In the history of Formula 1, there have been 32 deaths in races, but only one this century, that of Jules Bianchi in 2015 (he crashed the previous year). The last decade - with the Halo safety device in use since 2018 - has seen a raft of changes to how races are run, how drivers are protected, and how the cars themselves look, all in response to the danger that was facing the sport’s athletes.
Road cycling is hard to compare. There are more race days at the highest level, it is raced in the real world, not on closed circuits, with more people involved; in some ways, it is harder to protect riders, but speeds are slower. Coming up with a total number of deaths would be difficult. Just in the last five years, there have been the high-profile deaths: Bjorg Lambrecht, Gino Mäder, André Drege and most recently, Muriel Furrer.
