# 1955 Le Mans disaster

> deadliest accident in competitive automobile racing history

**Wikidata**: [Q2698266](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698266)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/1955-le-mans-disaster


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Le Mans 1955: the disaster that changed motorsport forever. GQ. 2020](https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/le-mans-1955-disaster)
3. [Source](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sfptx)