History Main / SpectatorCasualty

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', it's very possible and very common for innocent bystanders to get caught in the crossfire between the Dragonborn and the opponent. ''[[KillEmAll Especially]]'' if said opponent is a dragon -- one [[RandomEncounter randomly invading a town]] has been the death of many a player's [[PermanentlyMissableContent shops and questlines]].

* [[https://youtu.be/pohM7qdSnqE This]] accident that happened during the track cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. English cyclist Matt Walls and his bike were flipped over the barrier and into the crowd after he tried to avoid a crash that happened just in front of him by riding up on the advertising boarding, and ended up clipping another bike’s wheel that was turned upwards as it slid down the banking. No one was killed, but Walls, along with two other cyclists were taken to hospital, and two spectators were treated for injuries at the scene. [[/folder]]

* [[https://youtu.be/pohM7qdSnqE This]] accident that happened during the track cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. English cyclist Matt Walls and his bike were flipped over the barrier and into the crowd after he tried to avoid a crash that happened just in front of him, and ended up clipping another bike’s wheel that turn upwards as it slid down the banking. No one was killed, but Walls, along with two other cyclists were taken to hospital, and two spectators were treated for injuries at the scene. [[/folder]]

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* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': A DefiedTrope. Ditter, the setting's FictionalSport, is meant to train knight in warfare and had the welcome bonus of being entertaining. Speed ditter, which is the variant best fit for being played in an arena, bans magic items and various forms of AbnormalAmmo to prevent AreaOfEffect and SplashDamage from being a danger to the audience.

-->-- '''Viking Death Machine''', [[{{Music/Gwar}} GWAR]]

Hot dog of DOOM!\\
-->-- '''Viking Death Machine''', ''[[{{Music/Gwar}} GWAR]]''

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': After Rita refuses to be bribed into loosing a race the fixer instead bribes the other drivers to run into her and get in a brawl while their cars have the pedals pressed. This causes her to get stuck in an unavoidable accident that sends her car flying towards the stands. She narrowly avoids crashing into the crowd when Wonder Woman catches her car just in time.

** In the episode ''The Blind Bandit'', when the Gaang enters the earthbending arena, Sokka almost gets hit by a stray boulder during 2 random earthbenders' match.

* The 2004 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacers%E2%80%93Pistons_brawl Pacers–Pistons brawl]] started as an on-court altercation, but after a drunk spectator threw a drink at Ron Artest (then playing for the Indiana Pacers) the fight escalated with the players and crowds fighting against each other. Though nine spectators were injured (with two needing to be hospitalized) and at least one player was also injured, thankfully no one died.

** The 1928 Italian Grand Prix - Emilio Materassi lost control of his car and crashed into the grandstand, killing him and twenty-two spectators. It's still the worst accident (in terms of number of lives lost) to occur at a Grand Prix event and is still the second deadliest motorsport crash of all time after the 1955 Le Mans disaster.
** The worst such accident in motorsports occurred at the 1955 [[UsefulNotes/TwentyFourHoursOfLeMans Le Mans 24 Hours]], where Pierre Levegh and eighty-three spectators were killed when Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR was catapulted into a stand after a collision. The disaster led to Mercedes-Benz withdrawing from motor racing for decades.

* The ''Film/DeathRace'' reboot trilogy has a couple of moments where road pit crew gets hit (or nearly hit) by errant gunfire. It is played for (dark) laughs on the first film and it is an important plot point [[spoiler:because it allows one of the characters to fake his death and help the rest escape prison]] on the third movie, ''Inferno''.

* Most baseball stadiums have prominent signs warning spectators to be careful about baseballs being hit into the stands hard enough to cause serious injury.

* Motorball in ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' (AKA, ''Battle Angel Alita'') frequently has injuries and fatalities among the spectators: heavily armed cyborg competitors or the 40 kg ball can easily crash through the flimsy courseside fencing. Second League champion Caligula Armblessed has a pre-victory ritual where he cuts off a fan's arms and sticks them on his horns.

** The worst such accident in motorsports occurred at the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours, where Pierre Levegh and eighty-three spectators were killed when Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR was catapulted into a stand after a collision. The disaster led to Mercedes-Benz withdrawing from motor racing for decades.
** The 1961 Italian Grand Prix - the Ferrari of Wolfgang von Trips crashed into a spectator stand, killing von Trips and fifteen spectators.

** In 1999 there was a serious accident at a UsefulNotes/{{Indycar}} race called the Visionaire 500K in Charlotte where a collision led to debris flying into the stand, killing three spectators. The race was red-flagged for several hours before being called off comepletly.

** In 1999 there was a serious accident at a UsefulNotes/{{Indycar}} race called the Visionaire 500K in Charlotte where a collision led to debris flying into the stand, killing three spectators.

** At the 1952 Farnborough air show, an experimental De Havilland DH110 jet fighter crashed, killing its two-man crew and 29 spectators.

* In one episode of ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartacus: Gods of the Arena]]'', a spectator gets some fingers cut off by a stray blow during a gladiator fight.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Code of Honor" two people are battling with poison spike gloves. One of the gloves gets knocked out into the audience. It hits a man, cutting and killing him.

* The first time Characters/DaffyDuck gets the ball in ''Film/SpaceJam'', he sees the Monstars converge upon him, and panics. Daffy passes the ball to Granny, a cheerleader on the sidelines. The five Monstars nonetheless gang tackle Granny.

** The worst such accident in motorsports occurred at the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours, where eighty-three spectators were killed when [[TheAllegedCar Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR]] crashed into a stand after a minor collision, along with Levegh himself. The disaster led to Mercedes-Benz withdrawing from motor racing for decades.

** During the first stage of the 1986 Portuguese rally, three spectators were struck by a car and killed. This, coupled with Henri Toivonen's death during the Tour de Corse, would mark the crashes that are responsible for banning the Group B rally cars for good.

The polar opposite of StrayShotsStrikeNothing. Arguably an InUniverse form of TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou. SisterTrope to DeadlineNews, where the ''commentator'' falls victim to the deadly event, and a subtrope to FatalMethodActing, where it's the performer who dies while performing.