| 100% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis —, virtuoso French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 100% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis -, virtuoso French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 93% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis —, French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 88% | DENNISBRAIN | 11 | French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 70% | BRAIN | 5 | Dennis —, French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died aged 36 in 1957 |
| 35% | ARBEE | 5 | Jazz sax player ___ Stidham, who switched to guitar after a bad car crash in the '50s |
| 32% | MARKDONOHUE | 11 | American F1 driver who could "set up his car and drive it to victory"; died in a crash during the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix : 2 wds. |
| 31% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Walker, "Fast and the Furious" star who passed away in a car crash |
| 30% | VALENS | 6 | Singer Ritchie who died in a plane crash |
| 29% | RODHULL | 7 | Entertainer associated with the puppet Emu who died in 1999 |
| 29% | KEVINDURANT | 11 | NBA player, now with the Phoenix Suns, who signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike in 2023: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EMMETT | 6 | Dan —, composer credited with the song Dixie who died in 1904 |
| 29% | LAKER | 5 | Freddie —, entrepreneur associated with the Skytrain project who died in 2006 |
| 29% | TROY | 4 | Country singer Gentry who died in a helicopter crash on September 8 |
| 29% | ERNIE | 5 | With 35-Across, baseball player who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and died 1/23/15 |
| 29% | BORIS | 5 | ___ Diaw, French former basketball player who won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 |
| 29% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 28% | EMO | 3 | Genre of the 2001 song "Understanding in a Car Crash" |
| 28% | SHOHEI | 6 | With 34-Across, Dodgers pitcher who, in 2024, became the only player to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases in a season |
| 27% | PATHE | 5 | Charles —, French film pioneer who died in 1957 |
| 27% | SEIJIOZAWA | 10 | Longtime music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra who died in February, 2024 |
| 27% | RAY | 3 | ___ Bourque, former NHL player who holds the record for Most Assists by a defenseman in the entire career with 1,169 assists |
| 27% | PASSENGER | 9 | The person who sits next to the driver in a car |
| 27% | JAMESDEAN | 9 | Iconic "East of Eden" star who died in a crash in 1955: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BELLE | 5 | Character from the Disney Princess franchise who falls in love with a cursed prince in the film based on a French fairy tale |
| 27% | PETER | 5 | ___ Stastny, former NHL player who holds the record with Joe Juneau for most assists by a rookie in one season with 70 assists |
| 27% | SRS | 3 | Letters on the dashboard in a car with airbags, maybe |
| 27% | CONNORMCDAVID | 13 | Oilers center who in April 2024 became the fourth player with a 100-assist season (Nikita Kucherov was fifth, two days later): 2 wds. |
| 27% | PEUGEOT | 7 | Armand —, French bicycle and motor car manufacturer who died in 1915 |