and his wife, along with the other driver died at the scene. |
| Pete Smith | 1944 | 2021 | 76 years | British | racing cyclist | bicycle | | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Dan Snyder | 1978 | 2003 | 25 years | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | Ferrari 360 | Atlanta, Georgia | Sped at high speeds, lost control, and skidded into brick pillar. Snyder died from his injuries days later. |
| Bahattin Sofuoğlu | 1978 | 2002 | 24 years | Turkish | motorcycle racer | pedestrian | | Adapazarı, Turkey | |
| Sinan Sofuoğlu | 1982 | 2008 | 25 years | Turkish | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | | Körfez, Turkey | |
| Eddie Solomon | 1951 | 1986 | 34 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Macon, Georgia | |
| Sophan Sophiaan | 1935 | 2008 | 73 years | Indonesian | actor, director, politician | motorcycle | Harley Davidson | Ngawi, Indonesia | |
| Chris Anker Sørensen | 1984 | 2021 | 37 years | Danish | road bicycle racer | bicycle | | Zeebrugge, Belgium | Struck by a van. |
| Dario Sorrentino | 1957 | 2021 | 64 years | Italian | medical researcher | mountain bike | | Alghero, Italy | |
| Red Sovine | 1917 | 1980 | 62 years | American | country music singer | van | 1979 Ford Econoline 150 | Nashville, Tennessee | He suffered a heart attack while crossing an intersection and collided with another vehicle. He was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived. |
| Ferario Spasov | 1962 | 2023 | 61 years | Bulgarian | footballer and manager | car | | Bulgaria | Spasov's car was hit by a speeding Mercedes, sending him into oncoming lanes. |
| Rick Speare | 1947 | 2016 | 68 years | Australian | public health physician | car | | Atherton Tablelands, Australia | |
| Willie Spence | 1999 | 2022 | 23 years | American | singer and television personality | car | | Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Brunello Spinelli | 1939 | 2018 | 78 years | Italian | water polo player | car | | Florence, Italy | |
| Andy Spiva | 1955 | 1979 | 24 years | American | football player | car | | Atlanta, Georgia | Rainy conditions made for dangerous driving when he slid off a street and collided with a tree. |
| Robin Spry | 1939 | 2005 | 65 years | Canadian | film director | car | | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Aart Staartjes | 1938 | 2020 | 81 years | Dutch | actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker | car | | Groningen, Netherlands | |
| Clyde Stacy | 1936 | 2013 | 77 years | American | singer | car | | Muskogee, Oklahoma | |
| Burry Stander | 1987 | 2013 | 25 years | South African | mountain biker | bicycle | | Shelly Beach, South Africa | Collision with a taxibus |
| Leroy Stanton | 1946 | 2019 | 72 years | American | baseball player | car | | Florence County, South Carolina, United States | |
| Reverend Father Stanton | 1880 | 1937 | 56 years | Canadian-American | Canadian football coach and missionary | car | | near Cedar Springs, Michigan | |
| Victor Starffin | 1916 | 1957 | 40 years | Japanese | baseball player | car | | Tokyo, Japan | |
| William Stecher | 1869 | 1926 | 57 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Riverside Township, New Jersey | Struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at railroad crossing. |
| Wallace Stegner | 1909 | 1993 | 84 years | American | Pulitzer Prize-winning author | car | | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Died days after a crash. |
| John Steiner | 1941 | 2022 | 81 years | English | actor | | | La Quinta, California | |
| Dick Stello | 1934 | 1987 | 53 years | American | National League umpire | pedestrian | | Lakeland, Florida | Crushed between two parked cars along a highway after one was struck by a third. |
| Nigel Stepney | 1958 | 2014 | 55 years | British | race car mechanic, noted for the 2007 spying scandal | van | Volkswagen Caddy | M20 motorway, Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom | Collision with an articulated goods vehicle while parked on hard shoulder. |
| François Sterchele | 1982 | 2008 | 26 years | Belgian | soccer player | car | Porsche Cayman S | Beveren, Belgium | He was speeding and lost control, crashing into a tree. |
| Billy Stewart | 1937 | 1970 | 32 years | American | singer | car | Ford Thunderbird | near Smithfield, North Carolina | Approaching a bridge across the Neuse River near Smithfield, North Carolina, Stewart's car left the highway, ran along the median strip at a slight angle to the highway, struck the bridge abutment, and then plunged into the river, instantly killing Stewart and his three passengers, those being his band members. |
| Laura Stoica | 1967 | 2006 | 38 years | Romanian | pop rock singer | car (passenger) | | Sinești, Ialomița, Romania | |
| Theuns Stofberg | 1955 | 2023 | 68 years | South African | rugby union player | car | | outside Stellenbosch, South Africa | Stofberg succumbed to his injuries in hospital after a supposed head-on three vehicle accident that caused him multiple internal injuries. It is unknown who caused the accident. |
| Ljubiša "Louis" Stojanović | 1952 | 2011 | 59 years | Serbian | singer | car | | Feketić, Serbia | |
| Bryan Stoltenberg | 1972 | 2013 | 40 years | American | football player | car | | Sugar Land, Texas | |
| Angie Stone | 1961 | 2025 | 63 years | American | R&B singer, member of The Sequence | van | Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | Montgomery, Alabama | |
| Lynn Strait | 1968 | 1998 | 30 years | American | vocalist of Snot | car | 1992 Ford Tempo | Highway 101, Santa Barbara, California | |
| Boryana Straubel | 1983 | 2021 | 38 years | Bulgarian | businesswoman and philanthropist | bicycle | | Washoe Valley, Nevada | |
| Chris Street | 1972 | 1993 | 20 years | American | college basketball player | car | | Iowa City, Iowa | Collided with a snow plow. |
| Hannes Strydom | 1965 | 2023 | 58 years | South African | rugby union player | car | | Mpumalanga, South Africa | |
| Michel Subor | 1935 | 2022 | 86 years | French | actor | | | | |
| Kollam Sudhi | 1984 | 2023 | 39 years | Indian | actor | car | | Kaipamangalam, India | Sudhi was in a car with three of his colleagues when their vehicle collided with a pickup truck. As a result, Sudhi suffered a fatal head injury that he succumbed to in a private hospital. |
| Charlie Sullivan | 1903 | 1935 | 32 years | American | baseball player | car | | Near Maiden, North Carolina | His car was struck by a train. |
| Joseph Michael Sullivan | 1930 | 2013 | 83 years | American | priest | car | | | |
| Nora Sun | 1937 | 2011 | 73 years | Chinese-American | diplomat | car | | Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Ashwin Sundar | 1985 | 2017 | 31 years | Indian | race driver | car | BMW | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Josef Šural | 1990 | 2019 | 28 years | Czech | footballer | minibus | | Alanya, Turkey | He and six other players were being transported by minibus when they were involved in a crash. Šural died whereas his six teammates survived, but were still injured. |
| Martin Šustr | 1990 | 2022 | 31 years | Czech | footballer | car | | | Collided with a truck and died from his injuries a few days later. |
| Lennart Svedberg | 1944 | 1972 | 28 years | Swedish | ice hockey player | car | | Timrå, Sweden | Collided with a bus. |
| Italo Svevo | 1861 | 1928 | 66 years | Italian | writer | car | | Motta di Livenza near Treviso, Italy | Died in a hospital the following day from the consequences of a crash. |
| Richard Swanson | 1970 | 2013 | 42 years | American | tried to dribble a soccer ball from Seattle to São Paulo | pickup truck | Nissan | Lincoln City, Oregon | |
| Carla Swart | 1987 | 2011 | 23 years | South African | cyclist | bicycle | | South Africa | Hit by a truck while training. |
| Colin Sylvia | 1985 | 2018 | 32 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Mildura, Victoria, Australia | The car Sylvia was driving collided with another vehicle. |
| Jennifer Syme | 1972 | 2001 | 28 years | American | actress | SUV | 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee | Los Angeles, California | She died in a crash while returning home from a party at Marilyn Manson's home. |
| Andrew Symonds | 1975 | 2022 | 46 years | Australian | cricketer | car | | Hervey Range, Queensland, Australia | Symonds died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash. |

## T

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Tan See Seng | 1936 | 2013 | 77 years | Malaysian | School principal | car | | Kluang, Johor, Malaysia | |
| Ron Tabak | 1953 | 1984 | 31 years | Canadian | Prism singer | bicycle | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Struck by a passing vehicle, fell and hit his head on the pavement. ER doctors did not detect anything wrong with him initially. Upon being released, Tabak abruptly became abusive, prompting two police officers at the hospital to arrest him on the belief he was drunk. Later discovered unconscious in his jail cell, Tabak was rushed back to the hospital. A second examination discovered a blood clot had developed on the right side of his brain. Tabak died on Christmas Day 1984, before a pending neurosurgical operation could be performed. |
| Kiwako Taichi | 1943 | 1992 | 48 years | Japanese | actress | car | | Shizuoka, Japan | |
| Kouki Takahashi | 1987 | 2011 | 23 years | Japanese | Grand Prix motorcycle racer | car | | Higashimatsuyama, Saitama, Japan | |
| Tallys | 1987 | 2017 | 30 years | Brazilian | attacking midfielder | car | | Garopaba, Brazil | |
| Jamie Tape | 1974 | 2003 | 28 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | He suffered a brain aneurysm while driving. |
| Najeeb Tarakai | 1991 | 2020 | 29 years | Afghan | cricketer | pedestrian | | Jalalabad, Afghanistan | He was hit by a car while crossing a road on October 2, 2020. He died four days later from a head injury sustained in the event. |
| Craig Tarry | 1983 | 2016 | 32 years | British | manager of the rock band Viola Beach | car | Nissan Qashqai | Södertälje, Sweden | The car went through the barrier of a lifting bridge that had opened to let a boat go through, and plunged into the Södertälje Canal. All four members of the band, Jack Dakin, Kris Leonard, Tomas Lowe and River Reeves, were also killed. |
| Quindon Tarver | 1982 | 2021 | 38 years | American | R&B singer | car | | Dallas, Texas | |
| Doug Tassell | 1945 | 1970 | 24 years | Australian | Australian rules footballer | car | | Buangor, Victoria, Australia | |
| Oscar Taveras | 1992 | 2014 | 22 years | Dominican | baseball player | car | 2014 Chevrolet Camaro | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | The car ran off the road and hit a tree. The toxicology report indicated that Taveras' blood alcohol content was 5 times the country's legal limit. |
| Lord Taylor of Blackburn | 1929 | 2016 | 87 years | British | life peer | mobility scooter | | London, England | Collided with a van outside the Palace of Westminster, home of Britain's Parliament. |
| Ted Taylor | 1934 | 1987 | 53 years | American | soul and R&B singer (The Cadets) | car | | Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
| Terry Teene | 1942 | 2012 | 70 years | American | singer | bicycle | | Tyler, Texas | Terry died after the bicycle he was riding collided with a tow truck. |
| Buddy Teevens | 1956 | 2023 | 66 years | American | football coach | bicycle | | Florida | Teevens succumbed to injuries sustained in a March 2023 crash, in which he was hit by a Ford F150. He had severed his spinal cord and had his right leg amputated as a result of the crash. He died in Boston, Massachusetts in September 2023. |
| Gérandale Télusma | 1972 | 2010 | 39 years | Haitian | lawyer and politician | car | | Desdunes, Haiti | |
| Otilino Tenorio | 1980 | 2005 | 25 years | Ecuadorian | footballer | car | | Quevedo, Ecuador | The car in which he was travelling collided with a gas truck on the Santo Domingo-Quevedo road. |
| Antonia Terzi | 1971 | 2021 | 50 years | Italian | aerodynamicist for cars | car | | United Kingdom | |
| Frank Teschemacher | 1906 | 1932 | 25 years | American | jazz musician | car | | Chicago, Illinois | |
| Dumitru Tinu | 1940 | 2003 | 62 years | Romanian | journalist | car | Volvo S40 | Prahova County, Romania | At around 9.45 a.m., the car skidded out of the direction of travel and, after driving about 15–20 metres in the opposite lane, overturned in a deep ditch on the side of the road. |
| Elizabeth Thabethe | 1959 | 2021 | 61 years | South African | politician | car | | South Africa | |
| Thalles | 1995 | 2019 | 24 years | Brazilian | footballer | motorcycle | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie | 1993 | 2019 | 25 years | South African | cricketer | car | | Stilfontein, South Africa | |
| Trần Phước Thọ | 1993 | 2016 | 23 years | Vietnamese | footballer | motorcycle | | Long An, Vietnam | |
| Mary Thom | 1944 | 2013 | 68 years | American | feminist | motorcycle | | Yonkers, New York | |
| Derrick Thomas | 1967 | 2000 | 33 years | American | football player (linebacker and defensive end) | SUV | 1999 Chevrolet Suburban | Kansas City, Missouri | En route to Kansas City International Airport, Thomas, driving erratically and at high speed on a snow packed and icy road, went off Interstate 435. One of the two other passengers that were in the car died instantly; the other, the only occupant wearing his seat belt, walked away with minor injuries. Thomas was left paralyzed from the chest down and died from a pulmonary embolism in a Miami, Florida hospital two weeks later. |
| Diane Thomas | 1946 | 1985 | 39 years | American | screenwriter | car (passenger) | Porsche 911 Carrera | Pacific Coast Highway, California | Her partner, who was driving her car, was intoxicated and was driving at 80 mph (130 km/h)when they crashed. |
| Larry Thomas | 1936 | 1965 | 28 years | American | race car driver | car | | Interstate 75, Georgia | He was on his way to a tire test when he drove off the highway and landed in an embankment, dying at the scene. |
| Meamea Thomas | 1987 | 2013 | 25 years | I-Kiribati | weightlifter | car | | Betio, Kiribati | |
| T. Ashton Thompson | 1916 | 1965 | 49 years | American | U.S. Representative, Louisiana | car | Cadillac | Interstate 85, Gastonia, North Carolina | Thompson was pulled over for speeding by a North Carolina state trooper. While conversing with the trooper on the shoulder, an 18-wheeler lost control and slammed into Thompson and his vehicle, killing the Congressman. The occupants of Thompson's vehicle survived. |
| Richard Threlkeld | 1937 | 2012 | 74 years | American | journalist | car | Mini | Amagansett, New York | |
| Danny Tidwell | 1984 | 2020 | 35 years | American | dancer | car | | | |
| Mitchell Todd | 1991 | 2012 | 21 years | Scottish | rugby union player | car | | Normanton-on-the-Wolds, England, United Kingdom | |
| Braian Toledo | 1993 | 2020 | 26 years | Argentinian | javelin thrower | motorcycle | | Marcos Paz, Argentina | |
| Stacey Toran | 1961 | 1989 | 27 years | American | football player (defensive back) | car | 1984 BMW | Marina Del Rey, California | |
| Youcef Touati | 1989 | 2017 | 27 years | French | footballer | car | | A1 autoroute, France | |
| Thuy Trang | 1973 | 2001 | 27 years | Vietnamese-American | actress | car (passenger) | | near San Francisco, California | The driver of the vehicle Trang was riding in lost control, swerved into the roadside rock face and flipped several times before hitting the safety rail and plunging over the bank. Trang died of internal injuries before reaching the hospital. |
| Ranking Trevor | 1960 | 2012 | 52 years | Jamaican | reggae musician | motorcycle | | Kingston, Jamaica | |
| Thanasis Tribonias | 1984 | 2012 | 28 years | Greek | footballer | motorcycle | | Athens, Greece | |
| Nicola Trussardi | 1942 | 1999 | 56 years | Italian | fashion designer and entrepreneur | car | Mercedes-Benz | near Milan, Italy | Trussardi was killed when he lost control of his vehicle, on Tangenziale Est of Milan and hit a lamp post in the early hours; dying the following day in Milan. |
| Mogau Tshehla | 1992 | 2018 | 26 years | South African | footballer | car | | Kwaggafontein, South Africa | |
| Viktor Tsoi | 1962 | 1990 | 28 years | Soviet | musician, songwriter, and leader of the band Kino | car | Aleko | Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | Tsoi was driving on the Sloka – Talsi highway, near Tukums and Riga when his car collided with an oncoming Ikarus 250 bus. According to the official investigation, Tsoi fell asleep at the wheel while driving at a speed of at least 130 km/h. |
| Ben Tucker | 1930 | 2013 | 82 years | American | jazz musician | car | | Hutchinson Island, Georgia | |
| Cliff Tucker | 1989 | 2018 | 29 years | American | basketball player | car | | Balmorhea, Texas | |
| Hans Olav Tungesvik | 1936 | 2017 | 81 years | Norwegian | politician | motorcycle | | Bergen, Norway | Collided with car. |
| Davy Tweed | 1959 | 2021 | 61 years | Northern Irish | politician and rugby union player | motorcycle | | County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Judy Tyler | 1932 | 1957 | 24 years | American | actress | car | | Rock River, Wyoming | Tyler was killed instantly and her husband later died of his injuries in a crash on U.S. Route 30; a passenger in the other car also died. |
| Giora Tzahor | 1941 | 2012 | 70 years | Israeli | military & officer | motorcycle | | Hadera, Israel | |

## U

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Vaibhavi Upadhyay | 1984 | 2023 | 38 years | Indian | actress | car | | Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India | In vehicle with her fiance when it plummeted into a gorge. |
| Chinedu Udoji | 1989 | 2018 | 28 years | Nigerian | footballer | car | | Kano, Nigeria | |
| José Uribe | 1959 | 2006 | 47 years | Dominican | baseball player | car | | Juan Baron, Palenque, Dominican Republic | |
| Javier Urruticoechea | 1952 | 2001 | 49 years | Spanish | footballer (goalkeeper) | car | Mercedes-Benz | B-20 or Ronda de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain | Impacted central barrier between exits 14 and 15. |

## V

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Vivian Vachon | 1944 | 1991 | 47 years | Canadian | professional wrestler | car | | near Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Her daughter, a passenger in Vachon's vehicle, also died in the crash. |
| Luis Valbuena | 1985 | 2018 | 33 years | Venezuelan | baseball player (infielder) | car (passenger) | | Yaracuy, Venezuela | The car he was riding in hit a fallen rock and went off the road. Fellow baseball player José Castillo died in the same incident. |
| Dickie Valentine | 1929 | 1971 | 41 years | British | singer | car | Hillman Avenger | Glangrwyney, near Crickhowell, Wales, United Kingdom | |
| Johnny Valiant | 1946 | 2018 | 71 years | American | professional wrestler | pedestrian | | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Hit by a pickup truck. |
| Jorma Valkama | 1928 | 1962 | 34 years | Finnish | athlete | car | Volkswagen Beetle | Hollola, Päijät-Häme, Finland | His car collided with a van. |
| Edy Vásquez | 1983 | 2007 | 23 years | Honduran | footballer | car | | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | His car collided with a wall. |
| Ivo Van Damme | 1954 | 1976 | 22 years | Belgian | middle-distance runner | car | | Marseille, France | Van Damme was on his way home from a training camp in the south of France. For an unknown reason, his car crossed the median of the highway and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle on the other road. |
| Dušan Velič | 1966 | 2023 | 56 years | Slovak | chemist and politician | motorcycle | | Bratislava, Slovakia | While riding his motorbike, Velič crashed into a car that had entered the road from an adjected parking lot. |
| Michael Ventris | 1922 | 1956 | 34 years | British | the decipherer of Linear B | car | | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |
| Yordano Ventura | 1991 | 2017 | 25 years | Dominican | baseball player | SUV | Jeep Wrangler | Juan Adrián, Dominican Republic | |
| Krisztián Veréb | 1977 | 2020 | 43 years | Hungarian | Olympic sprint canoer | motorcycle | | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| Jerzy Vetulani | 1936 | 2017 | 81 years | Polish | neuroscientist | pedestrian | | Balicka Street, Kraków, Poland | While walking home from work, Vetulani was hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing. He was put into an induced coma and died on April 6, 2017, in the hospital. |
| Emili Vicente | 1965 | 2017 | 52 years | Spanish | footballer | motorcycle | | Canòlic, Andorra | |
| Sanchari Vijay | 1983 | 2021 | 37 years | Indian | actor | motorcycle | | Bengaluru, India | |
| Lars Vilks | 1946 | 2021 | 75 years | Swedish | visual artist | car (passenger) | | Markaryd, Sweden | Vilks was traveling to Stocksund, Sweden in an unmarked police car when it crashed into a truck and burst into flames. The collision killed Vilks and the two police officers. |
| Ondřej Voříšek | 1986 | 2004 | 18 years | Czech | footballer | car | | Uherský Ostroh, Czech Republic | |
| Gordon Voss | 1938 | 2017 | 79 years | American | politician | car | | Wayzata, Minnesota | |
| Martin Vosseler | 1948 | 2019 | 71 years | Swiss | co-founder of PSR | bicycle | | Basel, Switzerland | Struck by a truck. |

## W

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Doreen Waddell | 1965 | 2002 | 36 years | British | singer for Soul II Soul | pedestrian | | Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom | She was hit by three vehicles as she fled from a store in suspicion of shoplifting. |
| Roland Charles Wagner | 1960 | 2012 | 51 years | French | writer | car | | Bab El Oued, Algeria | |
| Sean Wainui | 1995 | 2021 | 25 years | New Zealander | rugby union player | car | | near Tauranga, New Zealand | He hit a tree. |
| Kōji Wakamatsu | 1936 | 2012 | 76 years | Japanese | film director | pedestrian | | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan | Wakamatsu was struck by a taxi in Tokyo on October 12, 2012, and died five days later. |
| Collin Walcott | 1945 | 1984 | 39 years | American | jazz musician | bus | | Magdeburg, Germany | |
| Andreas Waldherr | 1968 | 2011 | 43 years | Austrian | rally driver | car | Volkswagen Polo | Aspang-Markt, Austria | |
| Billy Walker | 1929 | 2006 | 77 years | American | country music singer | tour van | | Interstate 65, Fort Deposit, Alabama | Three passengers in Walker's vehicle – his wife, Bettie, and two members of his band – were also killed. A fourth passenger survived with serious injuries. |
| Paul Walker | 1973 | 2013 | 40 years | American | actor | car (passenger) | Porsche Carrera GT | Rye Canyon Loop, Santa Clarita, California | The driver, Roger Rodas, was also killed in the single-car crash. The vehicle caught fire and the bodies initially couldn't be identified. |
| Tray Walker | 1992 | 2016 | 23 years | American | football player (cornerback) | dirt bike | | Liberty City, Florida | |
| Jackie Walorski | 1963 | 2022 | 58 years | American | politician | car | | Nappanee, Indiana | |
| Wang Donglei | 1985 | 2008 | 23 years | Chinese | footballer | car | | Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | |
| Wang Kenan | 1980 | 2013 | 33 years | Chinese | diver | car | | Tianjin, China | |
| Wang You-theng | 1927 | 2016 | 89 years | Taiwanese | entrepreneur | car | | West Covina, California | |
| Chris von Wangenheim | 1942 | 1981 | 39 years | German | fashion photographer | car | | Saint Martin | |
| Pedrie Wannenburg | 1981 | 2022 | 41 years | South African | rugby union player | car | | Houston, Texas | Was hit by a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old fleeing a car chase in Houston. Pedrie and his son were airlifted to hospital while his wife and daughter did not suffer major injury. |
| Joe Ward | 1884 | 1934 | 49 years | American | baseball player | car | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Mary Ward | 1827 | 1869 | 42 years | Irish | scientist | steam carriage (passenger) | experimental | Parsontown, Ireland | Thought to be the world's earliest road fatality. |
| Barbara Warren | 1943 | 2008 | 65 years | American | triathlete | bicycle | | Santa Barbara, California | |
| Marco Warren | 1993 | 2023 | 29 years | Bermudian | footballer | pedestrian | | Bermuda | Was a victim of a hit-and-run collision. |
| Marjory Warren | 1897 | 1960 | 62 years | British | geriatric care pioneer | car | | France | Died in a car crash on her way to a conference in Germany. |
| Jarmo Wasama | 1943 | 1966 | 22 years | Finnish | ice hockey player | car | | Kaleva, Pirkanmaa, Finland | Collided with a tractor. |
| Fred Washington | 1967 | 1990 | 23 years | American | football player (defensive tackle) | car | | Lake Forest, Illinois | |
| John L. Wasserman | 1938 | 1979 | 40 years | American | columnist | car | | South San Francisco, California | |
| Doug Watkins | 1934 | 1962 | 27 years | American | jazz musician (double bass) | car | | Holbrook, Arizona | |
| Ellen Watters | 1988 | 2016 | 28 years | Canadian | cyclist | bicycle | car | Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada | |
| David Wayne | 1958 | 2005 | 47 years | American | heavy metal singer (Metal Church and Reverend) | car | | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Thomas Wayne | 1940 | 1971 | 31 years | American | rockabilly singer | car | | Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Daniel Webb | 1989 | 2017 | 28 years | American | baseball player | ATV | | Waverly, Tennessee | |
| Dottie West | 1932 | 1991 | 58 years | American | country music singer | car | | Briley Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee | While being driven to the Grand Ole Opry by a friend, and running late, she urged him to speed. The driver missed a turn and the car left the road. West was gravely injured and died five days later. |
| Grete Weiser | 1903 | 1970 | 67 years | German | actress | car | | Bad Tölz, Germany | Head-on collision with a truck. |
| Clayton Weishuhn | 1959 | 2022 | 62 years | American | football player | car | | Texas | Weishuhn was ejected from his vehicle and died after a one vehicle roll-over crash. |
| Nathanael West | 1903 | 1940 | 37 years | American | writer | car | | El Centro, California | He and his wife were returning home from a hunting trip in Mexico when the collision occurred. |
| Clarence White | 1944 | 1973 | 29 years | Canadian-American | musician; Byrds' guitarist | | | Palmdale, California | Struck by a drunk driver while White and his brother Roland were loading musical equipment into their car. |
| Marjorie White | 1904 | 1935 | 31 years | Canadian | actress | car (passenger) | | Santa Monica, California | White was a passenger in a car, when it sideswiped another vehicle. The vehicle overturned and she died of injuries the next day. |
| Earl Whitehill | 1899 | 1954 | 55 years | American | baseball player | car | | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| Mark Whittow | 1957 | 2017 | 60 years | British | archaeologist | car | | Oxfordshire, England, United | |
| Hyacinth Wijeratne | 1946 | 2021 | 74 years | Sri Lankan | actress | van | | Lindula, Sri Lanka | |
| Bluey Wilkinson | 1911 | 1940 | 28 years | Australian | motorcycle speedway rider | motorcycle | | Sydney, Australia | |
| Clarence Williams | 1975 | 2022 | 47 years | American | football player | | | Crescent City, Florida | |
| Denny Williams | 1896 | 1929 | 32 years | American | baseball player | car | | San Clemente, California | Denny was returning home from spring training when the fatal car crash occurred. |
| Susan L. Williams | 1951 | 2018 | 66 years | American | marine biologist | car | | Petaluma, California | |
| Quentin Williams | 1983 | 2023 | 39 years | American | politician | car | | Route 9 in Cromwell, Connecticut | While driving late at night on Route 9 in Cromwell, Quentin was supposedly hit head on by another vehicle driving down the wrong way of the highway. He was one of two killed in the crash. Williams had just been sworn in for his third term in office as a state representative. |
| Treat Williams | 1951 | 2023 | 71 years | American | actor | motorcycle | 1986 Honda VT700C | near Dorset, Vermont | |
| Whayne Wilson | 1975 | 2005 | 29 years | Costa Rican | footballer | car | | San José, Costa Rica | Collided with a truck and died four days later in the hospital. |
| Carol Willis | 1951 | 1971 | 20 years | American | Playboy Playmate | car | | Laguna Beach, California | |
| Shahdon Winchester | 1992 | 2019 | 27 years | Trinidadian | Footballer | car | | Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Gustav Winckler | 1925 | 1979 | 53 years | Danish | singer and composer | car | | Viborg, Denmark | |
| Al Wingo | 1898 | 1964 | 66 years | American | baseball player | truck | | Lincoln Park, Michigan | |
| Jorn Winther | | 2018 | 88 years | Danish-American | director | car | | | |
| Wiris Gustavo de Oliveira | 2000 | 2023 | 23 years | Brazilian | footballer | car | | Lima Duarte, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
| Bob Wollek | 1943 | 2001 | 57 years | French | race car driver | bicycle | | U.S. Route 98, Florida | Collided with a van. |
| Harry Wolverton | 1873 | 1937 | 63 years | American | baseball player | pedestrian | | Oakland, California | While on patrol as an officer with the Oakland Police Department, Wolverton was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. |
| John Woods | 1898 | 1946 | 48 years | American | baseball player | car | | Norfolk, Virginia | While serving as Chief of Norfolk Police, Woods crashed while responding to a vehicle accident. |
| Christopher Worrell | 1954 | 1977 | 23 years | Australian | serial killer (Truro Murders) | car | | Truro, South Australia, Australia | While abducting a woman named Deborah Skuse, Worrell was driving to Adelaide. The car blew a tire and rolled over several times, killing Skuse and Worrell. |
| Freda Wright-Sorce | 1955 | 2005 | 50 years | American | radio personality | car | | Ocean City, Maryland | She died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile crash on Maryland Route 90. |
| Wu Jianmin | 1939 | 2016 | 77 years | Chinese | diplomat | car | | Wuhan, China | |
| Rolf Wütherich | 1927 | 1981 | 53 years | German | James Dean's passenger during his fatal crash | car | Honda Civic | Kupferzell, Germany | Was DUI when he fatally crashed. |
| N. C. Wyeth | 1882 | 1945 | 62 years | American | artist and illustrator | car | | Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania | Wyeth and his grandson died in a collision at a railway crossing near his Chadds Ford home. |
| Charles Wyly | 1933 | 2011 | 77 years | American | Businessman | car | Porsche Targa | Near Aspen, Colorado | Wyly was turning onto a highway near the local airport when his Porsche was hit by a SUV according to the Colorado State Highway Patrol. |
| Khalid Shameem Wynne | 1953 | 2017 | 64 years | Pakistani | military officer | car | SUV | Chakri, Punjab, India | |

## Y

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Saksham Yadav | 1989 | 2018 | 28 years | Indian | powerlifter | car | Suzuki Dzire | Delhi–Panipat Highway | |
| Hiromi Yanagihara | 1979 | 1999 | 19 years | Japanese | Country Musume singer | car | | Nakasatsunai, Hokkaido, Japan | Yanagihara was killed in a car crash one week before the group Hello! Project's first release, Futari no Hokkaidou. |
| Anton Yelchin | 1989 | 2016 | 27 years | American | actor | SUV | Jeep Grand Cherokee | Los Angeles, California, United States | As Yelchin got out of his car and went to check his locked gate for mail, the vehicle rolled back down his driveway, which was on a steep incline, and trapped him against the pillar and a security fence. |
| Mikhail Yeremin | 1968 | 1991 | 23 years | Soviet | footballer | car | | Zelenograd, Russia (formal part of Soviet Union) | |
| Yevhen Yevseyev | 1987 | 2011 | 24 years | Ukrainian | football | car | | Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine | |
| Gunpei Yokoi | 1941 | 1997 | 56 years | Japanese | Nintendo executive | stationary | | Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan | He was in a car driven by his associate Etsuo Kiso, when the car rear-ended a truck. They got out to inspect the damage, and Yokoi was hit and fatally injured by a passing car. |
| B. J. Young | 1977 | 2005 | 28 years | American | ice hockey player | car | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Buddy Young | 1926 | 1983 | 57 years | American | football player | car | | Terrell, Texas | Young lost control of his car, which came to rest in a creekbed about 300 feet (90 m) off Interstate Highway 20. |
| Cliff Young | 1964 | 1993 | 29 years | American | baseball pitcher | car | | Montgomery County, Texas | He went off the road and hit a tree, dying instantly. |
| Galen Young | 1975 | 2021 | 45 years | American | basketball player | stationary | | Memphis, Tennessee | He was staying at his mother's house when a car crashed through the wall and into the room where he was. He was found dead under the debris. |

## Z

| Name | Birth | Death | Aged | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Crash location | Details |
| Serhiy Zakarlyuka | 1976 | 2014 | 38 years | Ukrainian | footballer | car | | Poltava, Ukraine | The crash injured a teammate who was a passenger. |
| Călin Zanc | 1971 | 2014 | 43 years | Romanian | footballer | car | | Jichișu de Jos, Romania | He lost control and crashed into a fence. |
| Giacomo Zani | 1932 | 2021 | 89 years | Italian | conductor and musicologist | car | Subaru | Casalmaggiore, Italy | He lost control and crashed into a lamppost. |
| Jeffrey Zaslow | 1958 | 2012 | 53 years | American | author and journalist | car | | Warner Township, Michigan | |
| Anatoliy Zayaev | 1931 | 2012 | 81 years | Ukrainian | football and coach | car | Honda CR-V | Melitopol, Ukraine | |
| Eric Zentner | 1981 | 2011 | 30 years | American | fashion model | car | | Buellton, Santa Barbara County | Died as the result of a hit and run incident. |
| Hicham Zerouali | 1977 | 2004 | 27 years | Moroccan | footballer | car | | Rabat, Morocco | |
| Aleksandr Zhirov | 1958 | 1983 | 24 years | Russian | alpine skier | car | | near Yakhroma, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |
| Claudia Zobel | 1964 | 1984 | 19 years | Filipina | actress | car | | Makati, Philippines | |
| Vano Zodelava | 1957 | 2019 | 61 years | Georgian | politician | car | | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | |