86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 55, Most Retirements Due to Accidents, Per Race (May 15, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 32 days away! This is the 55th day of the 86 Stats in 86 Days Until the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans blog.

Each day from now until the Friday before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

Here are a pair of lists related to retirements in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first list shows the 10 races with 10 or more retirements due to accidents. The 1956 and 1958 races each saw 14 retirements due to crash damage.

The second list shows the number of races in which a specific number of cars retired due to accident damage. Five cars have retired due to accidents in 13 races. An average of 5.22 cars retire from the 24 Hours of Le Mans due to accidents.

Most Retirements Due to Accidents, Per Race

- 1956 race: 14 retirements

- 1958 race: 14 retirements

- 1954 race: 11 retirements

- 1970 race: 11 retirements

- 1978 race: 10 retirements

- 1980 race: 10 retirements

- 1995 race: 10 retirements

- 1996 race: 10 retirements

- 1997 race: 10 retirements

- 2001 race: 10 retirements

Number of Races With Specific Number of Retirements Due to Accidents

- 14 retirements: 2 races

- 11 retirements: 2 races

- 10 retirements: 6 races

- 9 retirements: 3 races

- 8 retirements: 3 races

- 7 retirements: 11 races

- 6 retirements: 7 races

- 5 retirements: 13 races (1939, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1973, 1986, 1989, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016)

- 4 retirements: 12 races

- 3 retirements: 12 races

- 2 retirements: 4 races

- 1 retirement: 7 races

- 0 retirements: 3 races (1929, 1977, 1983)