Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway

This article lists riders who have died competing at motorcycle speedway events.

Date of death Rider Circuit Meeting Ref
7 April 1927 Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway Australian National Speedway Championship [1]
11 May 1929 Walter Brown Marine Gardens Consolation handicap [2]
13 July 1929 Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium English Dirt Track League [3]
27 May 1930 Eddie Reynolds White City Stadium, Glasgow Northern League [4]
24 July 1930 James Carnie Farringdon Park Preston Golden Helmet [5]
31 August 1930 William Owen Audenshaw Speedway Handicap event [6]
1 November 1930 Sigismund Schlam WACA Ground Handicap event [7]
3 November 1930 Charles Edwin Wear Bunbury Speedway Race [8]
25 August 1931 Noel Johnson Pennycross Stadium Challenge match [9]
12 September 1931 James 'Indian' Allen Hyde Road Southern League [10]
13 April 1933 Cornelius Cantwell Aarhus Dirt-Track Bane Open meeting [11]
2 September 1934 Arij Poldervaart Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [12]
27 January 1935 Charlie Blacklock Monica Park Christchurch Handicap event [13]
30 August 1935 Tom Farndon New Cross Stadium Speedway World Championship [14]
21 December 1935 Frank Elms Sydney Royale Australia v England test match [15]
15 May 1936 Dusty Haigh Hackney Wick Stadium Auto-Cycle Union Cup [16]
25 August 1937 Stan Hart Hall Green Stadium Provincial Championship [17]
30 September 1937 Reg Vigor Wimbledon Stadium National League [18]
19 December 1937 Neil Schiller Claremont Speedway Speedway International Tournament [19]
17 May 1938 Harry Rogers Dagenham Ripple Road Charity meeting [20]
11 August 1938 David Jackson Dagenham Ripple Road Practice [21]
26 December 1938 Roy Noble Warragul Victorian ACU Grass-track Championship [22]
16 July 1946 Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld Odsal Stadium National League [23]
8 October 1946 Charlie Appleby Brough Park Stadium Northern League [24]
9 July 1947 Peter Jackson Banister Court Stadium Novice race [25]
16 August 1947 Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson Harringay Stadium Speedway National Trophy [26]
16 August 1947 Cyril Anderson The Firs Stadium British Division 2 Best Pairs [27]
30 August 1947 Jack Ladd Alkmaar Sportpark Open meeting [28]
4 October 1947 Martin Schneeweiß Grazer Trabrennbahn Speedway Austrian Championship [29]
4 May 1948 Reg Craven Wimborne Road Speedway National Trophy [30]
15 June 1948 Eric Dunn Arlington Stadium National League [31]
5 July 1948 Billy Wilson The Firs Stadium National League [32]
14 July 1948 Max Pearce Yarmouth Stadium National League [33]
8 June 1949 Ted Hurn Littledean grasstrack Grass track event [34]
21 January 1950 Ray Duggan Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [35]
21 January 1950 Norm Clay Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [35]
11 March 1950 Oscar Wessman Johannesburg South Africa versus British tourists [36]
1 July 1950 Joe Abbott Odsal Stadium National League [37]
1 July 1950 Jock Shead The Firs Stadium British National Trophy [37]
18 July 1950 Ronald Stocker Rye House Stadium Practice [38][39]
6 January 1951 Ken Le Breton Sydney Sports Ground International test match [40]
19 August 1951 Erich Berghöfer Stadion am Zoo German Concrete Track Championship [41]
10 November 1951 Bob Howes The Firs Stadium National League [31]
14 April 1952 Willi Thorn Bamberger Zementbahn German Concrete Track Championship [42]
22 July 1952 Ernie Roccio West Ham Stadium National League [43]
16 November 1952 Letium Platton Stanthorpe Queensland Grass Track Championship [44]
26 March 1953 Roy Eather County Ground Stadium Practice [45]
6 June 1953 Mike Rogers Monmore Green Stadium National League [46]
7 July 1953 Harry Eyre West Ham Stadium Junior League [47]
13 May 1955 John Kerrigan Thomson Wimborne Road National League Div 2 [48]
2 April 1956 Malcolm Flood Wimborne Road National League [49]
21 April 1956 Zbigniew Raniszewski Praterstadion Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland [50]
19 June 1956 Fritz Dirtl Niederrheinstadion Speedway World Championship [51]
16 August 1956 Raymond Beaumont Newquay grasstrack 500cc Grasstrack [52]
22 September 1956 Ernie Rawlins Banister Court Stadium National League [53]
2 February 1957 Alan Hunt Wembley Johannesburg Durban vs Klerksdorp [54]
31 May 1958 Erkki Ala-Sippola Helsinki Velodrome Finnish Speedway Championship [51]
28 March 1959 Alan Pearce Banister Court Stadium Challenge match [55]
3 June 1959 Jerzy Grochowski Stadion Polonii Piła Polish Speedway Team Championship [56]
24 July 1960 Tink Maynard The Firs Stadium National Trophy [57]
3 September 1960 Witold Świątkowski Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [58]
19 August 1961 Erich Stieglmeier Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [59]
19 August 1961 Libor Dušánek Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [60]
15 September 1961 Bronisław Idzikowski Częstochowa Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [61]
13 April 1962 Jack Unstead Foxhall Stadium Challenge match [62]
15 August 1962 Stanislaw Domaniecki Stadion Startu Gniezno Polish Speedway Team Championship [63]
21 September 1962 Arne Wettergren Dagsbergsfältet Norrköping Practice [64]
3 December 1962 Des Simon Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland Speedway Championship [65]
18 September 1963 Antonín Vilde Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [66]
24 September 1963 Peter Craven Meadowbank Stadium Speedway National Test Match [67]
1964 Tadeusz Teodorowicz West Ham Stadium National Trophy [68]
1965 David John Wills West Ham Stadium Challenge [47]
23 August 1966 Ivor Hughes Dudley Wood Stadium National League [69]
1967 Andrzej Walicki Polonia Piła Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [70]
1967 Harry Denton Rowley Park Speedway Rowley Park Speedway Season [71]
1 October 1967 Poul Wissing Rostock Speedwaystadion Open meeting [72]
1968 Lionel Levy Sydney Showground Speedway handicap event [73]
1968 Luboš Tomíček Sr. Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [74]
1970 Sven Renlund Örnsköldsvik Swedish Ice Racing Championship [75]
19 April 1970 Marian Rose Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [76]
27 April 1970 Benedykt Błaszkiewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [77]
1971 Jerzy Bildziukiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [78]
7 April 1971 Valeri Klementiev Russia National team practice [79]
29 September 1972 Svein Kaasa Hampden Park National League [80]
8 December 1972 Jack Biggs Golden City International Raceway Scratch Race [81]
1972 Marek Czerny Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [82]
1974 Zbigniew Malinowski Stadion Śląski Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [83]
1974 Jerzy Białek Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship [84]
17 October 1975 Gary Peterson Monmore Green Stadium Midland Cup [85]
20 May 1976 Tommy Jansson Gubbängens Idrottsplats Speedway World Championship [86]
25 July 1976 Kazimierz Araszewicz Arena Częstochowa League match [87]
1976 Roger Parker Elberton Wessex Centre Grass Championship [88]
24 April 1977 Josef Angermüller San Savino Speedway Park Speedway World Championship [89]
27 April 1977 Kevin Holden Wimborne Road Speedway Star Knockout Cup [90]
1977 Marcin Rożak Tarnów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [91]
1977 Tom Albery Sherfield English Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association [92]
1977 Stuart Shirley Ellesmere Port Stadium Practice session [93]
3 April 1978 Chris Prime Brough Park Stadium National league [94]
25 June 1978 Hans Siegl Linzer Stadion Open event [95]
8 June 1979 Vic Harding Hackney Wick Stadium British League Fours [96]
9 December 1979 Christer Sjösten Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway International Tournament [97]
7 September 1981 Tony Sanford County Ground Stadium National League [98]
27 April 1982 Brett Alderton Norfolk Arena National League [99]
1 June 1982 Zdeněk Kudrna Stadskanaal European Grasstrack Championship [100]
16 July 1982 Denny Pyeatt Hackney Wick Stadium National League [101][102]
16 September 1983 Craig Featherby East of England Showground National League [103]
19 February 1984 Anatoly Gladyshev Lenin Stadium World Ice Speedway Championship [104]
13 May 1984 Max Schöllhorn Artigues-de-Lussac, France grass track meeting [105]
19 May 1984 Neal Watson Norfolk Arena Junior match [106]
29 July 1984 Leif Wahlman Norfolk Arena Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals [107]
27 August 1984 Alexander Korshakov Rivne Speedway Stadium Soviet league match [108]
1986 Meelis Helm Stadium Lokomotīve USSR League Speedway [109]
1987 Grzegorz Smolinski Golęcin Speedway Stadium Four Nations Tournament [110]
1987 Wiesław Pawlak Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [111]
1988 Ken Berry Inland Motorcycle Speedway Golden State Speedway Series - Division II [112]
30 June 1989 Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium British National league [113]
16 June 1991 Jiří Hurych Miramont, France Grasstrack meeting [114]
3 September 1992 Grzegorz Kowszewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [115]
28 September 1992 Wayne Garratt Brough Park Stadium British League [116]
16 January 1994 Karl Nicholls Iwade Speedway Practice session [117]
1994 Remo Dal Bosco Berlin-Wilmersdorf Ice Racing Individual World Championship [118]
18 June 1996 Rif Saitgareev Ostrów Municipal Stadium Polish league [119]
1 May 2002 David Nix Norfolk Arena Conference League [120]
2005 Ashley Jones Myrtleford Speedway Interstate Solo Challenge [121]
2006 Chris Hendriksen Wümmering Speedway World Long-Track Championship [122]
2007 Michal Matula Stadion MOSiR Krosno Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [123]
2007 Kenny Olsson Norrköping Motorstadion Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [124]
2007 David Durham Offerton Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships [125]
2010 Vincent Kinchin Bergring Arena Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal [126]
2011 Peter Koij Västerås, Sweden International Open Meeting [127]
12 May 2012 Lee Richardson Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship [128]
8 December 2012 Darrin Winkler Maryborough Speedway Frasercoast Christmas event [129]
3 April 2013 Matija Duh Bahia Blanca, Argentina Argentinean International Speedway Championship [130]
22 June 2014 Grzegorz Knapp Heusden-Zolder Speedway Dutch Speedway League [131]
28 May 2016 Krystian Rempała Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [132]

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