He died after crashing during a race at
Brands Hatch, Kent, England, on 10 October 1965. Camathias' passenger, Franz Ducret, was injured but recovered in
West Hill Hospital,
Dartford, Kent. An inquest, presided over by
Coroner for
North Kent, Col. W.H. Harris, found that the crash was caused by welding failure where a front-fork tube had broken-away, and recorded a verdict of
misadventure. Around 1,000 people attended the funeral with many from the motorcycle and car racing fraternity. ==Legacy==