I once came very close to being flattened by a stock car in a dirt track race I was photographing. There was one more car than I expected bringing up the rear of the pack hidden by a cloud of dust.

This one of the most tragic stories about photography I've heard:

man falls from an Edinburgh hotel balcony while his fiancee is taking a photo

This has a great collection of weird anecdotes. (I have his book "Cyanide and Spirits").

Bill Jay's historical writings

Look for the article "Dangers in the Dark".