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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
The following is a list of 74 individuals whose deaths have been related to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana: 42 drivers, 1 motorcyclist, 13 riding mechanics, and 18 others including a pit crew member, track personnel, and spectators have sustained fatal injuries or have had fatal medical conditions.
1980–1982. Team (s) Valvoline, Intermedics. First race. 1980 Indianapolis 500. Last race. 1982 Indianapolis 500. Gordon Eugene Smiley (April 20, 1946 – May 15, 1982) was an American race car driver who was killed in a single-car crash at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. [1] He was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2000.
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [ 5] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [ 6]
He also sustained a fatal basilar skull fracture on impact. Less than two hours after the accident, NASCAR president Mike Helton announced Earnhardt's death. A later investigation revealed that Earnhardt's car struck the concrete retaining wall at a heading angle (angle of the vehicle measured from the wall face to the center-line of the car at ...
The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport ...
Markko Märtin 's co-driver Michael Park 's death at the 2005 Wales Rally GB was the WRC's first fatality in over eleven years. In April 2023 Hyundai driver Craig Breen died in a crash. He was in Croatia conducting his pre-event test for the 2023 Croatia Rally in the week leading up to the reconnaissance and rally itself.
(HUFFINGTON POST) A Wisconsin couple's wedding was canceled after the young bride-to-be died in a tragic car accident. Shannon Hall and fiancée Justin Cyzan were driving home from a pre ...