Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three people are killed when two racing cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans

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11. Juni 1955

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47.95° N, 0.21° E

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Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three people are killed when two racing cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Fatal motor racing crash in France

On 11 June 1955, a multi-vehicle collision occurred during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans in Sarthe, France, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 82 to 84 people. The disaster occurred at the Circuit de la Sarthe, when Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh collided with Austin-Healey driver Lance Macklin after a maneuvre by Jaguar Cars driver Mike Hawthorn.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Beim schwersten Unfall in der Geschichte des Motorsports sterben beim 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans 84 Menschen“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „accident aux 24 heures du Mans, la Mercedes 300 SLR du français Pierre Levegh est projetée dans la foule et tue 82 personnes“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Произошла самая крупная авария за всю историю автоспорта: во французском Ле-Мане на 24-часовом марафоне автомобиль «Mercedes-Benz» потерпел аварию и упал на…“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „en Francia, en la carrera 24 Horas de Le Mans sucede el mayor accidente de la historia del automovilismo, con más de 80 muertos“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „在法國利曼舉行的利曼24小時耐久賽中發生嚴重意外造成84死120傷，是歷史上傷亡最慘重的賽車意外。“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite