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So the other day I decided to task myself with a long time consuming task for no reason. I decided to figure out what drivers have been in the most accidents. Because I always feel the need to over do things I decided to turn this into a Lastcar style project. So someday I will have a website with all this information organized better but so far I have completed the stats on crashes for the 2017 Cup Series season. My methodology for this is I count all races, points paying or not. I do not do practice or qualifying because I just don't think I would be able to find that information and this takes long enough to do already. What I consider a crash for a driver is based off of racing references reports for the race. It includes all numbers listed as involved in a caution causing crash, or listed out due to crash damage. If a wreck takes place but is not recorded because the race either ended or was not cause for a caution it is not included.

That being said here are some stats from 2017.

449 incidents

Most was 45 at the fall Talladega race

Fewest was 0 at Watkins Glen

Cole Whitt and Ryan Newman had the fewest wrecks out of full time drivers with 7.

and now listed below with the total number of incidents I counted them with is the full list of the 51 drivers involved with a crash at least once last year. Honestly wasn't that surprised with who popped up as number one.

  1. Danica Patrick 21
  2. Kasey Kahne 19
  3. Erik Jones 17
  4. Kurt Busch 17
  5. Trevor Bayne 16
  6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 16
  7. Jimmie Johnson 16
  8. Dale Earnhardt Jr 14
  9. Austin Dillon 13
  10. Clint Bowyer 12
  11. Daniel Suarez 12
  12. Ty Dillon 12
  13. Denny Hamlin 11
  14. David Ragan 11
  15. Michael McDowell 11
  16. Paul Menard 10
  17. Corey LaJoie 10
  18. Ryan Blaney 10
  19. Matt Kenseth 10
  20. Gray Gaulding 10
  21. Martin Truex Jr 10
  22. Kyle Larson 10
  23. AJ Allmendinger 10
  24. Landon Cassill 10
  25. Kyle Busch 9
  26. Kevin Harvick 9
  27. Joey Logano 9
  28. Chase Elliott 9
  29. Jamie McMurray 9
  30. Jeffery Earnhardt 9
  31. Chris Buescher 8
  32. Aric Almirola 8
  33. Brad Keselowski 8
  34. Matt DiBenedetto 8
  35. Ryan Newman 7
  36. Cole Whitt 7
  37. Brendan Gaughan 6
  38. Reed Sorenson 6
  39. Joey Gase 6
  40. Darrell Wallace Jr 3
  41. DJ Kennington 3
  42. Ray Black Jr 2
  43. Elliott Sadler 2
  44. Brett Moffitt 2
  45. JJ Yeley 2
  46. Ryan Sieg 2
  47. Derrick Cope 2
  48. Carl Long 1
  49. Mark Thompson 1
  50. Cody Ware 1
  51. Regan Smith 1
 
kkfan91 said:
So the other day I decided to task myself with a long time consuming task for no reason. I decided to figure out what drivers have been in the most accidents. Because I always feel the need to over do things I decided to turn this into a Lastcar style project. So someday I will have a website with all this information organized better but so far I have completed the stats on crashes for the 2017 Cup Series season. My methodology for this is I count all races, points paying or not. I do not do practice or qualifying because I just don't think I would be able to find that information and this takes long enough to do already. What I consider a crash for a driver is based off of racing references reports for the race. It includes all numbers listed as involved in a caution causing crash, or listed out due to crash damage. If a wreck takes place but is not recorded because the race either ended or was not cause for a caution it is not included.

That being said here are some stats from 2017.

449 incidents

Most was 45 at the fall Talladega race

Fewest was 0 at Watkins Glen

Cole Whitt and Ryan Newman had the fewest wrecks out of full time drivers with 7.

and now listed below with the total number of incidents I counted them with is the full list of the 51 drivers involved with a crash at least once last year. Honestly wasn't that surprised with who popped up as number one.


  1. Danica Patrick 21
  2. Kasey Kahne 19
  3. Erik Jones 17
  4. Kurt Busch 17
  5. Trevor Bayne 16
  6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 16
  7. Jimmie Johnson 16
  8. Dale Earnhardt Jr 14
  9. Austin Dillon 13
  10. Clint Bowyer 12
  11. Daniel Suarez 12
  12. Ty Dillon 12
  13. Denny Hamlin 11
  14. David Ragan 11
  15. Michael McDowell 11
  16. Paul Menard 10
  17. Corey LaJoie 10
  18. Ryan Blaney 10
  19. Matt Kenseth 10
  20. Gray Gaulding 10
  21. Martin Truex Jr 10
  22. Kyle Larson 10
  23. AJ Allmendinger 10
  24. Landon Cassill 10
  25. Kyle Busch 9
  26. Kevin Harvick 9
  27. Joey Logano 9
  28. Chase Elliott 9
  29. Jamie McMurray 9
  30. Jeffery Earnhardt 9
  31. Chris Buescher 8
  32. Aric Almirola 8
  33. Brad Keselowski 8
  34. Matt DiBenedetto 8
  35. Ryan Newman 7
  36. Cole Whitt 7
  37. Brendan Gaughan 6
  38. Reed Sorenson 6
  39. Joey Gase 6
  40. Darrell Wallace Jr 3
  41. DJ Kennington 3
  42. Ray Black Jr 2
  43. Elliott Sadler 2
  44. Brett Moffitt 2
  45. JJ Yeley 2
  46. Ryan Sieg 2
  47. Derrick Cope 2
  48. Carl Long 1
  49. Mark Thompson 1
  50. Cody Ware 1
  51. Regan Smith 1
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Thanks for going to the trouble of putting this together as it is interesting. I was surprised at where some of the drivers were ranked.
 
StandOnIt said:
Wow impressive, that's awesome. Are you planning on keeping a running total this year? Almirola for 2 :D
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Yep I have running stats for all 3 series plus ARCA. I plan to put out updates when I have enough to update with. I started a twitter for it where I update stats.
 
AtomicPunk55 said:
Thanks for going to the trouble of putting this together as it is interesting. I was surprised at where some of the drivers were ranked.
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No problem. Ibm was surprised to by some though when I think about it they kind if make sense.

I'm going to over time work my way backwards through the years, but don't expect the 1949 stats for awhile haha.
 
I have to give it to you for the effort you put into this.
 
kkfan91 said:
So the other day I decided to task myself with a long time consuming task for no reason. I decided to figure out what drivers have been in the most accidents. Because I always feel the need to over do things I decided to turn this into a Lastcar style project. So someday I will have a website with all this information organized better but so far I have completed the stats on crashes for the 2017 Cup Series season. My methodology for this is I count all races, points paying or not. I do not do practice or qualifying because I just don't think I would be able to find that information and this takes long enough to do already. What I consider a crash for a driver is based off of racing references reports for the race. It includes all numbers listed as involved in a caution causing crash, or listed out due to crash damage. If a wreck takes place but is not recorded because the race either ended or was not cause for a caution it is not included.

That being said here are some stats from 2017.

449 incidents

Most was 45 at the fall Talladega race

Fewest was 0 at Watkins Glen

Cole Whitt and Ryan Newman had the fewest wrecks out of full time drivers with 7.

and now listed below with the total number of incidents I counted them with is the full list of the 51 drivers involved with a crash at least once last year. Honestly wasn't that surprised with who popped up as number one.

  1. Danica Patrick 21
  2. Kasey Kahne 19
  3. Erik Jones 17
  4. Kurt Busch 17
  5. Trevor Bayne 16
  6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 16
  7. Jimmie Johnson 16
  8. Dale Earnhardt Jr 14
  9. Austin Dillon 13
  10. Clint Bowyer 12
  11. Daniel Suarez 12
  12. Ty Dillon 12
  13. Denny Hamlin 11
  14. David Ragan 11
  15. Michael McDowell 11
  16. Paul Menard 10
  17. Corey LaJoie 10
  18. Ryan Blaney 10
  19. Matt Kenseth 10
  20. Gray Gaulding 10
  21. Martin Truex Jr 10
  22. Kyle Larson 10
  23. AJ Allmendinger 10
  24. Landon Cassill 10
  25. Kyle Busch 9
  26. Kevin Harvick 9
  27. Joey Logano 9
  28. Chase Elliott 9
  29. Jamie McMurray 9
  30. Jeffery Earnhardt 9
  31. Chris Buescher 8
  32. Aric Almirola 8
  33. Brad Keselowski 8
  34. Matt DiBenedetto 8
  35. Ryan Newman 7
  36. Cole Whitt 7
  37. Brendan Gaughan 6
  38. Reed Sorenson 6
  39. Joey Gase 6
  40. Darrell Wallace Jr 3
  41. DJ Kennington 3
  42. Ray Black Jr 2
  43. Elliott Sadler 2
  44. Brett Moffitt 2
  45. JJ Yeley 2
  46. Ryan Sieg 2
  47. Derrick Cope 2
  48. Carl Long 1
  49. Mark Thompson 1
  50. Cody Ware 1
  51. Regan Smith 1
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A unfair stat for Danica, someone was always trying to touch her rear and it looks like KK did it the most. :sarcasm:
 
Team Penske said:
A unfair stat for Danica, someone was always trying to touch her rear and it looks like KK did it the most. :sarcasm:
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If I remember correctly I think she was in them mostly with Allmendinger or by herself
 
kkfan91 said:
So the other day I decided to task myself with a long time consuming task for no reason. I decided to figure out what drivers have been in the most accidents. Because I always feel the need to over do things I decided to turn this into a Lastcar style project. So someday I will have a website with all this information organized better but so far I have completed the stats on crashes for the 2017 Cup Series season. My methodology for this is I count all races, points paying or not. I do not do practice or qualifying because I just don't think I would be able to find that information and this takes long enough to do already. What I consider a crash for a driver is based off of racing references reports for the race. It includes all numbers listed as involved in a caution causing crash, or listed out due to crash damage. If a wreck takes place but is not recorded because the race either ended or was not cause for a caution it is not included.

That being said here are some stats from 2017.

449 incidents

Most was 45 at the fall Talladega race

Fewest was 0 at Watkins Glen

Cole Whitt and Ryan Newman had the fewest wrecks out of full time drivers with 7.

and now listed below with the total number of incidents I counted them with is the full list of the 51 drivers involved with a crash at least once last year. Honestly wasn't that surprised with who popped up as number one.

  1. Danica Patrick 21
  2. Kasey Kahne 19
  3. Erik Jones 17
  4. Kurt Busch 17
  5. Trevor Bayne 16
  6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 16
  7. Jimmie Johnson 16
  8. Dale Earnhardt Jr 14
  9. Austin Dillon 13
  10. Clint Bowyer 12
  11. Daniel Suarez 12
  12. Ty Dillon 12
  13. Denny Hamlin 11
  14. David Ragan 11
  15. Michael McDowell 11
  16. Paul Menard 10
  17. Corey LaJoie 10
  18. Ryan Blaney 10
  19. Matt Kenseth 10
  20. Gray Gaulding 10
  21. Martin Truex Jr 10
  22. Kyle Larson 10
  23. AJ Allmendinger 10
  24. Landon Cassill 10
  25. Kyle Busch 9
  26. Kevin Harvick 9
  27. Joey Logano 9
  28. Chase Elliott 9
  29. Jamie McMurray 9
  30. Jeffery Earnhardt 9
  31. Chris Buescher 8
  32. Aric Almirola 8
  33. Brad Keselowski 8
  34. Matt DiBenedetto 8
  35. Ryan Newman 7
  36. Cole Whitt 7
  37. Brendan Gaughan 6
  38. Reed Sorenson 6
  39. Joey Gase 6
  40. Darrell Wallace Jr 3
  41. DJ Kennington 3
  42. Ray Black Jr 2
  43. Elliott Sadler 2
  44. Brett Moffitt 2
  45. JJ Yeley 2
  46. Ryan Sieg 2
  47. Derrick Cope 2
  48. Carl Long 1
  49. Mark Thompson 1
  50. Cody Ware 1
  51. Regan Smith 1
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Does this mean Carl Long, Mark Thompson, Cody Ware and Regan Smith are the best drivers???
 
Pat said:
Does this mean Carl Long, Mark Thompson, Cody Ware and Regan Smith are the best drivers???
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No, if anything Thompson was the worst 1 start and 1 wreck. The drivers who ran the full schedule with the fewest were Cole Whitt and Ryan Newman.
 
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kkfan91 said:
No, if anything Thompson was the worst 1 start and 1 wreck. The drivers who ran the full schedule with the fewest were Cole Whitt and Ryan Newman.
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#of races ran does have an impact.
 
kkfan91 said:
If I remember correctly I think she was in them mostly with Allmendinger or by herself
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It would be interesting to see the number of wrecks each started and got caught up in for each driver
 
jws926 said:
It would be interesting to see the number of wrecks each started and got caught up in for each driver
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I think to do that I would have to rewatch every single race. Racing reference only gives so much detail unfortunately
 
kkfan91 said:
I think to do that I would have to rewatch every single race. Racing reference only gives so much detail unfortunately
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Right, I know its a big undertaking.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
So Newman was tied for lowest among full-time drivers? If that stat holds for previous years, it easily explains how he repeatedly makes into the Chase and past the first round without winning any races.
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I will keep an eye on it as I do past seasons. The ultimate goal is to have an all time list.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
So Newman was tied for lowest among full-time drivers? If that stat holds for previous years, it easily explains how he repeatedly makes into the Chase and past the first round without winning any races.
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I bet with drivers he wrecked it would be up there in the top category. He's a rolling wrecker
 
Just finished the Daytona 500 stats. 29 different drivers were involved in 34 incidents. Martin Truex Jr was involved in the most in the 500 with 3. He leads the crash stats standings heading to Atlanta with a total of 4.
 
Working on the 2016 Cup crash stats now. I just finished Kentucky so halfway through the year, 303 total incidents so far, currently a tie for most between Danica and Allmendinger with 12 a piece.
 
I think you have found the area where Danica will run in the top five consistently on back. I remember Kvapil and Gilliland in the BK's and her tangling quite a bit
 
StandOnIt said:
I think you have found the area where Danica will run in the top five consistently on back. I remember Kvapil and Gilliland in the BK's and her tangling quite a bit
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Well Ricky and Brian Scott are hot on her and AJs heals so it could go anyway when I work on the second half probably tomorrow night.
 
StandOnIt said:
I bet with drivers he wrecked it would be up there in the top category. He's a rolling wrecker
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I don't think he wrecks people, drivers just have to recognize that he races hard and doesn't roll over for anyone. If they do that, they can avoid wrecks. Reminds me of another guy who drove for RCR and raced just as hard.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
That's easy enough to fix: don't try to pass him. :D
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Yeah that is what Newman hopes for :D
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Ok, here are the stats for the 2016 Cup Season.

481 incidents

The most was 56 at the spring Talladega race.

The fewest was 0 at Sonoma.

Denny Hamlin had the fewest of any driver to run the full schedule was 8.

51 total drivers were involved in crashes in 2016.

The final totals:
  1. Brian Scott 21
  2. Kyle Larson 19
  3. AJ Allmendinger 18
  4. Carl Edwards 17
  5. Ryan Newman 17
  6. Regan Smith 16
  7. Ryan Blaney 15
  8. Jimmie Johnson 15
  9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 15
  10. Greg Biffle 15
  11. Martin Truex Jr 14
  12. Jaime McMurray 14
  13. Danica Patrick 13
  14. Joey Logano 13
  15. Paul Menard 13
  16. Austin Dillon 12
  17. Chris Buescher 12
  18. Clint Bowyer 12
  19. Casey Mears 12
  20. Matt Dibenedetto 11
  21. Michael Annett 11
  22. Kyle Busch 11
  23. David Ragan 11
  24. Matt Kenseth 11
  25. Trevor Bayne 10
  26. Aric Almirola 10
  27. Chase Elliott 10
  28. Kurt Busch 9
  29. Kevin Harvick 9
  30. Brad Keselowski 9
  31. Kasey Kahne 9
  32. Dale Earnhardt Jr 8
  33. Denny Hamlin 8
  34. Michael McDowell 8
  35. Landon Cassill 8
  36. Tony Stewart 7
  37. Jeffery Earnhardt 6
  38. Cole Whitt 4
  39. Alex Bowman 4
  40. Josh Wise 4
  41. Ty Dillon 3
  42. Bobby Labonte 3
  43. Brian Vickers 3
  44. David Gilliland 3
  45. Dylan Lupton 2
  46. Justin Allgaier 1
  47. Alex Kennedy 1
  48. Jeb Burton 1
  49. Reed Sorenson 1
  50. Michael Waltrip 1
  51. Ryan Ellis 1
 
Just looked up how many races there have been... I have almost 2,500 to go.
 
So far for Cup in 2018 53 total incidents, Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr lead with 4 each.
 
A Kasey Kahne fan making jokes about Danica being in the most crashes when his driver is #2 on the list lol
 
Stewart Fan said:
A Kasey Kahne fan making jokes about Danica being in the most crashes when his driver is #2 on the list lol
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Difference of the 3 seasons I've finished she has double digit crashes every year Kasey just the one.
 
2015 Cup Series Crash Stats

410 total incidents
The most incidents in one race was 37 at the well remembered fall Martinsville race.
0 in the All Star Race, 1 at New Hampshire's first race and 1 at the Glen.
Of the drivers to run the full schedule Casey Mears and Cole Whitt tied for fewest wrecks with 4.
61 different drivers were involved in an accident.

The Final Standings

  1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 21
  2. David Ragan 17
  3. Danica Patrick 16
  4. Sam Hornish Jr 16
  5. Trevor Bayne 15
  6. Clint Bowyer 14
  7. Kyle Larson 14
  8. Tony Stewart 14
  9. Jeb Burton 13
  10. Joey Logano 12
  11. Justin Allgaier 12
  12. Jimmie Johnson 12
  13. Michael Annett 11
  14. Austin Dillon 10
  15. Matt Kenseth 10
  16. AJ Allmendinger 10
  17. Aric Almirola 10
  18. Greg Biffle 10
  19. Kurt Busch 9
  20. Denny Hamlin 9
  21. Ryan Newman 9
  22. JJ Yeley 9
  23. Dale Earnhardt Jr 8
  24. David Gilliland 8
  25. Kasey Kahne 7
  26. Brad Keselowski 7
  27. Jamie McMurray 7
  28. Paul Menard 7
  29. Carl Edwards 7
  30. Kyle Busch 6
  31. Martin Truex Jr 6
  32. Alex Bowman 6
  33. Brian Scott 5
  34. Kevin Harvick 5
  35. Jeff Gordon 5
  36. Cole Whitt 4
  37. Casey Mears 4
  38. Brett Moffitt 4
  39. Josh Wise 4
  40. Alex Kennedy 4
  41. Ty Dillon 3
  42. Mike Bliss 2
  43. Chase Elliott 2
  44. Michael McDowell 2
  45. Brendan Gaughan 2
  46. Matt Dibenedetto 2
  47. Joey Gase 2
  48. Landon Cassill 2
  49. Bobby Labonte 2
  50. Ryan Blaney 2
  51. Michael Waltrip 2
  52. Ryan Preece 1
  53. Kyle Fowler 1
  54. Erik Jones 1
  55. Chris Buescher 1
  56. Regan Smith 1
  57. Brian Vickers 1
  58. Joe Nemechek 1
  59. Matt Crafton 1
  60. Reed Sorenson 1
  61. Johnny Sauter 1
 
2014 Cup Series Crash Stats

458 total incidents
Most was 42 at the July Daytona race
Fewest was 0 at Las Vegas and Fall Richmond
61 drivers were involved in crashes

Danica Patrick 18
Kyle Busch 16
Kasey Kahne 16
Clint Bowyer 14
Alex Bowman 14
Brad Keselowski 13
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 13
Kyle Larson 13
Brian Vickers 13
Jamie McMurray 12
Kevin Harvick 12
Matt Kenseth 12
Marcos Ambrose 12
Kurt Busch 11
Jimmie Johnson 11
Martin Truex Jr 11
Denny Hamlin 11
Dale Earnhardt Jr 10
Tony Stewart 10
Justin Allgaier 10
David Gilliland 10
Michael Annett 10
AJ Allmendinger 10
Carl Edwars 9
Ryan Truex 9
David Ragan 9
Cole Whitt 9
Josh Wise 9
Joey Logano 9
Paul Menard 9
Aric Almirola 8
Greg Biffle 8
Jeff Gordon 7
Ryan Newman 7
Trevor Bayne 7
Reed Sorenson 7
Casey Mears 6
Landon Cassill 6
Brian Scott 6
Travis Kvapil 6
Austin Dillon 5
Brett Moffitt 5
JJ Yeley 5
Michael McDowell 5
Parker Kligerman 4
Terry Labonte 3
Michael Waltrip 3
Joe Nemechek 2
Blake Koch 1
Ty Dillon 1
Mike Wallace 1
Kyle Fowler 1
Joey Gase 1
Corey Lajoie 1
Jeff Burton 1
Regan Smith 1
Alex Kennedy 1
Morgan Shepherd 1
Bobby Labonte 1
David Stremme 1
Dave Blaney 1
 
After Martinsville Jamie McMurray is leading with 5 crashes.
 
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