People Killed in Car Crashes and the Cars That Killed Them

Submitted by pianoshootis on Thu, 11/03/2005 - 11:35
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  • Alfa Romeo

  • Hugo Koblet - (white)

  • Amilcar

  • Isadora Duncan

  • BMW

  • Jimmy Davis

  • Bugatti

  • Jean Bugatti - Type 57S Tank

  • Buick

  • Jayne Mansfield - 1966 Electra
  • Clifford Brown
  • Richie Powell

  • Cadillac

  • Eddie Cochran - limo
  • Jackson Pollock
  • Helmut Newton
  • Johnny Horton

  • Chevrolet

  • Ernie Kovacs - Corvair
  • D. Boon - van
  • Dale Earnhardt

  • Cord

  • Tom Mix - 1937 812 phaeton

  • De Tomaso

  • Tim Horton - Pantera

  • Dodge

  • George Patton - touring car

  • Facel Vega

  • Albert Camus

  • Ferrari

  • Dan Snyder - 360 Modena

  • Ford

  • Razzle - Pantera

  • Honda

  • Joe Ranft - 2004 Element

  • Jeep

  • Seymour Cray - Cherokee

  • Mercedes-Benz

  • Princess Diana - S 280
  • Basil al-Assad

  • MGB

  • Steve Prefontaine

  • Mini

  • Marc Bolan - 1275 GT

  • Mitsubishi

  • Left-Eye Lopes - 2001 Montero (red)
  • Falco - Pajero

  • Nissan

  • Junk Yard Dog - 1996

  • Packard

  • F.W. Murnau

  • Pontiac

  • Sam Kinison - Trans Am

  • Porsche

  • James Dean - 550 Spider
  • Bobby Phills - 1997 993 Cabriolet
  • Ben Hollioake
  • Salvador Sanchez

  • Renault

  • Desmond Llewelyn - Megane
  • Francoise Dorleac

  • Rover

  • Grace Kelly - 3500 P6

  • Saab

  • Cozy Powell - 9000

  • Triumph

  • Chris Bell
  • Dennis Brain

  • Volkswagen

  • Claudia Jennings - Beetle
  • Harry Chapin - 1975 Rabbit

  • Volvo

  • Alan Pakula - 1995 station wagon

  • Williams

  • Ayrton Senna - FW16 Formula One
Author Comments: 

A whole lot of racecar drivers died in wrecks, but only a few during races.

ThereThere11/04/2005

According to wikipedia:
Princess Diana: Mercedes-Benz S 280

That's the only info I could find on any of the cars. The rest are vague (naturally) eg: Margaret Mitchell was "struck by a speeding taxi".

pianoshootis11/04/2005

Thanks. I knew Di's car should be named somewhere. I was kindof surprised I couldn't find info on Princess Grace.

Oedipus11/04/2005

Grace Kelly: After leaving the road her 10-year-old Rover tumbled 100 ft (30.5 m) down a ravine, turning over several times before coming to rest in a garden.
In September, 1982 Janet Gaynor was seriously injured in a San Francisco taxi cab accident which also injured her husband, executive producer Paul Gregory, and actress Mary Martin, and killed Martin's agent, Ben Washer. She never recovered and died of pneumonia on 14 September, 1984

ThereThere11/04/2005

I just checked several sites and it was a Rover 3500. Or a Rover 3500 P6 according to one site. I don't know what all of these numbers mean anyway...

Harry Chapin: 1975 VW Rabbit
Bobby Phills: 1997 Porsche 993 Cabriolet

This isn't on your list, but since I haven't found anymore...
Marc Bolan: Mini 1275 GT

pianoshootis11/04/2005

Thanks There and Oedipus.
Marc Bolan wasn't immediately recognizable to me. Didn't know the guy from T Rex died in a car accident.

shano107/17/2010

The DB-603 aircraft engine was subsequently removed during the war while the vehicle was moved to safety and storage in Karnten, Austria. turn signal relocation kitThe T80 survived the war, unlike many German artifacts, and was eventually moved into the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart for permanent display.

192211/04/2005

Here some more suggestions (but don't ask me for the cars):

Desmond Llewelyn
Alan J. Pakula
Helmut Newton

192211/04/2005

And:

Brandon De Wilde
Falco

And interesting links for this may be: www.nndb.com and this one

Also seems logical to me: Ayrton Senna.

pianoshootis11/04/2005

Pakula, weird I didn't hear about that one.

Thanks for the additions

JohnnyW11/04/2005

I know Eddie Cochran was killed in a car crash while touring England, and country singer Johnny Horton died in a car crash somewhere in Texas, if I remember correctly. I don't know about their cars though.

Nice idea for a list...

Johnny Waco

pianoshootis11/04/2005

Thanks for reminding me of Eddie Cochran. That's the one that ruined Gene Vincent's career.

yvgeny11/04/2005

Mary Jo Kopechne in Ted Kennedy's 1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88.

W. G. Sebald, no idea what car.

pianoshootis11/05/2005

Don't think I'll include her, since she was only famous for being killed in a car.

yvgeny11/05/2005

good call

ThereThere11/04/2005

Alan Pakula: 1995 Volvo station wagon
Ayrton Senna: Williams FW16 Formula One
Desmond Llewelyn: Renault Megane

pianoshootis11/05/2005

Big help, thanks

192203/11/2006

T.E. Lawrence?

0dysseus03/11/2006

I thought it was a motorcycle... but I may just be remembering the movie... and perhaps inncorrectly.

What about Joe Ranft (2004 Honda Element), Herb Brooks, the President of Greenpeace whose-name-I-cannot-remember, Chu Berry, Scot LaFaro, Bob Berg, Richie Powell...

...and, of course, Clifford Brown.

pianoshootis03/12/2006

I suppose a motorcycle can be considered a type of car.

Added Joe Ranft.
There are a lot more car wrecks than I anticipated, so I decided to leave off listing them until car information becomes availabe.

0dysseus03/12/2006

Clifford Brown & Richie Powell - Buick.

pianoshootis03/13/2006

Rad, thanks.

auto_matt_ic03/12/2006

According to Wikipedia, "[T.E. Lawrence] was mortally injured in a Brough Superior motorcycle accident in Dorset." He died six days later (so whether or not this counts for your list is questionable).

And let me go on record for saying that this is one of the coolest lists out there. Really. Please keep it up.

pianoshootis03/13/2006

It could count, but I'm not including motorcycles at the moment.

I'm kinda surprised that this is one of my most popular lists. It's a weird, random idea that doesn't seem to mean anything.

tomjenny07/13/2009

oh..it's so bad news...