List of deaths by motorcycle crash

This article is about motorcycling fatalities on public roads. For fatalities in motorcycle racing see, see Deaths in motorcycle racing.

This is a list of people with Wikipedia articles who died in, or as a result of motorcycle crashes.

Road crashes

The following people with biographies in Wikipedia died of road crashes involving motorcycles:

Name	Date	Age	Nationality	Notability	Make-model	Displacement (cc)	Location	Details	Source
T. E. Lawrence	May 18, 1935	46	British	Soldier, writer	Brough Superior SS100		Wareham, Dorset, England		[1]
Tom Cooper	June 25, 1940	35	British	Footballer			Aldeburgh, England	Collided with lorry while on duty during WWII
Bluey Wilkinson	July 27, 1940	28	Australian	Speedway rider			Bondi, New South Wales
Ahmed Hassanein	February 19, 1946	56	Egyptian	Courtier and explorer
Arthur Fox Jr.	June 15, 1953	29	Australian	Australian rules footballer			Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Ray Gibb	September 10, 1953	24	Australian	Australian rules footballer			Melbourne, Australia	Collided with milk cart
Mario Gestri	December 4, 1953	29	Italian	Cyclist			Montecatini Terme	Had only purchased the bike a few days prior.	[2]
Harry Bamford	October 31, 1958	38	British	Footballer			Clifton, Bristol, England	Collided with delivery van
Richard Fariña	April 30, 1966	29	American	Musician			Near Carmel, California	Passenger
Ron Rector	July 14, 1968	24	American	American football player	1967 Harley-Davidson		Columbus, Ohio	Crashed June 29, 29 on I-71
Duane Allman	October 29, 1971	24	American	Musician	Harley-Davidson Sportster		Macon, Georgia, US
Berry Oakley	November 11, 1972	24	American	Musician	1967 Triumph		Macon, Georgia	Three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman had his fatal motorcycle crash	[3]
Don Rich	July 17, 1974	32		Musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos)
Bob Gassoff	May 27, 1977	24	Canadian	Ice hockey player			Near Gray Summit, Missouri
Stanley de Silva	April 12, 1980	23	Sri Lankan	Cricketer			Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
John Gardner	September 14, 1982	49	American	Novelist	Harley-Davidson		Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania		[4] [5]
Gary Gabelich	January 26, 1984	43	American	Land speed record holder			San Pedro, Los Angeles		[6]
Coluche, born Michel Colucci	June 19, 1986	41	French	Comedian
Barry Mannakee	May 14, 1987	39	British	Royal Protection Squad bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of Wales	Suzuki	400	Woodford, London	Death claimed by Diana to have been arranged by security services	[7] [8]
Pete de Freitas	June 14, 1989	27	British	Musician	Ducati	900	Longdon, Staffordshire, England	Collided with another vehicle
Jay Ilagan	February 4, 1992	37	Filipino	Actor			Quezon City, Philippines	Hit by drunk driver
Jason McRoy	August 24, 1995	23	British	Downhill mountain bike rider	Harley Davidson		A628, Derbyshire	[nb 1]	[9]
Ric Segreto	September 6, 1998	63	Filipino	Musician, teacher			Makati, Philippines
Pete Conrad	July 8, 1999	69	American	Third person to walk on the Moon	1996 Harley-Davidson		Ojai, California	[nb 2]	[10] [11]
Niccolò Galli	February 10, 2001	17	Italian	Footballer
Andy Kirby	July 18, 2002	40		NASCAR Busch Series driver	1985 Harley-Davidson		White House, Tennessee		[12]
Bahattin Sofuoğlu	October 25, 2002		Turkish	Motorcycle racer
Tim Choate	September 24, 2004	49	American	Actor			Los Angeles, California
Simon Milward	March 4, 2005	40		Humanitarian motorcyclist			Mali
Norberto Napolitano "Pappo"	February 24, 2005	54	Argentine	Rock musician
David Macpherson	August 31, 2006	82	Scottish	Nobleman				Collided with dustcart (garbage truck) seven weeks prior
Sajjadul Hasan	March 16, 2007	28	Bangladeshi	Cricketer
Manjural Islam Rana	March 16, 2007	22	Bangladeshi	Cricketer
Diego Corrales	May 7, 2007	29	American	Boxer	2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000		Las Vegas, Nevada
Lenar Gilmullin	June 22, 2007	22	Russian	Footballer
Norifumi Abe	October 7, 2007	32	Japan	Motorcycle racer	Yamaha XP 500 TMAX maxi-scooter	500	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan	[nb 3]	[13] [14]
Sophan Sophiaan	May 17, 2008	64	Indonesian	Actor, politician			Sragen Regency, Java, Indonesia	Ran into large pothole
Luc Bourdon	May 29, 2008	21	Canadian	NHL prospect, 1st round pick of the Vancouver Canucks	2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000	1000	Lamèque, New Brunswick, Canada		[15] [16] [17] [18]
Jonathan Goddard	June 15, 2008	27	American	Football player			Clay County, Florida
Andrea Pininfarina	August 7, 2008	51	Italian	Engineer and manager, CEO of Pininfarina	Vespa GT60 scooter	250	Cambiano, Turin	[nb 4]	[19] Conditions at the time of the crash were very foggy. [20]
Anatoly Khrapaty	August 11, 2008	45	Kazakh	Powerlifter, Olympic coach			Arshaly, Akmola, Kazakhstan
Lee Eon	August 21, 2008	27	South Korean	Actor			Seoul, South Korea	Collided with overpass guardrail
Jake Drake-Brockman	September 1, 2009	53	British	Musician	BSA motorcycle		Isle of Man	Collided with converted ambulance
Atsushi Kuroi	February 1, 2010	40	Japanese	Drifting driver					[21] [22]
Calvin Blignault	August 21, 2010	30	South African	Mechanical engineer			Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Hit and run
Steve Lee	October 5, 2010	47	Swiss	Musician			Mesquite, Nevada	Struck by motorcycle that was hit by a semi truck
Douglas Blubaugh	May 16, 2011	76	American	Olympic wrestler			Tonkawa, Oklahoma	Struck by pickup truck
Cosimo Caliandro	June 10, 2011	29	Italian	Runner			Francaville Fontana, Italy
Sebastijan Pečjak	July 6, 2012	35	Slovene	Darts player			Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thanasis Tribonias	July 24, 2012	28	Greek	Footballer, police officer			Athens, Greece	Lost control of motorcycle on duty
Ranking Trevor	August 7, 2012	52	Jamaican	Deejay			Kingston, Jamaica	Collision
Mitch Lucker	October 31, 2012	28	American	Former frontman of the band Suicide Silence	2013 Harley-Davidson		Huntington Beach, California		[23]
Bo Lozoff	November 29, 2012	65	American	Humanitarian, writer	2003 Suzuki		Puna, Hawaii	Struck by motor vehicle
Frank Pastore	December 17, 2012	55	American	Baseball player, radio host	Honda VTX series	1800	Duarte, California	Struck by car on November 19
Cornelis Koster	March 21, 2013	69	Dutch	Academic			Netherlands
Jefri Al Buchori	April 26, 2013	40	Indonesian	Islamic preacher, actor	Kawasaki ER-6n	650	South Jakarta, Indonesia	Collided with tree
Mary Thom	April 26, 2013	68	American	Feminist, writer	1996 Honda Magna	750	Yonkers, New York	Struck by a vehicle after veering into traffic
Darryl Read	June 23, 2013	61	British	Musician			Pattaya, Thailand
Bill Beckwith	December 2, 2013	38	American	Carpenter, host of Curb Appeal			San Francisco, California	Collided with vehicle	[24]
Andriy Husin	September 17, 2014	41	Ukrainian	Footballer, coach			Kyiv, Ukraine
Andrea de Cesaris	October 5, 2014	55	Italian	Racing driver			Rome, Italy	Collided with freeway guardrail
Nagare Hagiwara	April 22, 2015	62	Japanese	Actor			Suginami, Japan
Joan Garriga	August 27, 2015	52	Spanish	Motorcycle racer			Barcelona, Spain
Bruno Agostinelli	March 9, 2016	28	Canadian	Tennis player			Toronto, Ontario	Collided with another vehicle
Antoine Demoitié	March 27, 2016	25	Belgian	Cyclist			Sainte-Marie-Cappel	Struck by motorbike after fall during race	[25]
Trần Phước Thọ	April 17, 2016	23	Vietnamese	Footballer			Tân An, Long An, Vietnam
Jory Prum	April 22, 2016	41	American	Audio engineer
Oh Se-jong	June 27, 2016	33	South Korean	Olympic speed skater			Seoul, South Korea	Collided with vehicle
Ed Ross	July 30, 2016	50	American	Photographer			Near Yosemite National Park
Peter Pettalia	September 12, 2016	61	American	Politician			Montmorency County, Michigan
Germaine Mason	April 20, 2017	34	Jamaican	Track and field athlete			Kingston, Jamaica
Jayson Hinder	April 30, 2017	51	Australian	Politician			California, US
Cris Bolado	September 17, 2017	47	Filipino	Basketball player			Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Ismail Juma	November 3, 2017	26	Tanzanian	Runner			Arusha, Tanzania	Head-on collision with truck
Leopoldo Cantancio	April 20, 2018	54	Filipino	Boxer			Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines	Collided with post
Brian Drebber	August 23, 2018	68	American	Sportscaster			Canton, Georgia, US	Collided with a deer
Thalles	June 22, 2019	24	Brazilian	Footballer			São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cedric Benson	August 17, 2019	36	American	Football player			Austin, Texas	Collided with minivan
Braian Toledo	February 26, 2020	26	Argentine	Javelin thrower
Stefano Bianco	March 11, 2020	34	Italian	Motorcycle racer	Honda CBR600RR	600	Turin, Italy	Collided with truck
Adam Comrie	August 8, 2020	30	Canadian-American	Ice hockey player			Leesburg, Virginia
Howard Mudd	August 12, 2020	78	American	Football player, coach			Seattle, Washington	Crashed on July 29
Krisztián Veréb	October 24, 2020	43	Hungarian	Olympic canoe sprinter			Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Éric Babin	January 11, 2021	61	New Caledonian	Politician			Voh, New Caledonia
Odirlei Pessoni	March 27, 2021	38	Brazilian	Olympic bobsledder			Ibiraci, Brazil
Diogo Oliveira	June 9, 2021	38	Brazilian	Footballer			Maringá, Brazil	Collided with post
Sanchari Vijay	June 15, 2021	37	Indian	Actor	Yamaha FZ1	1000	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India	Collided with post on June 12
Doug Bennett	July 16, 2021	75	American	Politician			Muskegon, Michigan	Crashed with a pickup truck	[26]
David Patten	September 2, 2021	47	American	Football player			Columbia, South Carolina	Collided with sedan
Paul Smart	October 27, 2021	78	British	Motorcycle racer			Kent/East Sussex, England
Davy Tweed	October 28, 2021	61	Northern Irish	Politician			County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Eric Guimbeau	March 5, 2024	63	Mauritian	Politician & CEO	Harley Davidson		Union Ducray, Mauritius	Emergency braking causing loss of control, ten impact by SUV	[27]
Deniz Servan Narin	August 10, 2025	27	Turkish	Social media personality and Motorcycle stunt rider	BMW S1000RR		Kocaeli, Turkey	Collided with lorry while on highway	[28] [29] [30]

Stunt crashes

Name	Death	Age	Nationality	Notability	Make-model	Displacement (cc)	Location	Details	Source
"Indian Larry" Desmedt	August 30, 2004	55	American	Motorcycle builder and stuntman			Concord, North Carolina
Butch Laswell	March 10, 1996	37	American	Motorcycle stunt rider	Honda CR500		Mesquite, Nevada
Joi Harris	August 14, 2017	40	American	Motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman			Vancouver, British Columbia	Killed while filming a motorcycle stunt	http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/13482/stunt-woman-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-during-deadpool-2-filming
Dar Robinson	November 21, 1986	39	American	Stunt performer and actor			Page, Arizona
Corey Scott	February 8, 1997	28	American	Motorcycle stunt rider			Miami, Florida

Testing crashes

• 1896 Sylvester H. Roper Cambridge, Massachusetts. Crash preceded by or followed by heart failure.
• 2007 Noriyasu Numata (JPN) Okayama International Circuit
• 2013 Kevin Ash, journalist, killed in South Africa while testing new BMW R1200GS ^[31]

See also

• Motorcycle safety
• List of motorcycle deaths in U.S. by year
• List of Billown Course fatal crashes
• List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
• Category:Lists of motorsport fatalities

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1. collision with a lorry
2. Veered off road and crashed
3. Collision with a lorry, which made an illegal u-turn in front of him, when he was riding his motorcycle
4. A car driven by a 78-year-old man maneuvered from a side street around a parked lorry and pulled directly in front of Pininfarina