List of people who died in road accidents
This is a list of notable people who have been killed in road accidents. 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".
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Abe, NorifumiNorifumi Abe | 1975 | 2007 | Japanese | motorcycle racer | scooter | Yamaha XP 500 TMAX | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | [nb 1][1][2] |
Adams, FrankFrank Adams | 1930 | 1989 | British | mathematician | car | |||
Adelabu, AdegokeAdegoke Adelabu | 1915 | 1958 | Nigerian | politician | car | |||
Adenhart, NickNick Adenhart | 1986 | 2009 | American | baseball pitcher | car | Mitsubishi Eclipse | Fullerton, California | [nb 2] |
Adonis, AdrianAdrian Adonis | 1954 | 1988 | American | professional wrestler | car | Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada | [nb 3] | |
Aldridge, MartinMartin Aldridge | 1974 | 2000 | British | footballer | car | Peugeot | A45, England | [nb 4][3] |
Allen, SteveSteve Allen | 1921 | 2000 | American | actor, songwriter, author | car | Encino, California | [nb 5] | |
Allman, DuaneDuane Allman | 1946 | 1971 | American | guitarist | motorcycle | Harley-Davidson | Macon, Georgia | [nb 6] |
Amalrik, AndreiAndrei Amalrik | 1938 | 1980 | Russian | writer | car | Near Guadalajara, Spain | [nb 7] | |
Andolsek, EricEric Andolsek | 1966 | 1992 | American | football player | stationary | Thibodaux, Louisiana | [nb 8] | |
Anglin, JackJack Anglin | 1916 | 1963 | American | Country music singer | car | Madison, Tennessee | [nb 9] | |
Armenulić, SilvanaSilvana Armenulić | 1939 | 1976 | Bosnian | singer | car | Ford Granada | Kolari, Smederevo, Yugoslavia | The car was reportedly travelling 130 km/h (81 mph), when it collided with a FAP truck.[4] |
Arruza, CarlosCarlos Arruza | 1920 | 1966 | Mexican | bullfighter | car | |||
Ashby, DonDon Ashby | 1955 | 1981 | Canadian | ice hockey player | car | |||
Asparuhov, GeorgiGeorgi Asparuhov | 1943 | 1971 | Bulgarian | footballer | car | |||
al-Assad, BasilBasil al-Assad | 1962 | 1994 | 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,[5] Bassel is said to have collided with a motorway roundabout without wearing a seatbelt, and he died instantly.[6][7] |
Astrid of Sweden | 1905 | 1935 | 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. |
Armstrong, RegReg Armstrong | 1926 | 1979 | Irish | motorcycle racer | motorcycle | |||
Audret, PascalePascale Audret | 1936 | 2000 | French | actress | car (passenger) | Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France[8] | ||
Aus, LauriLauri Aus | 1970 | 2003 | Estonian | professional cyclist | bicycle | Tartu, Estonia | Aus was struck by a truck during a workout session.[9] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Christian Bakkerud | 1984 | 2011 | Danish | Retired racing driver | car | Audi RS6 | Putney Heath near Wimbledon Common | Investigations ongoing.[10][11] |
Bajraktarević, MirsadaMirsada Bajraktarević | 1951 | 1976 | Bosnian | singer | car | Ford Granada | Kolari, Smederevo, Yugoslavia | The car was reportedly travelling 130 km/h (81 mph), when it collided with a FAP truck.[4] |
Harry Bamford[12] | 1920 | 1958 | England | footballer | motorcycle | Bristol, England | Collided with a car. He remained in hospital for three days before finally dying from his injuries on 31 October. | |
Maurice Banach | 1967 | 1991 | German | footballer | car | Opel Omega Kombi | Autobahn near Remscheid, Germany | |
Ian Bannen | 1928 | 1999 | Scottish | actor | car | Renault Laguna | Knockies Straight, Scotland | With his wife driving, hit a verge and the vehicle overturned. |
Gerhard Barkhorn | 1919 | 1983 | German | World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace | car | Cologne, Germany | Crashed during a winter storm killing his wife and fatally injuring himself. | |
Roland Barthes | 1915 | 1980 | French | Philosopher | pedestrian | Paris, France | Hit by a laundry van while walking home from a lunch party hosted by François Mitterrand. | |
Jeff Batters | 1970 | 1996 | American | Ice hockey player | car | Pickup Truck | Trans-Canada Highway Canmore, Alberta, Canada | Driving the wrong way down a highway access ramp at 4am, the truck drove off the road and rolled. Jeff Batters was ejected and crushed by the truck. Another passenger, 18-year old Sherri Kalan was also killed. Police botched the investigation and could not determine who was driving, so all charges were dropped. |
Chris Bell | 1951 | 1978 | American | Big Star musician | car | Triumph TR7 | ||
Brad Beckman | 1964 | 1989 | American | 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. | |
Lamont Bentley | 1973 | 2005 | 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, ejected through moonroof, and run over by five other vehicles. |
Liz Birt[13] | 1956 | 2005 | American | Corporate, tax and health care attorney and lobbyist. | car | 2006 Ford Taurus | Aspen, Colorado | The driver of the Taurus (with Birt as a passenger) turned left onto the highway into the path of an oncoming pickup truck which struck the passenger side of the car killing Birt. |
J. Stuart Blackton | 1875 | 1941 | American | Film producer | ||||
Bill Boaks | 1904 | 1986 | British | Political campaigner for road safety | bus | Boaks was injured in a minor road traffic accident while getting off a bus. His death in hospital two years later was the result of complications from the head injuries sustained. | ||
Marc Bolan | 1947 | 1977 | British | T.Rex musician | car (passenger) | Mini 1275GT | Queens Ride, Barnes Common, southwest London | Driver was girlfriend Gloria Jones.[14] |
D. Boon | 1958 | 1985 | American | The Minutemen musician | van | Was sleeping on the van when it crashed | ||
Luc Bourdon | 1987 | 2008 | 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. |
Peter "Possum" Bourne | 1956 | 2003 | New Zealand | Rally driver | car | Subaru Forester | Race to the Sky track, Cardrona, New Zealand | During course inspection, Bourne collided head on with a competitor's Jeep Cherokee who was later charged for dangerous driving |
Dennis Brain | 1921 | 1957 | British | Horn virtuoso | car | Triumph TR2 | ||
Jaime Bravo | 1932 | 1970 | Mexican | Matador | car | |||
Nino Bravo | 1944 | 1973 | Spanish | Singer and songwriter | car | BMW 2800 | Villarrubio, Cuenca | |
Gianni Brera | 1919 | 1992 | Italian | sports journalist and novelist | car | Codogno, Lodi, Italy | ||
Michel Brière | 1949 | 1971 | Canadian | NHL player | car | Mercury Cougar | Quebec Route 117, Val-d'Or | Crashed his car on May 15, 1970 and was ejected, suffering major head trauma. Died 11 months after the accident without regaining consciousness. |
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann | 1940 | 1975 | German | Poet | ||||
Gladys Brockwell | 1893 | 1929 | American | actress | car | |||
Herb Brooks | 1937 | 2003 | 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. | |
Clifford Brown | 1930 | 1956 | American | jazz trumpeter aka "Brownie" | 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.[15] All three were killed in the resulting crash. | |
Jerome Brown | 1965 | 1992 | 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. |
Jean Bugatti | 1909 | 1939 | French | Automotive designer | car | Bugatti Type 57S Tank | ||
Brandon Burlsworth | 1976 | 1999 | American | American football player | car | near Alpena, Arkansas | [16] | |
Cliff Burton | 1962 | 1986 | American | Metallica bass guitarist | tour bus | European route E4 in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden | Thrown out of window and crushed after the bus skidded off the road and landed on its side. |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Caldés Luis, MiguelMiguel Caldés Luis | 1970 | 2000 | Cuban | Baseball player | Saratoga, Camagüey, Cuba | [17] | ||
Albert Camus | 1913 | 1960 | French-Algerian | Writer and Nobel Prize-winner | car | Facel Vega | Villeblevin, France | Michel Gallimard, the driver, was also killed. |
Eric Campbell | 1878 | 1917 | British | Silent screen star and ubiquitous nemesis of Charlie Chaplin | car | Los Angeles | ||
Cornelius Cardew | 1936 | 1981 | English | Composer | pedestrian | Leyton, London | Killed in a "hit and run" incident. The driver of the car was never found. | |
Cecilia (Spanish singer), real name Evangelina Sobredo Galanes | 1948 | 1976 | Spanish | Singer-songwriter | car | SEAT 124 | Near Benavente, in Zamora province, Spain | Musician José Luiz Gonzalez also died in the accident. |
Chang Yu-sheng | 1966 | 1997 | Taiwanese | Pop singer, composer and producer | car | |||
Harry Chapin | 1942 | 1981 | American | Musician and film producer | car | Volkswagen Rabbit | Long Island Expressway, New York | Collision with truck. |
Ernest Chausson | 1855 | 1899 | French | Composer | bicycle | Limay, Yvelines, France | Collision with wall. | |
Steve Chiasson | 1967 | 1999 | Canadian | Hockey player | pick-up truck | North Carolina | Fell out of truck after collision. Was over drink-drive limit. | |
Dugald Christie | 1941 | 2006 | Canadian | Lawyer and political activist | bicycle | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada | Collision with truck. | |
Prince Christopher of Yugoslavia | 1960 | 1994 | Yugoslav | Royalty | car | Irvine, California | The death was determined to be suicide by carbon monoxide.[18] | |
Bob Clark | 1939 | 2007 | American | Film director | car | Infiniti I30 | Pacific Coast Highway, near Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California | Collision with SUV. |
Spencer Clark | 1987 | 2006 | American | NASCAR driver | Truck | Near Albuquerque, New Mexico | Truck was carrying a car and fell over. | |
Eddie Cochran | 1938 | 1960 | American | Musician | taxi | Ford Consul | M4 motorway near Chippenham, Wiltshire | Taxi blew a tyre and collided with a lamp-post. Gene Vincent and Sharon Sheeley, the other passengers, survived the crash. |
Ludo Coeck | 1955 | 1985 | Belgian | Footballer | car | BMW | Near Rumst, Belgium | Collision with central reservation. |
Alexis Cohen | 1983 | 2009 | American | Actress and American Idol Participate | 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 drink-driving and leaving the scene of an accident. |
Brian Cole | 1979 c. | 2001 | American | Baseball player | car | [19][20] | ||
Bonar Colleano | 1924 | 1958 | American | actor | car | Queensway Tunnel, Birkenhead | ||
Billy Collins | 1961 | 1984 | American | Boxer | car | 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass | Antioch, Tennessee | Collision with culvert.[21] |
Rob Collins | 1965 | 1996 | English | Musician and keyboardist of The Charlatans | car | BMW | Wales | Was over the drink-drive limit and not wearing a seatbelt. |
Coluche | 1944 | 1986 | French | Comedian | Motorcycle | Opio, Alpes-Maritimes, France | Collision with lorry. | |
Amie Comeaux | 1976 | 1997 | American | Country singer | car | Dodge Avenger | Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Car overturned. |
Jim Connors | 1940 | 1987 | American | Legendary radio disc jockey and On Air personality | car | Interstate 95 in Greenville County, Virginia | ||
Pete Conrad | 1930 | 1999 | American | Lunar astronaut | motorcycle | Ojai, California | Veered off road and crashed. | |
Dallas Cook | 1982 | 2005 | American | Musician | motorcycle | Costa Mesa Freeway, near Orange, California | Collision with car. | |
Gottfried von Cramm | 1909 | 1976 | German | Tennis player | car | Near Cairo, Egypt | ||
Seymour Cray | 1925 | 1996 | American | Supercomputer architect | car | Jeep Cherokee | Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs, Colorado | Collision with another vehicle. |
Kenneth Craik | 1914 | 1945 | British | Philosopher and psychologist | bicycle | |||
Tonya Crews | 1938 | 1966 | American | Model and Playboy Playmate | car | [22] | ||
Bob Cryer | 1934 | 1994 | British | Labour MP | car | Rover | M1 motorway near Watford, England | Car overturned on motorway. His wife, Ann, survived the crash. |
Alan Crosland | 1894 | 1936 | American | Film director | car | Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles | ||
Laurie Cunningham | 1956 | 1989 | English | footballer | car | Renault 5 GTI | Madrid | Car collided with barrier and overturned. |
Pierre Curie | 1859 | 1906 | French | Chemist and physicist, 1903 Nobel Prize | pedestrian | Rue Dauphine, Paris | Run over by a horse-drawn vehicle. | |
Greg Curnoe | 1936 | 1992 | Canadian | Painter | bicycle | Knocked down by a pick-up truck. |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Vitaly Daraselia | 1957 | 1982 | Georgian | footballer | ||||
Betty Jack Davis | 1932 | 1953 | American | Country music singer; one half of The Davis Sisters | car | 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. | ||
Jimmy Davis | 1983 | 2003 | British | Manchester United footballer | car | BMW 3 series | M40 motorway in Oxfordshire | Crashed into back of lorry. Was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
James Dean | 1931 | 1955 | American | Actor | car | Porsche 550 Spyder | near Cholame, California | |
Mike Darr | 1976 | 2002 | American | Baseball player | car | Peoria, Arizona | ||
Roger Delgado | 1918 | 1973 | British | actor | car | Republic of Turkey | Died on location in Turkey while shooting the (never-completed) movie Bell of Tibet. Two Turkish film technicians were killed in the same crash. | |
Kazimierz Deyna | 1947 | 1989 | Polish | footballer | car | BMW | San Diego, California | |
Diana, Princess of Wales | 1961 | 1997 | British | member of British royal family | car | 1994 Mercedes-Benz S280 W140 | Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, Paris, France | Diana's companion, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the car, Henri Paul, were killed in the same crash; Fayed's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones survived. Further reading: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales |
František Dibarbora | 1916 | 1987 | Slovak | actor | car | |||
Mike Dickin | 1943 | 2006 | British | Radio DJ | car | Cornwall | ||
Lou DiMuro | 1932 | 1982 | American | Baseball umpire[23] | pedestrian | Arlington, Texas | ||
Bridget Driscoll | 1852 | 1896 | British | The first pedestrian victim of an automobile accident in the United Kingdom.[24] | pedestrian | Crystal Palace, London | One of the earliest recorded road accident victims. | |
Alfred Dobbs | 1882 | 1945 | British | politician | car | Doncaster, England | Dobbs' car was in collision with a military vehicle | |
Ian Stuart Donaldson | 1957 | 1993 | British | Neo-Nazi musician | car | Volkswagen Polo | Near Burnaston, Derbyshire | |
Françoise Dorléac | 1942 | 1967 | French | Film actress | car | Renault 10 | A8 autoroute near Villeneuve-Loubet | Collided with signpost. |
Piero Drogo | 1926 | 1973 | Italian | racing driver and coachbuilder | car | Ferrari 250 California | Bologna | Crashed into a broken down truck in a tunnel, both were unlit.[25] |
Alexander Dubček | 1921 | 1992 | Slovak | politician | car | BMW 535i | D1 highway near Humpolec, Czech Republic | Car veered off road. |
Gus Dudgeon | 1942 | 2002 | British | Record producer | car | Jaguar XK8 | M4 motorway between Reading and Maidenhead | Car veered off road. |
Fred Duesenberg | 1876 | 1932 | 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. |
Isadora Duncan | 1878 | 1927 | American | Dancer | car | Amilcar | Nice, France | Strangled by own headscarf after collision. |
Ryan Dunn | 1977 | 2011 | American | Reality television personality and daredevil | car | Porsche 911 GT3 | Chester County, Pennsylvania | Collided with tree. Was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
Al Dvorin | 1923 | 2004 | American | Elvis Presley concert announcer | car | Near Ivanpah, California | ||
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Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Notability | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Edem Ephraim | British | 1959 | 1995 | singer and one half of London Boys | car | Eastern Alps, Austria | His colleague, Dennis Fuller, also died in the head-on collision with a drunken Swiss.[26] |
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Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Notability | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Fagernes, Pål ArnePål Arne Fagernes | Norwegian | 1974 | 2003 | Athlete (javelin) | car | European route E6 near Moss, Norway | Collided with a truck/lorry. | |
Falco, Falco | Austrian | 1957 | 1998 | Rock musician | SUV | Mitsubishi Montero | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | Collided with a bus. |
Farina, GiuseppeGiuseppe Farina | Italy | 1906 | 1966 | Inaugural Formula One world champion | car | Lotus Cortina | Chambéry, France | [27] |
Fariña, RichardRichard Fariña | American | 1937 | 1966 | musician and writer | motorcycle | Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, California | Motorbike veered off road. Driver survived. | |
Farrell, RichardRichard Farrell | New Zealand | 1926 | 1958 | classical pianist | car | Arundel, Sussex, England | ||
Farroxzad, ForoughForough Farroxzad | Iran | 1934 | 1966 | Modernist Poet | car | Jeep | Gholhak, Tehran, Iran | In order to avoid hitting a school bus, she swerved her Jeep, which hit a stone wall; she died before reaching the hospital. |
Fayed, DodiDodi Fayed | Egyptian | 1957 | 1997 | 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 accident. 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 |
Fenslau, TorstenTorsten Fenslau | German | 1964 | 1993 | Record Producer, DJ | car | Mercedes-Benz 500SL | Landesstraße 3097, Near Messel, Hessen, Germany | Fenslau, best known for his involvement in Culture Beat, lost control of his car, causing it to roll several times before coming to rest in a field. Fenslau, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from the vehicle, dying in hospital a short time later. |
Fernández, AlbertoAlberto Fernández | Spanish | 1955 | 1984 | road racing cyclist | car | Near Aranda de Duero, Burgos Province, Spain | His wife was also killed in the crash. | |
Fernandez, RommelRommel Fernandez | Panamanian | 1966 | 1993 | footballer | car | Near Albacete, Spain | His cousin, Ronny Rojo, survived the crash. | |
Farrington, JohnJohn Farrington | American | 1936 | 1964 | American football player | car | Rensselaer, Indiana[28][29] | ||
Flahavan, AaronAaron Flahavan | English | 1975 | 2001 | footballer | car | BMW sports car | Near Bournemouth, England | |
Fox, CharleyCharley Fox | Canadian | 1920 | 2008 | RCAF fighter pilot | car | Tillsonburg, Ontario | [30] | |
Fox, StanStan Fox | American | 1952 | 2000 | racing driver | van | Desert Road, south of Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Fuller, DennisDennis Fuller | Jamaican | 1959 | 1995 | 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.[26] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Gabelich, GaryGary Gabelich | 1940 | 1984 | American | Land speed record holder | motorcycle | Long Beach, California | Collision with truck.[31] | |
Gaetano, RinoRino Gaetano | 1950 | 1981 | Italian | Singer-songwriter | car | Volvo 343 | Via Nomentana, Rome | Collision with lorry. |
Galimore, WillieWillie Galimore | 1935 | 1964 | American | Football player | car | Rensselaer, Indiana | ||
Galli, NiccolòNiccolò Galli | 1983 | 2001 | Italian | Footballer | car | Bologna | Car collided with central reservation. | |
Gallo, JulioJulio Gallo | 1910 | 1993 | American | Winemaker | car | Near Tracy, California | Car veered off road. | |
Gassoff, BobBob Gassoff | 1953 | 1977 | Canadian | Ice hockey player | motorcycle | Near Villa Ridge, Missouri | Head-on collision with car. | |
Gastaldello, LinoLino Gastaldello | 1939[32] | 2010 | Italy | Businessman, owner of Wilier Triestina | bicycle | San Zenone degli Ezzelini | Head-on collision with car.[32] | |
Gaudí, AntoniAntoni Gaudí | 1852 | 1926 | Spanish | Architect | pedestrian | Barcelona | Struck by a tram and died from his injuries three days later. | |
George, BillBill George | 1929 | 1982 | American | American football Hall of Famer | van | Wisconsin | Mr. George was driving eastbound on Illinois 72 when a tractor-trailer struck his van at an intersection.[33] | |
Gessinger, Marie-ChristineMarie-Christine Gessinger | 1992 | 2010 | Austrian | Fashion model | car | Volkswagen Golf | Austria | Struck into a tree at 150 km/h over the permitted 100 km/h.[34] |
Ghazi of Iraq | 1912 | 1939 | King of Iraq 1933–1939 | car | Ghazi died in 1939 in a mysterious accident involving a sports car he was driving.[35] Some believe he was killed on the orders of Nuri as-Said. | |||
Gomez Gonzalez, JuanJuan Gómez González | 1954 | 1992 | Spanish | footballer | car | Calzado de Oropesa, Spain | ||
Princess Grace of Monaco | 1929 | 1982 | American | actress/Monegasque Royalty | car | Rover P6 | Route de la Turbie near Monte Carlo | Car veered off road and overturned. Grace's daughter Princess Stéphanie survived. |
Griggs, DavidDavid Griggs | 1967 | 1995 | American | American football player | car | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Collision with billboard. | |
Grunitzky, NicolasNicolas Grunitzky | 1913 | 1969 | Togolese | exiled President of Togo | car | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
Guyton, ArthurArthur Guyton | 1919 | 2003 | American | Physiologist | car |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Paul Hackman | 1953 | 1992 | Canadian | musician | van | Near Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada | Van belonging to Helix, Paul Hackman's band, veered off road and fell down embankment. | |
Jörg Haider | 1950 | 2008 | Austrian | politician, Governor of Carinthia | car | Volkswagen Phaeton | Near Köttmannsdorf, Carinthia, Austria | Car veered off road and fell down embankment. |
Mike Hailwood | 1940 | 1981 | British | Motorcycle racer | car | Rover SD1 | A435 Alcester Road, near Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England | Collision with lorry. Hailwood's daughter Michelle was also killed. |
Veikko Hakulinen | 1925 | 2003 | Finnish | Skier | car | Valkeakoski, Finland | ||
David Halberstam | 1934 | 2007 | 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. |
Josh Hancock | 1978 | 2007 | American | Baseball player | car | Ford Explorer | Near St. Louis, Missouri | Collision with truck. Hancock was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
Mary Hansen | 1966 | 2002 | Australian | Vocalist with Stereolab | bicycle | London, United Kingdom | Crushed to death by lorry. | |
Ron Hansen | 1960 | 1993 | American | jockey | [36] | |||
Sajjadul Hasan | 1978 | 2007 | Bangladeshi | Cricketer | motorcycle | |||
Ahmed Hassanein | 1889 | 1946 | Egyptian | Political advisor, writer, and sportsman | car | Egypt | Collision with British military vehicle. | |
Mike Hawthorn | 1929 | 1959 | British | Racing driver | car | Jaguar Mark 1 | A3 near Guildford, England | Collision with tree. |
Michael Hedges | 1953 | 1997 | American | Musician | car | BMW | State Route 128, near Boonville, California | Car veered off road and fell down embankment. |
Conrad Hendricks | 1979 | 2006 | South African | Footballer | car | Near Johannesburg | ||
Chris Henry | 1983 | 2009 | American | American footballer | pick-up truck | Near Charlotte, North Carolina | Fell out of pick-up truck window. | |
Bob Herbert | 1942 | 1999 | British | Talent manager | car | MG F | Windsor Great Park, Berkshire | Collision with fence.[37] |
Ivan Hlinka | 1950 | 2004 | Czech | Ice hockey player | car | Near Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Collision with truck. | |
Heinz Hofer | 1943 | 1977 | Swiss | Racing team manager and mechanic | car | Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer | A27, near Portsmouth, England | Collision with another vehicle.[38] |
Marty Hogan | 1869 | 1923 | American | Baseball player | car | Died of injuries received in accident. | ||
Patrick Hogan | 1891 | 1936 | Irish | Politician | car | Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland | ||
Ben Hollioake | 1977 | 2002 | English | Cricketer | car | Porsche 968 convertible | Kwinana Freeway, Perth, Australia | Collision with wall. |
Johnny Horton | 1925 | 1960 | American | Musician | car | Cadillac | Near Milano, Texas | Car fell off bridge into ditch after colliding with a truck. |
Tim Horton | 1930 | 1974 | 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 | English | footballer | car | Berkshire, England | His wife survived the crash. | |
Peter Houseman | 1945 | 1977 | English | footballer | car | Near Oxford, England | His wife and two friends were also killed. | |
Beatrice Hsu | 1978 | 2007 | Taiwanese | actress | car | Mini Cooper | National Highway No. 1 near Taichung, Taiwan | Car collided with central reservation and then with a lorry. |
John Hugenholtz | 1914 | 1995 | Dutch | Race circuit designer | car | Zandvoort, Netherlands | His wife died instantly; he died later of his injuries. |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Ben Ineson | 1990 | 2009 | Downhill racer | car (passenger) | Peugeot 306 | Long Preston, North Yorkshire, England | Car that he and Tom Rodgers were traveling in left the road and struck a tree.[39][40] | |
Vernon Isley | 1942 | 1955 | American | singer and original member of The Isley Brothers | bicycle | Cincinnati, Ohio | His bicycle was struck by a car near his home. |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Notability | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Location of accident | Details |
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James Jabara | 1923 | 1966 | American | War ace pilot | car | Volkswagen | Delray Beach, Florida | |
Randall Jarrell | 1914 | 1965 | American | poet | pedestrian | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||
Paul Jarrico | 1915 | 1997 | American | Screenwriter | car | |||
Claudia Jennings | 1949 | 1979 | American | Model and Playboy Playmate | car | Volkswagen Beetle | Malibu, California | [22] |
Jack Johnson | 1878 | 1946 | American | Boxer | car | Franklinton, North Carolina | ||
James Weldon Johnson | 1871 | 1938 | American | Lawyer and civil rights advocate | car | Wiscasset, Maine | Accident happened on level crossing. | |
Kenneth Jones | 1952 | 1969 | American | songwriter | car | Jones was killed in an automobile accident. | ||
Ray Jones[41] | 1988 | 2007 | English | footballer | car (passenger) | Volkswagen Golf | East Ham, London | Vehicle collided with bus. |
Junkyard Dog (Real name: Sylvester Ritter) | 1952 | 1998 | American | Professional wrestler | car | Interstate 20, near Forest, Mississippi |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation (or claim to notability) |
Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Ludvik Kalma | 1941 | 1996 | Czech | executive and president of Škoda Auto | car | Škoda Octavia | Horusice, Czech Republic | On the I / 3 road near the village of Horusice, Kalma's car crashed into a disabled Scania truck transporting wood and blocking the road. His car then hit another car. Kalma was killed instantly. |
Yutaka Kanai | 1959 | 1990 | Japanese | long-distance runner[42] | Hokkaido, Japan | He was killed in a traffic accident.[43] | ||
Kemistry | 1963 | 1999 | English | DJ | car (passenger) | Hampshire, England | 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. | |
Valeri Kharlamov | 1948 | 1981 | Russian | ice hockey player | car | Solnechnogorsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | Valeri and his wife Irina died tragically in a car accident on the busy highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg.[44] | |
Terrence Kiel | 1980 | 2008 | 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.[45] Police said Kiel was barely breathing when paramedics got to him and he died about an hour later. |
Witold Kiełtyka | 1984 | 2007 | Polish | death metal drummer | bus (passenger) | Novozybkov, Russia | While traveling to a show in Gomel, Belarus, Decapitated and the other band that was on the tour bus, Crionics, were involved in a bus accident. The tour bus collided with a truck carrying wood, causing serious head injuries to both Kiełtyka and Adrian Kowanek. The two were taken to a hospital in Novozybkov, Russia. While Kiełtyka's family released a statement on November 1, 2007, saying that his condition had improved, he underwent trepanation and was due to be transported to a hospital in Kraków, Poland, for further treatment. However, Kiełtyka died on November 2, 2007, at the age of 23.[46] | |
Ken Kifer | 1945 | 2003 | American[47] | 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.[48][49] He died the next morning. | |
Sam Kinison | 1953 | 1992 | American | stand-up comedian and actor | car | 1989 Pontiac Trans Am | west of Needles, California | Kinison died after his car was struck head-on on U.S. Route 95, four miles (6 km) north of Interstate 40, by a pickup truck driven by 17-year-old Troy Pierson, who had been drinking alcohol.[50][51] The pickup truck crossed the center line of the roadway and went into Kinison's lane. At the time of the collision, Kinison was traveling to Laughlin, Nevada to perform at a sold-out show.[52] |
Andy Kirby | 1961 | 2002 | American | NASCAR stockcar driver | motorcycle | White House, Tennessee | He was killed in a motorcycle accident in his home town. | |
Hugo Koblet | 1925 | 1964 | Swiss | champion cyclist | car | Egg, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland | Koblet died at 39, four days after a car crash, with speculation that his death may have been suicide. | |
Mary Jo Kopechne | 1940 | 1969 | 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 was without guardrails.[53] The Oldsmobile landed in Poucha Pond and overturned in the water; Kennedy extricated himself from the vehicle and survived, but Kopechne did not.[53] |
Lou Kolls | 1896 | 1941 | American | baseball umpire[54] | car | Hooppole, Illinois | Head-on collision. | |
Nikola Kotkov | 1938 | 1971 | Bulgarian | football striker | Sofia, Bulgaria | Kotkov died together with his friend and teammate Georgi Asparuhov in a traffic accident in the Vitinya Pass of the Balkan Mountains, en route to Vratsa.[55] | ||
Kostas Kouvidis | 1976 | 2007 | Greek | drummer[56] | car | Athens, Greece | He was tragically lost in a car crash by an insanely speeding 18 year old street bandit. | |
Ernie Kovacs | 1919 | 1962 | American | comedian, actor, and writer | car | Chevrolet Corvair station wagon | Los Angeles, California | Kovacs was killed in an automobile accident in Los Angeles 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.[57] After a light southern California 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.[58] |
Philip Taylor Kramer | 1952 | 1995 | American | bass guitar player for the rock group Iron Butterfly | minivan | 1993 green Ford Aerostar | near Malibu, California | Kramer drove to Los Angeles International Airport to pick up an investor. He spent forty-five minutes at the airport but failed to meet the investor. Kramer did make a flurry of cell phone calls, including one to the police during which he said, "I’m going to kill myself."[59][60] He was never heard from again. This led to a massive search, many news reports, and talk show segments.[61] An article in Skeptic reported numerous conspiracy theories about his death.[62][63] On May 29, 1999, Kramer's minivan and skeletal remains were found[64][65] by photographers looking for old car wrecks to shoot at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California.[59] 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.[66] |
Marek Krejčí | 1980 | 2007 | Slovak | footballer | car | Audi S3 | near Maitenbeth, Bavaria, Germany | He died in a road accident in the early morning driving on the road B12 toward Mühldorf, while returning to Burghausen from Munich, when he lost control over the car in the left turn. The car subsequently swung off the road and continued to spin for about 50 metres before its roof hit a tree in the adjacent forest. Krejčí was left trapped inside the vehicle and the fire brigade was unable to save him. The probable cause of the accident is suspected to have been excessive speeding.[67] |
Richard Kröll | 1968 | 1996 | Austrian | alpine skier | car | Zillertal road (B 169), Austria | He hit a German bus on a wet road head and died at the scene. | |
Juscelino Kubitschek | 1902 | 1976 | Brazilian | Former president | car | near Resende, Rio de Janeiro | He was killed in a car crash. | |
Evgeny Kucherevsky | 1941 | 2006 | Ukrainian | football coach | car | Mercedes-Benz | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | Kucherevskyi's car suffered a head-on collision with a KAMAZ truck. |
Janusz Kulig | 1969 | 2004 | 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. |
Atsushi Kuroi | 1969 | 2010 | Japanese | professional drifting driver[68][69] | motorcycle | He died during the evening due to a motorcycle accident.[70] Kuroi was hit by another vehicle while travelling home from work on his motorcycle. Kuroi later died in the hospital after bleeding to death from injuries to his thigh.[71] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation (or claim to notability) |
Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Nicolae Labiş | 1935 | 1956 | Romanian | poet | pedestrian | University Square, Bucharest | He lost his balance, caught the grille between the tram wagons, his head hit the pavement, and he was dragged a short distance. | |
Scott LaFaro | 1936 | 1961 | American | jazz musician | car | Flint, New York | LaFaro died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. Route 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua.[72] | |
Martin Lamble | 1949 | 1969 | British | drummer for British electric folk band, Fairport Convention | van | Birmingham, England | Crashed on the M1 motorway on the way home from a gig at Mothers, a club in Birmingham. | |
Mark Langford | 1964 | 2007 | British | Controversial company director of The Accident Group | car | Opel Corsa | Marbella, Spain | Langford died when his car left the road.[73] |
T. E. Lawrence | 1888 | 1935 | British | army officer | motorcycle | Brough Superior SS100 | Dorset, England | Lawrence was fatally injured in an accident when a dip in the road obstructed his view of two boys on their bicycles; he swerved to avoid them, lost control, and was thrown over the handlebars.[74] He died six days later. |
Iry LeJeune | 1928 | 1955 | American | Cajun accordionist | pedestrian | Eunice, Louisiana | Hit by a car while changing a tire. | |
Julia Lennon | 1914 | 1958 | British | mother of John Lennon | pedestrian | Menlove Avenue, Woolton, Liverpool, England | While crossing Menlove Avenue to the central reservation between two traffic lanes, she was struck and killed by a Standard Vanguard car. | |
Charles Lewis, Jr. | 1963 | 2009 | American | businessman, promoter and entertainer | car | Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale | Newport Beach, California | Lewis died in a high-speed car crash when his car 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".[75] |
Jim Liberman | 1945 | 1977 | American | NHRA drag racing driver[76] | car | 1972 Corvette | West Goshen Township near West Chester, Pennsylvania | Liberman died in a head-on collision with a bus. |
Pelle Lindbergh | 1959 | 1985 | 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.[77] 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. |
Audrey Lindvall | 1982 | 2006 | American | model | bicycle | Lee's Summit, Missouri | The 23-year-old was riding a bike near her childhood home. She hit a curb, was thrown from her bike and fell under the rear wheels of a tanker truck carrying fuel.[78][79] She died instantly when the truck rolled over her.[80] | |
Jaclyn Linetsky | 1986 | 2003 | Canadian | actress | car | Chrysler Grand Caravan | Saint-Césaire, Quebec | Linetsky and her 15/Love costar Vadim Schneider were killed in a traffic collision on their way to the set.[81] |
Desmond Llewelyn | 1914 | 1999 | British | actor Q in the James Bond movies) | car | Renault Megane | Firle, East Sussex | Llewelyn's car collided head-on with a Fiat Bravo on the A27.[82] |
Linda Lovelace | 1949 | 2002 | American | actress | car | Denver, Colorado | She was involved in a serious automobile accident, suffering massive trauma and internal injuries. On April 22, 2002, she was taken off life support.[83] | |
Lisa Lopes | 1971 | 2002 | American | singer with the R&B trio TLC | SUV | Mitsubishi Montero Sport | La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras | Lopes swerved to the right slightly 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.[84] |
Juan López Mella | 1965 | 1995 | Spanish | motorcycle racer[85] | Traffic accident when he went to the circuit of Calafat to test with Team Arbizu. | |||
Mitch Lucker | 1984 | 2012 | American | Frontman of metal band Suicide Silence. | motorcycle | 2013 Harley Davidson | Huntington Beach, California | On November 1, 2012, it was announced by Orange County Coroners Office that Mitch Lucker had died that day from injuries sustained after a motorcycle accident at Huntington Beach, California. The coroner's office said Lucker was "pronounced dead at 6:17 a.m. Thursday at UCI Medical Center in Orange County". One report stated that Lucker crashed his motorcycle shortly after 9:00 p.m. on October 31.[86][87] |
Krysti Lynn | 1971 | 1995 | American | actress | car | Acura Legend | Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California | She died when her car went off the road at 100 mph (160 km/h) and fell 150 feet (46 m) into a ravine.[88][89] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation (or claim to notability) |
Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Shawn Mackay | 1982 | 2009 | Australia | Rugby union player | pedestrian | Durban, South Africa | Died of complications a week after the accident. | |
David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron | 1924 | 2006 | British | Peerage | motorcycle | Died from sustained injuries from a collision with dustcart seven weeks later.[90] | ||
Aristide Maillol | 1861 | 1944 | French | artist | car | |||
Sigisfredo Mair | 1939 | 1977 | Italian | luger | car | [91] | ||
Stephen Malcolm | 1970 | 2001 | Jamaica | footballer | car | |||
Malle, AnnaAnna Malle | 1967 | 2006 | 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. | |
Barry Mannakee | 1947 | 1987 | British | bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of Wales | motorcycle (passenger) | Suzuki | Woodford, east London | |
César Manrique | 1919 | 1992 | Spanish | architect | car | |||
Jayne Mansfield | 1933 | 1967 | 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 because of a truck spraying mosquito fogger. The automobile struck the rear of the semi tractor and underrode it, killing its front seat occupants Mansfield, her boyfriend Sam Brody and her driver instantly.[92] |
Lesley Manyathela | 1981 | 2003 | South Africa | footballer | car | |||
Joey Marella | 1964 | 1994 | American | World Wrestling Federation referee | car | |||
Johnny Mauro[93] | 1910 | 2003 | United States | Racing driver | Interstate 70, near Denver | Head-on collision | ||
Michelle Monkhouse | 1991 | 2011 | Canadian | Fashion model | car | Markham, Ontario | Contact with black ice causing her to collide with oncoming traffic.[94] | |
Gonzalo Márquez | 1946 | 1984 | Venezuelan | Major league baseball player | car | Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela | He was returning home from a baseball game. | |
Billy Martin | 1929 | 1989 | American | Baseball player and manager | car | 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 | Spanish | Basketball player | car | limited edition Lancia Thema with a Ferrari engine | Madrid, Spain | First Spaniard to play in the NBA, inductee of the FIBA Hall of Fame |
Pyotr Masherov | 1918 | 1980 | Belarusian | First secretary of Belarusian committee of the Communist Party of Soviet Union and a communist leader of Soviet Belarus | car | His car, escorted by police, collided with a produce truck (potatoes). | ||
Sergei Maslov[95] | 1939 | 1982 | Russian | mathematician | ||||
Lebo Mathosa | 1977 | 2006 | South African | popular Kwaito singer | car | Johannesburg, South Africa | Her driver lost control of her vehicle. Mathosa's car overturned and hit a tree.[96] | |
Jason Mayélé | 1976 | 2002 | 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 he died of his wounds. | |
Lucien Mazan | 1882 | 1917 | Argentinian | 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. | ||
Andy McVann | 1965 | 1986 | British | drummer | car | Liverpool, England | He died in a crash after attempting to outrun a police car near his Liverpool home.[97] | |
Vittorio Mero | 1974 | 2002 | Italian | footballer | car | Rovato, Italy | Vittorio died in a car accident on the A4 highway near Rovato. | |
Gionata Mingozzi | 1984 | 2008 | Italian | footballer | car | Porsche | Campagna Lupia, Italy | Mingozzi died when his Porsche hit a lorry.[98] |
Solomon Mikhoels | 1890 | 1948 | Russian | actor and Jewish activist | pedestrian | Minsk, Soviet Union | According to official records, Mikhoels and a friend, Sergei Golubev, were run over by a lorry. True circumstances became known only in 1951, when Viktor Abakumov, ex-state security minister of the USSR was arrested. It turned out the writer Golubev was KGB agent. He got a task to invite Mikhoels to his friends’ dacha. The dacha belonged to the Byelorussian state security chief, Tsanava. The lorry was already prepared, under whose wheels Mikhoels and Golubev (who was sacrificed for the story's credibility) were thrown.[99] | |
Darren Millane | 1965 | 1991 | Australian | Australian rules football[100] | Albert Park, Victoria | Millane was killed in a car crash while intoxicated.[101] On the early morning of the day, he was driving on Queens Road, near Albert Park Lake, before he clipped a semi-trailer and rolled his car, being killed instantly.[102] | ||
Fred Mills | 1935 | 2009 | Canadian | trumpeter and music professor[103][104] | Athens, Georgia | |||
Soledad Miranda | 1943 | 1970 | Spanish | actress | car | Estoril, Portugal | On the morning of 18 August 1970 Soledad and her husband went out driving along the Costa do Sol highway between Estoril and Lisbon. They were involved in a collision with a small truck which completely crushed their car. Though her husband, who was driving, only had minor injuries, Soledad received serious fractures to her skull and spine, placing her in a deep coma. She died hours after the accident at the Hospital of São José in Lisbon, never having come out of her coma. | |
Margaret Mitchell | 1900 | 1949 | American | author of Gone with the Wind | car | 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 fully regaining consciousness. |
Tom Mix | 1880 | 1940 | American | actor | car | 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton | Florence, Arizona | Heading toward 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.[105] The 60-year-old actor was killed almost instantly. |
Carlos Monzón | 1942 | 1995 | Argentinia | boxer | car | Los Cerrillos, Argentina | Monzon was killed when his car ran off a road and overturned during a weekend furlough.[106] | |
Bob Moose | 1947 | 1976 | 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.[107] | |
Russell Mockridge | 1928 | 1958 | Australian | racing cyclist | bicycle | Melbourne, Australia | Died during a race, in collision with a bus. | |
Saúl Morales | 1973 | 2000 | Spanish | racing cyclist | bicycle | During the Tour of Argentina he was hit by a truck that accidentally came between the riders. | ||
Rob Moroso | 1968 | 1990 | American | NASCAR Winston Cup driver | car | near Terrell, North Carolina | Traffic accident.[108] | |
Mike Mosley | 1946 | 1984 | American | IndyCar driver | van | near Aguanga, California | Died in an off-road vehicle accident in which he lost control of the van he was driving and it caught fire.[109] | |
Lucille Mulhall | 1885 | 1940 | American | cowgirl and Wild West performer | car | Mulhall, Oklahoma | Killed in an automobile accident less than a mile from the Mulhall Ranch.[110] | |
Rich Mullins | 1955 | 1997 | American | Christian Music artist | Jeep | 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. |
F. W. Murnau | 1888 | 1931 | 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 | Scots-Canadian | marine biologist | car | Kirkliston, Edinburgh | His car overturned near his home. | |
Mike Muuss | 1958 | 2000 | American | computer programmer, creator of Ping | car | He died while returning home from a restaurant, when his car was involved in a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 95.[111] | ||
Maharajapuram Santhanam | 1928 | 1992 | Indian | Guru and exponent of Indian Classical Music | car | Tindivanam, India | Maharajapuram passed away on 24 June 1992, in a car accident near Tindivanam.[112] |
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Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Napolitano, NorbertoNorberto Napolitano | Argentina | 1950 | 2005 | blues and metal/rock musician Pappo | motorcycle | Harley-Davidson | route 5, km 71, Luján, Buenos Aires province | [113] |
Naruse, HiromuHiromu Naruse | Japan | 1944 | 2010 | chief test driver and chief test engineer of Toyota | car | Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition | Boos, Mayen-Koblenz | [nb 10][114][115][116][117] |
Nierlich, RudolfRudolf Nierlich | Austria | 1966 | 1991 | Alpine skier | car | Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Vienna | ||
Norwood, RalphRalph Norwood | United States | 1966 | 1989 | American football player | car | Suwanee, Georgia | [nb 11][118][119] |
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Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Notability | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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John O'Quinn | American | 1941 | 2009 | Lawyer | car | Chevrolet Suburban | Houston, Texas | O'Quinn was driving twice the 40 mph speed limit in the rain at 8 a.m. where his Suburban slammed into a tree.[120][121][122] |
Berry Oakley | American | 1948 | 1972 | Bass guitarist | motorcycle | Macon, Georgia | Oakley was driving around a sharp right bend of the road when he crossed the line and collided at an angle with a city bus making the bend from the opposite direction. After striking the front and then the back of the bus, Oakley was thrown from his bike, and struck his head. Oakley said he was okay after the accident, declined medical treatment, and caught a ride home. Three hours later, he was rushed to the hospital, delirious and in pain, and died of cerebral swelling caused by a fractured skull. | |
Masao Ohba | Japanese | 1949 | 1973 | Boxer | car | Chevrolet Corvette | Tokyo, Japan | Ohba died in a car accident on an expressway in Tokyo, when he hit a truck coming down the opposite lane. |
Metin Oktay | Turkish | 1936 | 1991 | footballer | car | Istanbul, Turkey | Car accident. | |
Mel Ott | American | 1909 | 1958 | Baseball Hall of Famer | car | New Orleans, Louisiana | Car accident. | |
Willem van Otterloo | Dutch | 1907 | 1978 | conductor, cellist and composer | car | St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia | He died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. |
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Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Carlos Paião | Portugal | 1957 | 1988 | Singer-songwriter | car | van | ||
Fran Papasedero | United States | 1969 | 2003 | Arena football player/coach | car | Lexus sedan | Orlando, Florida | Car lost control and rolled four times; ejected due to not wearing seat belt.[123] |
Michelle Parma | United States | 1975 | 2002 | Actress | car | Jeep | Head-on collision.[124] | |
Simon Patterson | England | 1982 | 2006 | footballer | car | BMW 328i | ||
George S. Patton | United States | 1885 | 1945 | General | car | 1939 Cadillac Series 75 | Near Mannheim, Germany | Died from complications 12 days after accident. |
Alan J. Pakula | United States | 1928 | 1998 | Film producer | car | 1995 Volvo | [125] | |
Mike Parkes | UK | 1931 | 1977 | Auto racer | ||||
Henri Paul | France | 1956 | 1997 | Chauffeur | car | Mercedes-Benz S280 | Pont de l'Alma tunnel, Paris | See also Death of Diana, Princess of Wales. |
David Penhaligon | British | 1944 | 1986 | politician | car | Rover SD1 | Truck Fork, Probus, Cornwall | |
Petropoulos Ioannis | Greek | 1944 | 1978 | MTU engineer | car | Opel Kadett coupe | Zelina, Croatia | Side-frontal collision with bus, in a turn, on a rainy night. The bus came into oncoming traffic. |
Dražen Petrović | Croatia | 1964 | 1993 | Basketball player | car | Volkswagen Golf | Bundesautobahn 9 near Denkendorf, Bavaria, Germany | [nb 12] |
Bobby Phills | United States | 1969 | 2000 | Basketball player | car | 1997 Porsche 993 Cabriolet | Charlotte, North Carolina | [126] |
Mark Philo | English | 1984 | 2006 | footballer | car | Vauxhall Astra | ||
Andrea Pininfarina | Italian | 1957 | 2008 | engineer and manager, CEO of Pininfarina | scooter | Vespa GT60 | ||
Ja'far Pishevari | Persian | 1893 | 1947 | founder and chairman of short-lived Azerbaijan People's Government | car | Baku, Azerbaijan | Died in a car crash. | |
Vasek Polak | American | 1914 | 1997 | racing team owner | car | 1997 Porsche 993 Turbo S | Died later from injuries sustained in an accident in a German autobahn[127][128] | |
Jackson Pollock | American | 1912 | 1956 | artist | car | 1950 Oldsmobile 88 convertible | [129] | |
Jim Pomeroy | American | 1952 | 2006 | Motocrosser | car | Jeep | Yakima, Washington | Single vehicle, rollover accident[130] |
Cozy Powell | British | 1947 | 1998 | drummer with Whitesnake | car | Saab 9000 | 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 whilst driving.[131] | |
Richie Powell | 1931 | 1956 | jazz musician | car | ||||
Steve Prefontaine | American | 1951 | 1975 | 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. |
Rajesh Pilot | Indian | 2000 | Indian Minister and politician from Congress party | jeep | Jaipur, India | Rajesh Pilot died on June 11, 2000 in a car accident.[132][133] | ||
Audie Pitre | American | 1970 | 1996 | bassist of music group Acid Bath | car | Audie Pitre and his parents were killed when they were hit head-on by a drunk driver on the Bourg-Larose Highway in Louisiana.[134] | ||
Buford Pusser | American | 1937 | 1974 | Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee | car | Chevrolet Corvette | near Adamsville, Tennessee[135] | Pusser died from injuries sustained in a one-car automobile accident, returning home alone from the McNairy County Fair, struck an embankment at high speed, ejecting him from the vehicle. The car caught fire and burned. |
Toše Proeski | Macedonian | 1981 | 2007 | pop star | car | Volkswagen Touareg |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Eric Qin | 1967 | 1993 | United States | experimental music composer | bicycle | Upper West Side, Manhattan | ||
Valérie Quennessen | 1957 | 1989 | French | actress | car | |||
Jocelyn Quivrin | 1979 | 2009 | French | actor | car | Ariel Atom | Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine | |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details | ||||||||||
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Dottie Rambo | 1934 | 2008 | American | Gospel Singer and Songwriter | tour bus | Mount Vernon, Missouri | ||||||||||||
Manjural Islam Rana | 1984 | 2007 | Bangladeshi | cricketer | motorcycle | |||||||||||||
Joe Ranft | 1960 | 2005 | American | animator | car | California State Route 1, Mendocino County, California | ||||||||||||
Razzle | 1960 | 1984 | British | Hanoi Rocks drummer | car | De Tomaso Pantera | Car was driven by its owner, Vince Neil who crashed whilst driving intoxicated as well was speeding | |||||||||||
Clay Regazzoni | 1939 | 2006 | Swiss | Retired racing driver | car | Chrysler Voyager | A1 Autostrada, near Parma | |||||||||||
Don Rich | 1941 | 1974 | American | Country music 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. | |||||||||||
Kenny Robinson | 1969 | 1999 | American | Major league baseball pitcher | car | Tucson, Arizona | ||||||||||||
Roger Rodas | 1975 | 2013 | El Salvador | Racer | Car | Porsche Carrera GT | Valencia, Santa Clarita, California | Tom Rodgers[39][40] | 1987 | 2009 | British | Downhill racer | car | Peugeot 306 | Mearbeck | Car that he and Ben Ineson was travelled in left the road and struck into a tree. | ||
Rodrigo Bueno | 1973 | 2000 | Argentinian | Cuarteto Singer and Songwriter | car | Ford Explorer | Berazategui Partido, Buenos Aires | |||||||||||
Joe Rollino[136] | 1905 | 2010 | American | Strongman | pedestrian | Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, New York | Crossing street 40 ft (12 m) from nearest crosswalk. | |||||||||||
Jean Rondeau | 1946 | 1985 | 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. | |||||||||||
Darrell Russell | 1976 | 2005 | American | football player | car | 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix | Los Angeles, California | Car was driven by former teammate Michael Bastianelli, who was also killed[137] | ||||||||||
Porfirio Rubirosa | 1909 | 1965 | Dominican Republic | Dominican diplomat | car | Ferrari | Paris, France | Crashed into a tree whilst driving intoxicated. | ||||||||||
Frank Ryan | 1960 | 2010 | 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. Accident is likely to have been caused by "tweeting" whilst driving.[138] |
S
Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Silvester Sabolčki[139] | Croatian | 1979 | 2003 | footballer | car | Audi A3 | Varaždin, Croatia | The vehicle, driven by Sabolčki, was torn apart upon hitting two light poles and traffic signs at high speed. Sabolčki and two other passengers in the vehicle were ejected from it and killed instantly. |
Stephane Sallaz[140][141] | French | 1975 | 1999 | racing driver | car | |||
Salvador Sánchez | Mexican | 1959 | 1982 | boxer | ||||
Richard Sanders | American | 1945 | 1972 | amateur wrestler | ||||
Jessica Savitch | American | 1947 | 1983 | journalist | ||||
Josef Schnitzer.[142] | German | 1939 | 1978 | racing driver and founder of Schnitzer Motorsport | car | |||
Henry Schultz | American | 1893 | 1938 | economist | ||||
Gaetano Scirea | Italian | 1953 | 1989 | footballer | ||||
Malik Sealy | American | 1970 | 2000 | basketball player | ||||
W. G. Sebald | German | 1944 | 2001 | writer and academic | ||||
Mihail Sebastian | Romanian | 1907 | 1945 | writer | ||||
Donald Sellers | American | 1974 | 2001 | football player | ||||
Mike Sharperson | American | 1961 | 1996 | Baseball player | ||||
Alexis Gewertz Shepard | American | 1969 | 1998 | folk singer-songwriter | bicycle | |||
Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Russia | 1938 | 1979 | film director | car | near Tver, Russia | ||
Alexander Fu Sheng | Hong Kong | 1954 | 1983 | martial arts actor | ||||
Gene Shoemaker | American | 1928 | 1997 | (astro)geologist and astronomer | car | Australia | Head-on collision on the Tanami Road near Alice Springs. | |
Karen Silkwood | American | 1946 | 1974 | labor activist | car | 1974 Honda Civic | Silkwood's body was found in her car, which had run off the road and struck a culvert. Some journalists have theorized that Silkwood's car was rammed from behind by another vehicle, with the intent to cause an accident that would result in her death.[143] | |
Wayne Simmons | American | 1969 | 2002 | American football player | car | Mercedes | Independence, Missouri | Simmons was killed in a single-car crash on Interstate 70. Witnesses report he was driving his Mercedes at high speed and weaving through traffic before losing control of the vehicle. The car rolled several times before landing in a ditch and catching fire. |
Peter Slaghuis | Dutch | 1961 | 1991 | DJ, producer and remixer | car | Slaghuis' died in a car accident. | ||
Bessie Smith | American | 1894 | 1937 | blues singer | car (passenger) | between Memphis, Tennessee, and Clarksdale, Mississippi | Smith was critically injured in a car accident while traveling along U.S. Route 61. | |
Darren Smith | Australian | 1965 | 1992 | cyclist | bicycle | Gold Coast road | Just months after competing at the Barcelona Olympics Gold Coaster Smith was killed in a road accident while training. The coastal training route along the Gold Coast Oceanway and various cycling events have been named in his honour. | |
Horace Smith-Dorrien | British | 1858 | 1930 | soldier | ||||
Ronnie Smith | British | 2003 | motorcycle racer and journalist | Scooter | ||||
Dan Snyder | Canadian | 1978 | 2003 | ice hockey player | ||||
Bahattin Sofuoğlu | Croatian | 1978 | 2002 | motorcycle racer | ||||
François Sterchele | Belgian | 1982 | 2008 | soccer player | ||||
Lynn Strait | American | 1968 | 1998 | vocalist with Snot | ||||
Italo Svevo | Italian | 1861 | 1928 | writer |
T
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Occupation (or claim to notability) |
Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Koki Takahashi | 1987 | 2011 | Japanese | Grand Prix motorcycle racer[144] | Japan[145] | |||
Tomoyuki Taniguchi | 1961 | 1990 | Japanese | athlete | ||||
Otilino Tenorio | 1980 | 2005 | Ecuadorian | footballer | car | Quevedo, Ecuador | The car in which he was travelling collided with a gas truck on the Santo Domingo-Quevedo road. | |
Derrick Thomas | 1967 | 2000 | American | football linebacker and defensive end | SUV | 1999 Chevrolet Suburban | Miami, Florida | Thomas' SUV went off Interstate 435 as he and two passengers were driving to Kansas City International Airport during a snowstorm. Police reports indicate that Thomas, who was driving, was speeding at approximately 100 m.p.h. even though snow and ice were accumulating on the roadway. Thomas continued weaving erratically through traffic until the time of the accident.[146] Thomas and one of the passengers were not wearing seat belts and both were thrown from the car; the passenger was killed instantly. Thomas was left paralyzed from the chest down. By early February, Thomas was being treated at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital. Thomas' eyes rolled back. and he went into cardio-respiratory arrest and died as a result of a pulmonary embolism; a massive blood clot that developed in his paralyzed lower extremities and traveled through his venous system to his lungs.[147] |
Thuy Trang | 1973 | 2001 | American/Vietnamese | actress | car | near San Francisco, California | Trang died after a car accident. | |
Stacey Toran | 1961 | 1989 | American | American football defensive back | location | He was killed in an automobile accident.[148] | ||
Judy Tyler | 1932 | 1957 | American | actress | car | Rock River, Wyoming | While driving through Wyoming they were involved in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 30 just 3 miles north of Rock_River, Wyoming. Judy was killed instantly.[149] | |
Nicola Trussardi | 1942 | 1999 | Italian | fashion designer and entrepreneur | car | Mercedes-Benz | near Milan, Italy | Trussardi was killed when he lost control of his Mercedes, on Tangenziale Est of Milan and hit a lamp post in the early hours; he died the following day in Milan. |
Viktor Tsoy | 1962 | 1990 | Soviet | musician, songwriter, and leader of the band Kino | car | Aleko | Tukums, Latvia | Early in the morning Tsoi was driving on the road Sloka - Talsi from a fishing trip when his car collided with a bus outside Tukums at high speed. Tsoi died instantly. His car was completely demolished to the point that one of its tires was never found. The investigation concluded that Tsoi had fallen asleep while driving, possibly due to fatigue.[150] |
U
Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
José Uribe | Dominican | 1959 | 2006 | Former Major League baseball player | car | Juan Baron, Palenque, Dominican Republic | ||
Joe Unser[151][152] | American | 1896 | 1929 | Indycar driver, 1st Gen. member of the Unser racing family | car | FWD Coleman Special | US-85 highway, Littleton, Colorado | Killed whilst testing for the Indianapolis 500 |
Javier Urruticoechea | Spanish | 1952 | 2001 | Football goalkeeper | car | Mercedes-Benz | B-20 or Ronda de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain | impacted central barrier between exits 14 and 15 |
V
Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vivian Vachon | Canadian | 1951 | 1991 | professional wrestler | car | near Montreal, Quebec | [nb 13] | |
Dickie Valentine | British | 1929 | 1971 | singer | car | Hillman Avenger | Glangrwyney, near Crickhowell, Wales | [153] |
Valley, EchoEcho Valley | American | 1957 | 2011 | adult actress | car | U.S. Route 83, Leakey, Texas | [nb 14][154] | |
Ivo Van Damme | Belgian | 1954 | 1976 | middle distance runner (athletics) | car | Marseille, France | ||
Michael Ventris | British | 1922 | 1956 | the decipherer of Linear B | car | |||
Ondřej Voříšek | Czech | 1986 | 2004 | footballer | car | Uherský Ostroh, Czech Republic | [155] |
W
Name | Nationality | Birth | Death | Notability | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
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Billy Walker | American | 1929 | 2006 | country 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 | American | 1973 | 2013 | Actor | Porsche Carerra GT | Rye Canyon Loop, Santa Clarita, California | The driver, Roger Rodas, was also killed in the single car accident. | |
Wang Donglei | China | 1985 | 2008 | footballer | car | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||
Chris von Wangenheim | Germany | 1942 | 1981 | fashion photographer | car | |||
Mary Ward | Ireland | 1827 | 1869 | Scientist | possibly the world's earliest road accident fatality | |||
John L. Wasserman | American | 1938 | 1979 | columnist | ||||
Dottie West | American | 1932 | 1991 | Country singer | car | Briley Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee | A neighbor who drove her to the Grand Ole Opry after her car stalled lost control at an exit. West believed she was not seriously hurt, but was actually gravely injured; she died from her injuries five days later. | |
Nathanael West | American | 1903 | 1940 | writer | ||||
Bluey Wilkinson | Australia | 1911 | 1940 | motorcycle speedway rider | motorcycle | |||
Whayne Wilson | Costa Rica | 1975 | 2005 | footballer | ||||
Carol Willis | American | 1949 | 1971 | Playboy Playmate | car | [22] | ||
Bob Wollek | French | 1943 | 2001 | race car driver | bicycle | U.S. Route 98, Florida | Collision with a van driven by an elderly driver[156][157] | |
Freda Wright-Sorce | American[158] | 1955 | 2005 | radio personality | Ocean City, Maryland | She died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Maryland Route 90.[159] | ||
Rolf Wütherich | German | 1927 | 1981 | James Dean's passenger during his fatal crash | car | Honda Civic | Kupferzell | Was DUI when he fatally crashed. |
N.C. Wyeth | American | 1882 | 1945 | artist and illustrator | Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania | Wyeth and his grandson died in an accident at a railway crossing near his Chadds Ford home. |
X, Y, Z
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Notability | Mode of transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yanagihara, HiromiHiromi Yanagihara | 1979 | 1999 | Japanese | Country Musume singer | car | Yanagihara was killed in a car accident one week before the group Hello! Project's first release, Futari no Hokkaidou. | ||
Yeremin, MikhailMikhail Yeremin | 1968 | 1991 | Soviet | footballer | ||||
Yokoi, GunpeiGunpei Yokoi | 1941 | 1997 | Nintendo executive | |||||
Young, B.J.B.J. Young | 1977 | 2005 | American | ice hockey player | car | Vancouver, BC, CAN | Young was killed in a single-car accident.[160][161] | |
Young, BuddyBuddy Young | 1926 | 1983 | American | American football player | car | Terrell, Texas | Young lost control of his car, which came to rest in a creekbed about 300 feet off Interstate Highway 20.[162] | |
Zerouali, HichamHicham Zerouali | 1977 | 2004 | Moroccan | footballer | car | Rabat | Zerouali was killed in a car accident.[163] | |
Zhirov, AleksandrAleksandr Zhirov | 1958 | 1983 | Russian | alpine skier | car | near Yakhroma, Moscow Oblast, Russia | [164] | |
Zolotarev, Yegor IvanovichYegor Ivanovich Zolotarev | 1847 | 1878 | Russian | mathematician | Tsarskoye Selo, Russia | Zolotarev's career ended abruptly with his early death. He was on his way to his dacha when he was run over by a train in the Tsarskoye Selo station. On July 19, 1878 he died from blood poisoning. |
See also
- List of deaths by motorcycle accident
- List of racing drivers who died in racing crashes
- List of professional cyclists who died during a race
Notes
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- ↑ A drunk driver ran a red light in his Toyota Sienna minivan and hit the car in which Adenhart was a passenger, driving it into a light pole. Of the three other people in the car, the driver and one passenger died, and the other passenger survived an internal decapitation. The drunk driver escaped on foot, but was quickly apprehended; he has since been convicted of three counts of second-degree murder.
- ↑ Two other passengers in the vehicle he was riding — professional wrestlers Pat Kelly (Victor Arko) and Dave McKigney — died in the same accident, caused when the driver, Mike Kelly (William Arko), struck a moose on a highway near Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It then spun into a tree at over 80 km/h.
- ↑ After being an unused substitute in a game for Rushden & Diamonds, he was travelling home towards Northampton on the westbound A45 after the game when his Peugeot was involved in a collision with a BMW travelling in the opposite direction.
- ↑ Died from a heart attack that was found to have resulted from a condition known as pericardial effusion. The accident caused a blood vessel in his chest to leak blood into the sac surrounding his heart. His death occurred several hours after the accident, from which he suffered no immediately apparent injuries.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 his car suffered only minor injuries.
- ↑ Andolsek was working in the front yard of his home when a semi-trailer truck ran off the highway and hit him.
- ↑ Died in crash en route to funeral for Patsy Cline.
- ↑ Veered onto the path of a prototype BMW 3 Series, also on a testing exercise, frontally. All three occupants involved wore helmets.
- ↑ Veered off down an embankment into a tree eight miles from his team's training complex.
- ↑ 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 wearing a seat belt, died on impact. His girlfriend, who was driving, and another passenger in the car suffered grave injuries, but survived.
- ↑ Her daughter, a passenger in Vachon's vehicle, also died in the crash
- ↑ Rear-end collision into a pickup truck, did not wear seat belt at time of accident due to her large breasts making it too small to fit her.
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