Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster
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Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster is a documentary film made by Bigger Picture Films for the BBC in 2009. It was originally aired on BBC Four on Sunday, 16 May 2010. It was subsequently repeated on BBC Two and BBC Four.[1]
The programme tells the story of the 1955 Le Mans disaster in which Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR smashed into the crowd, killing 83 people and injuring 120 more.[1]