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===Fatal incidents=== {{expand section|date=December 2010}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;" |- ! No ! Competitor ! Year ! Track ! Section ! Race ! Event ! Vehicle |- | || {{flagicon|NED}} Jules van Bylandt || 1907 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Cresta Run]] || ||Practice run || || skeleton |- | | Oberüberl | 1911 | | | Practice run | | 5-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|GER}} Karl Gerloff | 1933 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Oberhof]] | | Practice run | | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|GER}} Rudolf Gerloff | 1933 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Oberhof]] | | Practice run | | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Reto Capadrutt]] | 1939 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eugenio Monti track|Cortina d'Ampezzo]] | | Practice run | [[FIBT World Championships 1939|World Championships 1939]] | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Max Houben]] | 1949 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run|Lake Placid]] | Shady corner | Practice run | [[FIBT World Championships 1949|World Championships 1949]] | 2-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Alexandru Budișteanu]] | 1951 | {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Poiana Brașov]] | penultimate turn of the track | | [[FISU World University Games|World University Winter Games 1951]] | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Felix Endrich]] | 1953 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Riessersee|Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] | Bayernkurve | Practice run | [[FIBT World Championships 1953|World Championships 1953]] | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|LIE}} [[Moritz Heidegger]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Herbert Oehri|url=https://www.lie-zeit.li/2019/02/die-heidegger-tragoedie-von-triesen/|title=Die Heidegger-Tragödie von Triesen|date=2013-04-22|language=de}}</ref> | 1956 | {{flagicon|SUI}} [[St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun|St. Moritz-Celerina]] | | | | 2-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sergio Zardini]] | 1966 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run|Lake Placid]] | Zig-Zag Curves | Practice run | | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Toni Pensperger]] | 1966 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eugenio Monti track|Cortina d'Ampezzo]] | | Practice run | [[FIBT World Championships 1966|World Championships 1966]] | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|AUT}} Josef Schnellneger | 1970 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Königssee]] | | Practice run | Austria-Cup | 2-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Clemente]] | 1970 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Breuil-Cervinia|Cervinia]] | Finish | 2nd heat | Italy Bob Championship | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|ESP}} Luis López | 1971 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Breuil-Cervinia|Cervinia]] | | Practice run | [[FIBT World Championships 1971|World Championships 1971]] | 2-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Soravia]]<ref name=Abendblatt>[http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article672037/46-Todesfaelle.html ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' article], accessed December 2010</ref> | 1980 | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck|Igls]] | Finish | Practice run | | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Morgan (bobsleigh)|James Morgan]]<ref name=Abendblatt/> | 1981 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Eugenio Monti track|Cortina d'Ampezzo]] | Finish | 3rd heat | [[FIBT World Championships 1981|World Championships 1981]] | 4-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|URS}} Imants Karlsons <ref name=Abendblatt/> | 1982 | {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck|Igls]] | | Training session | Training | 2-man sled |- | | {{flagicon|ROM}} Daniel Oaida<ref name=Abendblatt/> | 1989 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Altenberg]] | Curve 4 | Training session | Training | 4-man sled |- | 41 | {{flagicon|GER}} Peter Förster | 1990 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Altenberg]] | Finish | Training session | Training | 2-man sled |- | 42 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Yvonne Cernota]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stern.de/sport/sportwelt/bob-tragoedie-bobfahrerin-yvonne-cernota-toedlich-verunglueckt-521475.html |title=Yvonne Cernota crashes during training run|date=12 March 2004 }} ''Stern.de'' (German)</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/german-bobsledder-killed-in-crash-1.502708 |title=Cernota killed in training accident | work=CBC News | date=2004-03-12}} (German)</ref> | 2004 | {{flagicon|GER}} [[Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Königssee]] | Echowand | Training session | Training | 2-woman sled |}
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