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December 02, 2025 05 min

Five Worst Celebrity Car Crashes

Car Accident

Every car crash is a tragedy, but celebrity car crashes are particularly tragic, especially when the celebrity victims are relatively young. Driver error causes about 90 percent of car crashes, including celebrity car crashes, but somehow, that statistic doesn’t seem important in these cases.

To a California personal injury attorney, every car crash is a celebrity car crash. All auto accident victims, regardless of social status, deserve the utmost respect for who they are and maximum compensation for their serious injuries.

The 5 Most Devastating Celebrity Car Accidents Ever

Celebrity Car Accidents

Grace Kelly

The Oscar-winning actress, who was the Princess of Monaco at the time, died in a car crash on September 13, 1982, after suffering a stroke while driving her car with daughter Princess Stephanie. She lost control of the vehicle on a steep mountain road, causing it to fall down an embankment. Kelly sustained severe injuries and died from a brain hemorrhage the following day. Princess Stephanie miraculously survived the crash.

Severe medical impairments, like strokes and epilepsy, cause a significant number of car crashes. Princess Grace’s stroke was a bolt out of the blue and completely unpredictable. But people who know they have serious medical conditions and get behind the wheel anyway intentionally put themselves and others at risk.

Paul Walker

A combination of old tires and excessive speed probably caused the Fast and Furious star’s fireball November 30, 2013 car crash. He was a passenger in a Porsche that was showing off at a charity event. Both vehicle occupants died instantly from a combination of traumatic brain injuries and severe burns.

Speed is a factor in a third of the fatal car crashes in California. Excessive velocity multiplies the risk of a wreck and the force in a collision.

Jayne Mansfield

On June 29, 1967, the blonde bombshell and actress was a passenger in a car that rear-ended a large truck. The truck was spraying mosquito-control fog, and the fog probably obscured the driver’s vision.

Jackson Pollock

According to medical tests, Pollock was legally intoxicated when he lost control of his car on August 11, 1956. He and one passenger were killed, but his mistress survived the crash.

Princess Diana

Princess Diana died from injuries sustained in a high-speed car crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31, 1997, while being pursued by paparazzi. Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, and the driver Henri Paul all died in the crash. Her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, was the sole survivor.

Multiple official investigations concluded that a combination of excessive speed and the driver’s intoxication caused the crash. Nevertheless, conspiracy theories questioning the official narrative persist.

Facts, not theories, build solid car wreck claims in California. For a free consultation with an experienced personal injury attorney, contact the Law Offices of Eslamboly Hakim. The sooner you reach out to us, the sooner we start working for you.

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Category: Personal Injury