French racer Adolphe Heliere drowned at the French Riviera during a rest day.

Spanish racer Francisco Cepeda plunged down a ravine on the Col du Galibier.

Tom Simpson died 13 July, Stage 13 of heart failure during the ascent of Mont Ventoux. Amphetamines were found in Simpson's jersey and blood.

Fabio Casartelli crashed at 88 km/h (55 mph) on 18 July, Stage 15 while descending the Col de Portet d'Aspet.

A motorcyclist giving a demonstration in the velodrome of La Roche Sur Yon, to entertain the crowd before the cyclists arrived, died after he crashed at high speed.

Motorcycle rider Rene Wagter and passenger Alex Virot, a journalist for Radio Luxembourg, went off a mountain road near Ax-les-Thermes on 14 July.

An official, Constant Wouters, died after an accident with sprinter Andrea Darrigade at the Parc des Princes.

Twenty people died when a supply van hit a bridge in the Dordogne region, resulting in the highest tour-related death toll.

A 12-year-old from Ginasservis, known as Phillippe, was hit by a car in the Tour de France publicity caravan.

A seven-year-old boy, Melvin Pompele, died near Retjons after running in front of the caravan.

A spectator in her 60s was struck and killed by a police motorcycle while crossing a road along the route near Wittelsheim on 18 July, Stage 14.