10 most expensive celebrity car wrecks
We all know celebrities love their flashy rides, but sometimes they love them into the guardrail. These were not your average fender benders. They were some of the priciest car accidents the world has ever seen. Here are 10 of the most expensive celebrity car wrecks on record.
At the top of the heap is Gage Gillean, who crashed a $3.4 million Pagani Huayra Roadster. That one-car smash did not just total a hyper-rare supercar, it set the gold standard for wallet-shattering wrecks.
Next up, comedian Tracy Morgan’s Bugatti Veyron crash cost $2 million, and insult to injury, it happened just minutes after he bought it. That is the kind of buyer’s remorse most of us will never experience.
Cristiano Ronaldo lands in third place, having crashed a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and a Bugatti Veyron, with a combined original value of $1.7 million. For Ronaldo, those were just two small dents in a car collection that is basically a rolling art gallery.
Rowan Atkinson (yes, Mr. Bean) famously crashed his McLaren F1, racking up $1.6 million in repairs. That crash is still one of the most expensive insurance claims in UK history. Atkinson’s wallet survived, though his McLaren barely did.
Rounding out the top five, Richard Hammond’s jet dragster and Rimac Concept One crashes were as dramatic as they were costly, totaling nearly $1 million in exotic machinery.
Further down the list, you’ll find Elon Musk, thanks to an early-2000s crash involving his McLaren F1, a car then worth around $1 million. Musk, who famously did not have insurance on the car, was driving with PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel when he lost control and spun out, severely damaging the vehicle. Despite the dramatic wreck, neither Musk nor Thiel was injured, and Musk later joked in interviews about how the accident became part of Silicon Valley lore.
Stefan Eriksson, Eddie Griffin, Tyga, and Charles Leclerc round out the analysis, all proving that driving ultra-rare supercars comes with ultra-expensive risks.
| Celebrity | Number of Car Wrecks | Estimated Damage (USD) | Make + Model | Total Original MSRP of Car(s) |
| Gage Gillean | 1 | $3.4M | Pagani Huayra Roadster | $3.4M |
| Tracy Morgan | 2 | $2M | Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport | $2M |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 2 | $600K | Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Bugatti Veyron | $1.7M |
| Richard Hammond | 2 | N/A | Jet-powered dragster, Rimac Concept One | $980K |
| Rowan Atkinson | 2 | $1.6M | McLaren F1 | $970K |
| Elon Musk | 1 | N/A | McLaren F1 | $970K |
| Stefan Eriksson | 1 | $1.5M | Ferrari Enzo | $659K |
| Eddie Griffin | 1 | $1.5M | Ferrari Enzo | $659K |
| Tyga | 2+ | N/A | Lamborghini Aventador, Bentley Continental | $600K |
| Charles Leclerc | 1 | N/A | Ferrari Purosangue | $404K |
“Crashing a high-end supercar does not just mean lost property,” an analysis spokesperson summed it up, “It often involves vehicles so rare that replacing them is nearly impossible.” That’s the bottom line from a recent study by Value My Car, which analyzed the most financially damaging celebrity car wrecks.
