1955 Le Mans Cras

The worst accident in motor racing history happened at the 1955 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans. A collision between a Mercedes and an Austin-Healy sent the Mercedes' engine, hood and steering assembly in to the crowd. Nearly 80 spectators died instantly.

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[Lozah84]

It was the '50s english was spoken very correctly then. So no matter what holocaust means it would have been used in a correct context.

[xXHoTAXx]

this was 100 years after slavery -.-

[Lorraine Shuttlewood]

I watched that documentary, it was very moving.

[xXHoTAXx]

lol uno what I mean

we all know that despite how horrible it is, human nature will never allow for slavery to completely be wiped out of existence

[criminalizelying]

100 years after slavery?

Are you telling me this is a future event?

[smitehz]

1955 le mans crash. best crash.

[ghostlybohemia]

For anyone who's interested and can get BBC iplayer/track it down, there's a documentary on (four days left to see it as of today) called 'The Deadliest Crash: the Le Mans 1955 Disaster' which has eyewitness testimonies and cleaned up footage.

[john a]

should have been stopped straight away....

[TheGra325]

@ Cruzzz...It wasn't hawthorns fault you fucktard..it was Mallon who came out the pits too soon and veered into the path of leveigh..total racing incident..I agree that jaguar made a big mistake carrying on the race but they and mike hawthorn were not the only smiling faces at the end of that day

[Cruzzzzify]

Fuck Mike Hawthorn for causing this accident and not showing contrition for the many died people he is responsible for ! Fuck him also for smiling at the award ceremony after winning the race ! Respect to Mercedes who broke up the race to respect the dead of that day !

[lionel123ification]

best not come back for a few years then

[Shiruvi]

1:09 is when the crash starts, for people who don't want to be surprised.