List of fatal accidents

As with all motorsports, Formula One has witnessed fatal accidents. Since , 32 drivers have been killed during a Formula One Grand Prix weekend, while 7 have been killed during test sessions and 12 during non-championship events.
The first driver fatality that occurred in the Formula One series was that of Cameron Earl, who was killed during a private test session for English Racing Automobiles at the Motor Industry Research Association's test circuit in England. He died in hospital at the age of 29 from skull fractures after his ERA R14B car overturned.
Chet Miller was the oldest driver to die in a Formula One car, aged 50. He was killed during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500, which was a part of the Formula One championship at the time. Ricardo Rodríguez, who is the youngest driver in history to have raced for Scuderia Ferrari, is the youngest driver to be killed while racing in Formula One, aged 20. The suspension of his Lotus 24 failed during an unofficial practice session for the non-championship 1962 Mexican Grand Prix at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
In , Jochen Rindt became Formula One's only posthumous World Champion. He was killed while practicing for the 1970 Italian Grand Prix in a Lotus 72C, when he lost control of his car under heavy braking. He won the championship by 5 points over Jacky Ickx, despite missing the final three races of the season.
Often regarded as one of the darkest weekends of Formula One, the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was marred by multiple incidents. Rubens Barrichello was lucky to escape a heavy airborne crash during Friday practice, being left unconscious after hitting the wall at more than 225km/h. On Saturday, Roland Ratzenberger was tragically killed when the front wing of his Simtek S941 failed at the high-speed Villeneuve Kink. He was killed instantly when his car struck the wall at more than 300km/h. Unfortunately, there would be one more driver killed that weekend. This time it was three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna, after a steering failure sent his Williams FW16 into the outside barriers at Tamburello and he was struck in the head by a steering arm. He is the only World Champion to have been fatally injured, excluding Rindt, who won the championship after his death.
Over the next 20 years, Formula One did not witness any further fatal accidents, thanks largely to the various safety innovations introduced into the sport over its long history. Some of these innovations were the direct result of lessons learned from previous fatalities in Formula One and other motorsport categories. The 2000's is the only decade to date in which no driver was killed.
However, at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, driver Jules Bianchi suffered a diffuse axonal injury after crashing into a recovery vehicle in severe wet conditions. At the time of the accident, the trackside vehicle was removing Adrian Sutil's car after he had crashed out of the race a couple of laps prior. The accident was eerily similar to that of María de Villota's testing crash in with the same team. Bianchi was transported to hospital where he spent nine months in a coma, eventually dying of his injuries on 17 July 2015. The accident was thoroughly investigated by the FIA, resulting in the addition of the Virtual Safety Car and the Halo.
The following is a list of drivers who were killed while driving a Formula One car, including those killed during a:
* Grand Prix
* Qualifying
* Practice
* Pre-race test
* Private test session
* Non-championship event
* Historic event
==Drivers==
Driver 	Age	Date Of Accident 	Event 	Car 	Session
Cameron Earl 	29 	June 18, 1952 	N/A 	ERA 	Test
Chet Miller 	50 	May 15, 1953 	1953 Indianapolis 500 	Kurtis Kraft	Practice
Charles de Tornaco 	26 	September 18, 1953	1953 Modena Grand Prix 	 	Practice
Onofre Marimón 	30 	July 31, 1954 	1954 German Grand Prix 	Maserati 	Practice
Mario Alborghetti 	26 	April 11, 1955 	1955 Pau Grand Prix 	 	Race
Manny Ayulo 	33 	May 16, 1955 	1955 Indianapolis 500 	Kuzma 	Practice
Bill Vukovich 	36 	May 30, 1955 	1955 Indianapolis 500 	Kurtis Kraft	Race
Eugenio Castellotti 	26 	March 14, 1957 	N/A 	Ferrari 	Test
Keith Andrews 	36 	May 15, 1957 	1957 Indianapolis 500 	Kurtis Kraft	Practice
Pat O'Connor 	29 	May 30, 1958 	1958 Indianapolis 500 	Kurtis Kraft	Race
Luigi Musso 	33 	July 6, 1958 	1958 French Grand Prix 	Ferrari 	Race
Peter Collins 	26 	August 3, 1958 	1958 German Grand Prix 	Ferrari 	Race
Stuart Lewis-Evans 	28 	September 19, 1958	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix 	Vanwall 	Race
Jerry Unser Jr. 	26 	May 17, 1959 	1959 Indianapolis 500 	Kurtis Kraft	Pre-race test
Harry Schell 	38 	May 13, 1960 	1960 BRDC International Trophy 	 	Practice
Bob Cortner 	32 	May 19, 1959 	1959 Indianapolis 500 	Cornis 	Pre-race test
Chris Bristow 	22 	June 19, 1960 	1960 Belgian Grand Prix 	Cooper 	Race
Alan Stacey 	26 	June 19, 1960 	1960 Belgian Grand Prix 	Lotus 	Race
Shane Summers 	24 	June 1, 1961 	1961 Silver City Trophy 	 	Practice
Giulio Cabianca 	38 	June 15, 1961 	N/A 	Cooper 	Test
Wolfgang von Trips 	33 	September 10, 1961	1961 Italian Grand Prix 	Ferrari 	Race
Ricardo Rodríguez 	20 	November 1, 1962 	1962 Mexican Grand Prix 	 	Practice
Gary Hocking 	25 	December 21, 1962 	1962 Natal Grand Prix 	 	Practice
Carel Godin de Beaufort	30 	August 2, 1964 	1964 German Grand Prix 	Porsche 	Practice
John Taylor 	33 	August 7, 1966 	1966 German Grand Prix 	Brabham 	Race
Lorenzo Bandini 	31 	May 7, 1967 	1967 Monaco Grand Prix 	Ferrari 	Race
Bob Anderson 	36 	August 14, 1967 	N/A 	Brabham 	Test
Jo Schlesser 	40 	July 7, 1968 	1968 French Grand Prix 	Honda 	Race
Gerhard Mitter 	33 	August 2, 1969 	1969 German Grand Prix 	BMW 	Practice
Martin Brain 	37 	May 25, 1970 	Nottingham Sportscar Club Meeting 	 	Race
Piers Courage 	28 	June 7, 1970 	1970 Dutch Grand Prix 	De Tomaso 	Race
Jochen Rindt 	28 	September 5, 1970 	1970 Italian Grand Prix 	Lotus 	Qualifying
Jo Siffert 	35 	October 24, 1971 	1971 World Championship Victory Race	 	Race
Roger Williamson 	25 	July 29, 1973 	1973 Dutch Grand Prix 	March 	Race
François Cevert 	29 	October 6, 1973 	1973 United States Grand Prix 	Tyrrell 	Qualifying
Peter Revson 	35 	March 22, 1974 	1974 South African Grand Prix 	Shadow 	Pre-race test
Helmuth Koinigg 	25 	October 6, 1974 	1974 United States Grand Prix 	Surtees 	Race
Mark Donohue 	38 	August 19, 1975 	1975 Austrian Grand Prix 	Penske 	Practice
Tom Pryce 	27 	March 5, 1977 	1977 South African Grand Prix 	Shadow 	Race
Brian McGuire 	31 	August 29, 1977 	1977 Shellsport Championship 	McGuire 	Practice
Ronnie Peterson 	34 	September 10, 1978	1978 Italian Grand Prix 	Lotus 	Race
Patrick Depailler 	35 	August 1, 1980 	N/A 	Alfa Romeo 	Test
Gilles Villeneuve 	32 	May 8, 1982 	1982 Belgian Grand Prix 	Ferrari 	Qualifying
Riccardo Paletti 	23 	June 13, 1982 	1982 Canadian Grand Prix 	Osella 	Race
Elio de Angelis 	28 	May 15, 1986 	N/A 	Brabham 	Test
Roland Ratzenberger 	33 	April 30, 1994 	1994 San Marino Grand Prix 	Simtek 	Qualifying
Ayrton Senna 	34 	May 1, 1994 	1994 San Marino Grand Prix 	Williams 	Race
John Dawson-Damer 	59 	June 24, 2000 	2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed 	 	Demonstration
Fritz Glatz 	58 	July 14, 2002 	2002 EuroBOSS Series Season 	 	Race
Jules Bianchi 	25 	October 5, 2014 	2014 Japanese Grand Prix 	 	Race
	Not part of the Formula One World Championship
==Track Marshals==
Name 	Age	Date Of Accident 	Event
Günther Schneider	19 	4 August 1963 	1963 German Grand Prix
Jansen van Vuuren	19 	5 March 1977 	1977 South African Grand Prix
Paolo Gislimberti	33 	10 September 2000	2000 Italian Grand Prix
Graham Beveridge 	52 	4 March 2001 	2001 Australian Grand Prix
Mark Robinson 	38 	9 June 2013 	2013 Canadian Grand Prix
==References==
* ESPN - Formula One Drivers
* Formula One - History Of F1 Safety
==External Links==
* Formula One - History Of F1 Safety
* F1scarlet fatalities descriptions
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