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Hollywood has a long history of on-set
accidents, from prop guns to car crashes and chariot races.
Below is a timeline of some high-profile movie set accidents:
1959 - An accident occurs during the filming of the chariot race
in the Hollywood epic "Ben-Hur", starring Charlton Heston, in
which a stunt man is injured.
1982 - A helicopter crash kills three actors, two of them
children, and injures six on the set of "Twilight Zone: The
Movie". In the following years, the production team is found
responsible for several labour violations, prompting the
introduction of new safety standards in the industry.
1993 - Brandon Lee, son of late martial artist and actor Bruce
Lee, is shot in the abdomen with improperly-made dummy rounds on
the set of "The Crow". After six hours of unsuccessful surgery,
Lee is declared dead at the age of 28.
2003 – Lead actress Uma Thurman has a car crash that crushes her
knees and leaves her with a concussion on the set of Quentin
Tarantino film "Kill Bill".
2007 - Special effects technician involved in the filming of
Batman movie "The Dark Knight" dies in a car accident after his
vehicle crashed into a tree at the end of a test run-through at
a special effects facility.
2014 - 71-year-old actor Harrison Ford requires surgery on a
broken leg after being struck by a heavy hydraulic metal door on
the set of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".
2015 - A stunt woman is severely injured in a motorcycle crash
on the set of "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" that leads to
her arm being amputated. Later on the same set, a stunt man dies
crushed under a Hummer vehicle.
2017 – Female stunt driver dies on the set of superhero movie "Deadpool
2" in downtown Vancouver after she lost control of her
motorcycle during a stunt and crashed through a window of a
building across the street.
(Compiled by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez, Enrico Sciacovelli and Milla
Nissi in Gdansk; Editing by Mike Collett-White)
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