Crashes

  • Andrea Antonelli - Image: Team Go Eleven

    A tragic accident in the eighth round of the 2013 Supersport World Championship yesterday claimed the life of Italian rider Andrea Antonelli of Team Go Eleven. Antonelli, just 25 years of age, crashed during the opening lap of the rain-soaked race, which took place at Moscow Raceway. It appears he lost control of his Kawasaki motorcycle on the straight between turns 14 and 15. He eventually fell off the bike, only to be hit in the head by the bike of another rider, believed to be fellow Italian Lorenzo Zanetti. He was treated by an emergency medical team but succumbed to his injuries shortly...

  • Bill Warner
    Motorcycle Land Speed Record Holder Bill Warner Suffers Fatal Crash

    A tragic accident on Sunday saw motorcycle land speed record holder Bill Warner suffer a high speed crash that took his life. Warner, 44, was attempting to hit 300 mph on a modified Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle when he lost control and crashed at a speed exceeding 285 mph. The crash took place on a...

  • Mark Webber's right rear wheel comes loose, strikes cameraman during 2013 German Grand Prix
    Red Bull Fined €30,000 For Loose Wheel Injuring Cameraman At German GP: Video

    The Grand Prix of Germany this weekend was somewhat less eventful than recent races on the F1 calendar, but for one Formula One Management (FOM) cameraman, it was nearly fatal. An incident occurring during the first round of pit stops during Sunday's Grand Prix at the Nürburgring saw Red Bull...

  • Ferrari 458 smashed
    It's A Ferrari Smashtravaganza At Spa Francorchamps: Video

    Let's get this out of the way before we start here; seeing someone push their exotic sports car on a race track is a wonderful thing. Too often these highly capable machines are left all too shiny in someone's garage or pushed down the road to the country club and back. These cars were meant to be...

  • #95 2013 Aston Martin Vantage GTE race car
    Danish Driver Allan Simonsen Dies In 2013 Le Mans Crash

    Danish racing driver Allan Simonsen has died from injuries sustained in a tragic crash that took place during the first hour of racing today in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services in attendance, Simonsen’s injuries proved fatal. Simonsen, competing in...

  • Adrian Newey Warm-Up Lap Crash In-Car
    Adrian Newey Introduces Lamborghini To Wall On Warm-Up Lap: Video

    Crashing comes with racing. It happens to everyone and it can happen at anytime. One of the worst times for it to happen, however, is when you're just warming up. That's exactly what happened to Adrian Newey during a recent Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo race at Silverstone. Introducing the...

  • George Michael

    George Michael’s bad luck with the road has struck yet again. This time the 49-year-old singer was almost run over when he fell out of a Range Rover he was riding in on a stretch of highway located near St Albans, England. ALSO SEE: Whammer In The Slammer: George Michael Gets Jail Time For Driving While High As A Kite The SUV was traveling at speeds of close to 70 mph, which meant his fall left him with a number of bloody lesions and torn clothes, though the injuries are said to be minor. He’s been recovering in hospital since the accident on Tuesday and is expected to be...

  • Multiple scooter crash in China
    Man Crashes Multiple Times Before Falling Down A Hole: Video

    If there ever was a video you had to see to believe, this latest clip of a very unusual crash taking place in China would be ranked among the top contenders. The action unfolds almost straight away. A man in a white shirt riding a scooter, and with a passenger in tow, is first seen crashing head-on...

  • Seven airbags
    Man Crashes Into Tree To Test Air Bags. While Sober.

    You might think you'd have to be drunk to crash your car into a tree to make sure your airbags are working correctly. You'd be wrong. You might also think you can stuff your airbags back into their containers after they've deployed, making them ready to go for another round. You'd still be wrong...

  • A Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing coupe at Amelia Island
    Mechanic Crashes Rare Mercedes-Benz 300SL

    An original Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing, similar to the one pictured above, was almost completely wrecked after a mechanic crashed the rare classic on a stretch of road near Pleidelsheim, Germany, last week. The car, one of 1,400 original 300SL gullwing coupes ever built, was in for scheduled...

  • Wrecked 2013 Bentley Continental GT at the curb on a street in Manhattan
    ANOTHER Wrecked Bentley! Just One Of NYC's Many Car Crashes

    Amazing. It happened again. Yes, a wrecked, all-but-brand-new 2013 Bentley Continental GT just showed up at the side of the street in Manhattan last night. Courtesy of an NYPD report taped to the windshield, however, we know a few more details on this one than we did on the wrecked Continental GTC...

  • Eight Ferraris crash in expensive pile-up in Japan
    Police To Charge 10 Drivers Over 2011’s Japanese Supercar Pile-Up

    In December of 2011, a total of 14 luxury cars, including eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and a Mercedes-Benz, were involved in pile-up that saw several of the cars destroyed. The accident happened on a rain-soaked highway near Hiroshima, Japan, with most of the cars involved participating in a...

  • Ferrari 458 Italia that's about to crash into a highway barrier

    This video is a prime example of why owners of high-powered cars should definitely enroll in a driving course that explains to them the dynamics of more than 500 horsepower being sent to only the rear wheels, and preferably gets them out on the skidpan too. It shows the owner of a Ferrari 458 Italia driving on a highway and then attempting to overtake a car, the occupants of which are clearly major fans of the Prancing Horse (they even installed Ferrari seatbelts in their sedan) and have their camera phones out to capture the event. Just as the 458 driver drops the hammer, the car lunges...

  • First 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray crashed. Image via Digital Corvettes forums.
    First 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Crashed: Official Explanation

    This, friends, is the sad sight of the first known crash of a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. Bow your heads for a moment of silence, please. According to the forum member who posted the photo at Digital Corvettes, the wreck was much worse than it appears in the image. Wrecked last week on an...

  • Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter chasing a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 before it crashes
    Helicopter Crashes While Racing A Corvette ZR1 On Top Gear: Video

    Dramatic footage caught while filming an episode of Top Gear Korea, the South Korean adaption of the popular British television show, was released by the BBC over the weekend. The footage shows a crash that occurred during a stunt being filmed for the show’s latest season. The stunt involved...

  • Rowan Atkinson crashed his McLaren F1 after spinning several times
    You don't want the repair bill for Mr. Bean's McLaren F1

    In 2011, comedian and car guy Rowan Atkinson (best known as Mr. Bean) lost control of his McLaren F1 on a wet road in Haddon, England. The high-dollar supercar reportedly spun several times before sliding backwards into a sign post and tree. Thanks to the strength of the McLaren F1’s carbon...

  • Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes AMG Petronas W04 - image: Mercedes AMG Petronas
    Lewis Hamilton Loses Brakes, Crashes Mercedes W04 In Testing

    If you’re the superstitious type, you probably view a crash by F1 star Lewis Hamilton on his first full day of testing the new Mercedes W04 Formula 1 car as a bad omen. If you’re the pragmatic type, however, you’re probably glad that the team is shaking out all the bugs before the...

  • Volvo safety systems
    Volvo Predicts Crash-Proof Cars By 2020: Video

    Back in 2008, Volvo made the bold promise of zero injuries or deaths in its vehicles by 2020. Now, just five years on, the automaker is predicting that it will be able to eliminate crashes altogether for anyone driving one of its cars by the same 2020 deadline. To achieve its ambitious and somewhat...

  • Police car with headlights on

    A 68-year old Cantonment, Florida, man was struck and killed by a 1995 Chevrolet van last Monday. While tragic, the event isn’t remarkable until you learn the circumstances surrounding James W. Campbell’s death. Campbell had exited the passenger side of the van to open a metal gate for the driver, identified by North Escambia.com as 56-year old Iris Fortner. Fortner, meanwhile, had opened the driver’s side door to see where Campbell was standing. That’s where Fortner’s dog, a boxer, enters the picture. Upon seeing his owner, the dog ran across the yard and jumped...

  • First Ferrari F12 Berlinetta crash - Image courtesy of CarNewsChina
    First Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Crash Is Only A Fender Bender

    The first known crash involving a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta took place in China.

  • Wrecked Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, image via TrafficTicketForum and WreckedExotics
    Lamborghini Aventador Crashes In Florida

    A black Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 crashed earlier this week in Sarasota, Florida, and the cause of the accident is alleged to be a 79-year-old woman. It’s not clear how the crash occurred though WreckedExotics claims a 79-year-old woman driving another vehicle hit the Aventador. The...

  • Video footage of a train crashing into a truck
    Truck Gets T-Boned By Train: Video

    Video footage shows the dramatic crash between an oncoming train and an unfortunate truck at a railway crossing in Russia. A truck is seen at the start of the clip attempting to cross some railway tracks when a train suddenly appears, t-boning the truck and dragging it along the tracks for several...

  • Mitsubishi Evo X hits a wall after a tire failure at PIRC
    Front Tire Failure At Speed? Evo X Eats A Guardrail: Video

    While the list of bad things that can happen to a driver on track in a race-prepped car is almost limitless, the failure of a front tire or wheel has to be among the worst. Not just because of the massive impact it's likely to cause, but because you just might have time to anticipate that impact...

  • Jeremy Foley and Yuri Kouznetsov crash at Pikes Peak 2012
    Jeremy Foley's Pikes Peak Crash Story In Detail: Video

    If you have been near a computer in the last few months, you've seen Jeremy Foley and Yuri Kouznetsov sailing off the mountain at the Devil's Playground during this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Behind the sheer magnitude of the crash, which makes for some of the most incredible video...

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