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Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing, but advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced the rate of fatal accidents. [2] Major accidents have often spurred increased safety measures and rules changes.
Since the beginning in 1950, 96 riders have lost their lives since the first death at Funabashi on 5 May 1951, [413] with the most recent being at December 2021, nine of those since 1993, when the Suzuki's SEAR spec engine began to replace the numerous competing engines including the Meguro , Triumph, Toyo , Kyokuto and the HKS produced Fuji ...
Driver deaths in motorsport; List of deaths by motorcycle crash; List of people who died in traffic collisions; List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing; List of Formula One fatalities; List of NASCAR fatalities; List of fatal World Rally Championship accidents; List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; List of IndyCar fatalities
The 44-year-old safety crew supervisor was killed instantly. His death was ruled an accident by the Daytona Beach Police Department. [71] [72] Robert Boswell: February 3, 2008 Car Richard Petty Driving Experience: Racing school Boswell, slumped over the steering wheel and driving erratically, skidded down the turn two embankment and hit a ...
Death Age Nationality Notability Make-model Displacement (cc) Location Details Source "Indian Larry" Desmedt: August 30, 2004: 55 American Motorcycle builder and stuntman Concord, North Carolina: Butch Laswell: March 10, 1996: 37 American Motorcycle stunt rider: Honda CR500 Mesquite, Nevada: Joi Harris: August 14, 2017: 40 American
Date of death Rider Circuit Meeting Ref 7 April 1927 Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway: Australian National Speedway Championship [1] 21 October 1928 Clifford Mawson Athletic Grounds, Rochdale: Senior race [2] 11 May 1929 Walter Brown Marine Gardens: Consolation handicap [3] 18 May 1929 John Proctor Stockdale Farringdon Park Preston
A separate list compiles drivers who have died of a medical condition while driving or shortly thereafter and another section shows non-driver deaths. There have been 128 deaths of drivers and spectators at NASCAR events. 108 of these deaths were drivers, while 20 were spectators. 14 drivers have also lost their lives at the Daytona ...
This is a page with information on deaths that have occurred during motorsport events. Auto racing is a dangerous sport by its nature and has seen a large number of deaths. . In the second half of the 20th century safety standards and car construction were improved so that the number of deaths has fallen noticeably: In Formula 1 deaths were a regular occurrence earlier in the history of the ...