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| Name | Birth | Death | Occupation | Mode of Transport | Vehicle | Accident location | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitaly Daraselia | 1957 | 1982 | Soviet footballer | ||||
| Betty Jack Davis | 1932 | 1953 | Country music singer; one half of The Davis Sisters | Car | Skeeter Davis (no relation), the other half of The Davis Sisters, was seriously injured in the same crash. She recovered and went on to a successful recording career. | ||
| Jimmy Davis | 1983 | 2003 | Manchester United footballer | Car | BMW 3 series | M40 motorway in Oxfordshire | Crashed into back of lorry. Was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
| James Dean | 1931 | 1955 | American actor | Car | Porsche 550 Spyder | near Cholame, California | |
| Mike Darr | 1976 | 2002 | American baseball player | Car | Peoria, Arizona | ||
| Roger Delgado | 1918 | 1973 | British actor | Car | Republic of Turkey | Died on location in Turkey while shooting the (never-completed) movie Bell of Tibet. Two Turkish film technicians were killed in the same crash. | |
| Kazimierz Deyna | 1947 | 1989 | Polish footballer | Car | BMW | San Diego, California | |
| Diana, Princess of Wales | 1961 | 1997 | member of British royal family | Car | 1994 Mercedes-Benz S280 W140 | Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, Paris, France | Diana's companion, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the car, Henri Paul, were killed in the same crash; Fayed's bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones survived. Further reading: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales |
| František Dibarbora | 1916 | 1987 | Slovak actor | Car | |||
| Mike Dickin | 1943 | 2006 | British Radio DJ | Car | Cornwall | ||
| Lou DiMuro | 1932 | 1982 | American Baseball umpire | Pedestrian | Arlington, Texas | ||
| Bridget Driscoll | 1852 | 1896 | British | Pedestrian | Crystal Palace, London | One of the earliest recorded road accident victims. | |
| Alfred Dobbs | 1882 | 1945 | British politician | Car | Doncaster | ||
| Ian Stuart Donaldson | 1957 | 1993 | Neo-Nazi musician | Car | Volkswagen Polo | Near Burnaston, Derbyshire | |
| Françoise Dorléac | 1942 | 1957 | French film actress | Car | Renault 10 | A8 autoroute near Villeneuve-Loubet | Collided with signpost. |
| Piero Drogo | 1926 | 1973 | Racing driver and coachbuilder | Car | Ferrari 250 California | Bologna | Crashed into a broken down truck in a tunnel, both were unlit. |
| Alexander Dubček | 1921 | 1992 | Slovak politician | Car | BMW 535i | D1 highway near Humpolec, Czech Republic | Car veered off road. |
| Gus Dudgeon | 1942 | 2002 | British record producer | Car | Jaguar XK8 | M4 motorway between Reading and Maidenhead | Car veered off road. |
| Fred Duesenberg | 1876 | 1932 | American automobile pioneer, designer and manufacturer | Car | Duesenberg | Lincoln Highway near Jennerstown, Pennsylvania | Car overturned. Duesenberg died in hospital after being comatose for three weeks. |
| Isadora Duncan | 1878 | 1929 | American dancer | Car | Amilcar | Nice, France | Strangled by own headscarf after collision. |
| Ryan Dunn | 1977 | 2011 | American reality television personality and daredevil | Car | Porsche 911 GT3 | Chester County, Pennsylvania | Collided with tree. Was twice over the drink-drive limit. |
| Al Dvorin | 1923 | 2004 | Elvis Presley concert announcer | Car | Near Ivanpah, California |
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