FIA president Jean Todt has called a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday to urgently discuss rally safety after two fatal accidents last weekend, the UK magazine, Autosport, has reported.
Six spectators were killed on Spanish event the Rally of La Coruna when Peugeot 206 driver Sergio Tabeayo rolled where they were standing, while 39-year-old Frenchman Frederic Comte lost his life when he crashed his Citroen Xsara WRC on Rally Mont Blanc.
An FIA statement said: "FIA President Jean Todt has called for a meeting in Geneva on 9th September with the presidents of the FIA commissions involved in rally safety.
"The objective of the meeting is to review the recent tragic accidents that have occurred and to evaluate every possible additional measures to support and strengthen the organisers' efforts regarding both spectator and driver safety."
Last weekend's fatalities follow two incidents in May in which spectators were killed on national rallies.
A six-year-old child died in a crash on the Donnelly Rally in Western Australia, and three spectators were killed on Estonia's Harju Rally.
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