List of people who died in road accidents

This is a list of some people killed in road accidents.

See also List of racing drivers who died in racing crashes

A

• Duane Allman (1946-1971), American guitarist
• Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935), Swedish royalty

B

• Ian Bannen (1928-1999), Scottish actor
• Marc Bolan (1947-1977), Singer with T-Rex
• Chris Bell (musician) (1951-1978), American musician with Big Star
• J. Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), American film producer
• D. Boon (1958-1985), American musician with The Minutemen
• Dennis Brain (1921-1957), British horn virtuoso
• Gladys Brockwell (1893-1929), American actress
• Herb Brooks (1937-2003), coach of gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
• Clifford Brown (1930–1956), jazz musician
• Jean Bugatti (1909-1939), French automotive designer
• Cliff Burton (1962-1986), American bass guitarist with Metallica

C

• Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher
• Harry Chapin (1942-1981), American musician and film producer
• Eddie Cochran (1938-1960), American musician
• Pete Conrad (1930-1999), American lunar astronaut
• Alan Crosland (1894-1936), film director
• Pierre Curie (1859-1909), French physicist
• Seymour Cray (1925-1996), Supercomputer architect

D

• Jimmy Davis (1983-2003), Manchester United footballer
• James Dean (1931-1955), American actor
• Roger Delgado (1918-1973), British Actor
• Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), British Royalty
• Bridget Driscoll (1852-1896), First person ever killed my a motor car
• Alfred Dobbs (1882-1945), British Politician
• Françoise Dorléac (1942 - 1967) French film actress
• Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), Slovak politician
• Isadora Duncan (1878-1929), American dancer

E

F

• Dodi Al-Fayed (1957-1997), Egyptian film producer
• Giuseppe Farina (1906-1966), Italian racing driver
• Richard Fariña , writer

G

• Victor Galindez (1948-1980), Argentinain boxer
• Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Catalan architect
• Princess Grace of Monaco (1929-1982), American actress/Monegasque Royalty
• Ghazi of Iraq (1912 - 1939), King of Iraq 1933-39
• Arthur Guyton (1919-2003), Physiologist

H

• Mike Hailwood (1940-1981), British motorcyle racer
• Mary Hansen (1966-2002), Australian-born vocalist with Stereolab
• Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959), British racing driver
• Michael Hedges (1953-1997), American musician
• Ivan Hlinka (1950-2004), Czech Ice hockey player
• Ben Hollioake (1977-2002), English cricketer
• Johnny Horton (1925-1960), American musician

I

J

• Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), American poet
• Jack Johnson (1878-1946), American boxer

K

• Kemistry (1964-1999), British DJ
• Valery Kharlamov (1948-1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Sam Kinison (1953-1992), American comedian
• Mary Jo Kopechne (1940-1969), passenger of Senator Ted Kennedy
• Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962), American entertainer
• Philip Taylor Kramer (1952-c.1995), American musician with Iron Butterfly

L

• Scott LaFaro (1936-1961), American jazz musicians
• T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), British army officer
• Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999), British actor (Q in the James Bond movies)
• Linda Lovelace (1949-2002), American actress
• Lisa Lopes, (1971-2002), American singer with the R&B trio TLC

M

• Aristide Maillol (1861-1944), French artist
• Billy Martin (1929-1989), American baseball player and manager
• Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), American actress
• Lucien Mazan (1882-1917), Argentinian cyclist
• Solomon Mikhoels (1890-1948), Russian actor and Jewish activist
• Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), American author of Gone With the Wind
• Tom Mix (1880-1940), American actor
• Saúl Morales (1973-2000), Spanish cyclist
• Sir John Murray (1841-1914), Scots-Canadian marine biologist
• Mike Muuss (1958-2000), American computer programmer (creator of Ping)

N

O

P

• Gen. George Patton (1885-1945), American general
• Alan J. Pakula (1928-1998), American film producer
• Mike Parkes (1931-1977), British racing driver
• Henri Paul (1956-1997), French driver to Dodi Al-Fayed
• Drazen Petrovic (1964-1993), Croatian basketball player
• Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), American artist
• Cozy Powell (1947-1998), British drummer with Whitesnake
• Steve Prefontaine (1951-1975), American athelete

Q

R

• Razzle (1960-1984), British drummer with Hanoi Rocks

S

• Jessica Savitch (1947-1983), American journalist
• W. G. Sebald (1944-2001), German writer and academic
• Karen Silkwood (1946-1974), American labour activist
• Bessie Smith (1894-1937), American blues singer
• Dan Snyder (1978-2003), Canadian ice hockey player

T

• Derrick Thomas (1967-2000), American footballer
• Judy Tyler (1933-1957), American actress

U

V

W

• Nathanael West (1903-1940), American writer

X

Y

• Gunpei Yokoi (1941-1997), Nintendo Executive

Z