As motorboat racing is a dangerous sport, many individuals (including drivers, crew members, officials and spectators) have been killed in crashes related to the sport, either in a race, in qualifying, in practice or a private testing session. It has been stated that since 1940, the fatality rate in water speed record is 85%, making it the sporting world's most hazardous competitions and approximately in offshore powerboat racing, one racer dies each year from accidents.
Accidents during hydroplane and displacement racing
As two boats approached the first buoy the second boat failed to turn and ran over Tantrum. Driver John Allen never recovered and died three years later from injuries received in the crash. 5 litre Displacement
References
List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA