List of deaths in the Dakar Rally

The Dakar Rally (formerly: Paris-Dakar) has claimed at least 69 deaths from 1978 to the present day. The last deaths at the Dakar Rally to date occurred in January 2020.

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Wreck of the DAF FAV3600 95X2 TurboTwin, which resulted in an accident in January 1988 (Kees van Loevezijn) in northern Ténéré

Motorcyclists in particular had fatal accidents among the participants in the rally; so did the winner of 2001 and 2002, Fabrizio Meoni , in 2005. Australian motorcyclist Andy Caldecott and two young spectators died at the 2006 Dakar . Therefore, the timing was suspended on the last day of the race. Due to the numerous victims among the spectators, a speed limit has been in place within the villages for several years, and drastic time penalties are imposed if it is determined to be exceeded.

The 2007 edition, which ran from Lisbon to Dakar, also resulted in two deaths. On the fourth stage, the 29-year-old South African motorcyclist Elmer Symons died after an accident. The 42-year-old French motorcyclist Éric Aubijoux died on the 14th stage . The cause of death has not been clearly established.

At the Dakar 2009 , the French amateur driver Pascal Terry died of a heart attack as a result of pulmonary edema . His motorcycle had previously run out of fuel, making it impossible to continue driving. His body was not found until four days later.

At the start of 2010 , the German driver Mirco Schultis came off the road in a curve in the first stage and caught a group of spectators. Five people were seriously injured, including a 28-year-old spectator who later died in hospital. Mirco Schultis was shocked and tried everything to help the injured. He gave up the race on the same day. The race management of the Dakar Rally claims that the accident occurred on a corner not open to spectators, but according to the Argentine media, those affected were watching the vehicles from their own property.

During the eleventh stage of the 2011 Dakar in Tinogasta, in the province of Catamarca, there was a serious accident with the rally car of the Argentine drivers Eduardo Amor and Horacio Alejandro Fenoglio. Your Toyota had an accident at around 6 a.m. local time with the pickup of a local farm worker, who was seriously injured in the collision and later died in hospital. The local is the 60th fatality in the Dakar Rally.

On the first day of the Dakar 2012 , the Argentine motorcycle racer Jorge Andrés Boero had a fatal accident.

Overview

year	Surname	Role during the rally	Remarks
1978/79	Patrice Dodin	Participants (motorcyclists)	Fell before the start of the Agadez – Tahoua stage
1980/81	Andrea Carisi Giuseppe De Tommaso Franco Druetta	organization	Journalist, technician
1981/82	Bert Osterhuis	Participants (motorcyclists)
1981/82	Ursula Zentsch	Journalist
1981/82		Spectator (child)	Accident occurred in Mali
1982/83	Jean-Noël Pineau	Participants (motorcyclists)
1982/83		Spectator (child)	Accident occurred in Mali
1983/84		Spectator	Overrun by Range Rover in Upper Volta
1984/85		Spectator (child)	Accident occurred in Niger
1984/85		spectator	Helicopter accident in Morocco
1985/86	Yasuo Kaneko	Participants (motorcyclists)
1985/86	Thierry Sabine	organization	Rally director, helicopter crash in Mali on January 14, 1986
1985/86	François-Xavier Bagnoud	organization	Pilot, helicopter crash in Mali on January 14, 1986
1985/86	Daniel Balavoine	organization	Pop singer, helicopter crash in Mali on January 14, 1986
1985/86	Nathalie Odent	Journalist	Helicopter crash in Mali on January 14, 1986
1985/86	Jean-Paul Fur	organization	TV technician, helicopter crash in Mali on January 14, 1986
1985/86	Jean-Paolo Marinoni	Participants (motorcyclists)
1986/87	Henri Mouren	organization
1987/88	Kees van Loevezijn	Participant (truck)	Truck navigator
1987/88	Patrick Canado	Participant (car)	Car driver
1987/88	Baye Sibi	Spectator (child)	Accident occurred in Mali
1987/88	Jean-Claude Huger	Participants (motorcyclists)
1987/88		Spectator	from Mauritania
1987/88		Spectator (child)	from Mauritania
1989/90	Kaj salt mines	journalist
1989/90	Charles Cabannes	Serviceman	murder
1989/90	Petitjean	organization	doctor
1991/92	Two people	Escort driver
1991/92	Gilles Lalay	Participants (motorcyclists)	Head-on collision with a vehicle belonging to the Rallye Orga driving against the direction of travel
1993/94	Michel Sansen	Participants (motorcyclists)
1995/96	Laurent Gueguen	Participant (truck)	drove over a land mine left behind from the conflict between the Moroccan army and the Polisario Front
1995/96		Spectator (child)	from Guinea
1996/97	Jean-Pierre Leduc	Participants (motorcyclists)
1997/98	five persons	Not involved	after head-on collision in Mauritania
2001/02	Daniel Vergnes	Companion	Toyota
2002/03	Bruno Cauvy	Participant (car)	Co-driver
2004/05	José Manuel Perez	Participants (motorcyclists)
2004/05	Fabrizio Meoni	Participants (motorcyclists)
2004/05	Two people	spectator	after a motorcycle accident
2004/05		Spectator (child)	after a truck accident
2005/06	Andy Caldecott	Participants (motorcyclists)	in the ninth stage after about 250 km between Nouakchott and Kiffa
2005/06	Boubacar Diallo	Spectator (child)	after an accident with an escort vehicle
2005/06	Mohamed N'Daw	Spectator (child)	after an accident with a car
2007	Elmer Symons	Participants (motorcyclists)	142 kilometers after the start of the 4th stage from Er Rachidia to Ouarzazate
2007	Eric Aubijoux	Participants (motorcyclists)	after the 14th stage as a result of a heart attack
2009	Pascal Terry	Participants (motorcyclists)	Heart attack due to pulmonary edema
2009	Roberto de la Cruz Vera Hernández Freddy Arucutipa Torres	Helper in transport vehicle
2010	Natalia Sonia Gallardo	Spectator	28 years old, accident
2011	Marcelo Reales	spectator	in the event of a traffic accident with one of the participants
2012	Jorge Andrés Boero	Participants (motorcyclists)	Cardiac arrest after a fall
2012		spectator	in a traffic accident involving Toyota team Eduardo Amor / Horacio Alejandro Fenoglio (Argentina) near the city of Tinogasta (Province of Catamarca) with the pick-up
2013	Two people	Not involved	Two people were killed in a traffic accident with an escort vehicle and two taxis
2013	Thomas Bourgin	Participants (motorcyclists)	in the event of a traffic accident with an oncoming police vehicle
2014	Agustin Mina (20) Daniel Ambrosio (51)	Journalists	The two employees of an Argentine news agency died when their vehicle crashed into a ravine on January 9, 2014
2014	Eric Palante (50)	Participants (motorcyclists)	Found lifeless on stage 5 (Chilecito – Tucuman) on January 10, 2014. Hyperthermia was found to be the cause of death .
2015	Michal Hernic (39)	Participants (motorcyclists)	Found lifeless on stage 3 (San Juan – Chilecito) on January 6, 2015. Dehydration was found to be the cause of death .
2016		spectator	Lionel Baud's vehicle collides with a spectator
2020	Paulo Gonçalves (40)	Participants (motorcyclists)	Fall
2020	Edwin Straver (48)	Participants (motorcyclists)	Fall

Individual evidence

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