List of deaths by motorcycle crash

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

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Road crashes

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

Name Steven mcguireDate August 18th 2019Age23Nationality americanNotabilityMake-model YamahaDisplacement (cc)Location mountain city tnDetails dead on impact/ hit a car thar pulled out in front of himSource
T. E. Lawrence May 18, 193546BritishSoldier, writer Brough Superior SS100 Wareham, Dorset, England [1]
Tom Cooper June 25, 194035BritishFootballer Aldeburgh, EnglandCollided with lorry while on duty during WWII
Bluey Wilkinson July 27, 194028AustralianSpeedway rider Bondi, New South Wales
Ahmed Hassanein February 19, 194656EgyptianCourtier and explorer
Arthur Fox Jr. June 15, 195329AustralianAustralian rules footballer Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Ray Gibb September 10, 195324AustralianAustralian rules footballer Melbourne, AustraliaCollided with milk cart
Mario Gestri December 4, 195329ItalianCyclist Montecatini Terme Had only purchased the bike a few days prior. [2]
Harry Bamford October 31, 195838BritishFootballer Clifton, Bristol, EnglandCollided with delivery van
Richard Fariña April 30, 196629AmericanMusicianNear Carmel, California Passenger
Ron Rector July 14, 196824AmericanAmerican football player1967 Harley-Davidson Columbus, Ohio Crashed June 29, 29 on I-71
Duane Allman October 29, 197124AmericanMusician Harley-Davidson Sportster Macon, Georgia, US
Berry Oakley November 11, 197224AmericanMusician1967 Triumph Macon, Georgia Three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman had his fatal motorcycle crash [3]
Don Rich July 17, 197432Musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos)
Bob Gassoff May 27, 197724CanadianIce hockey playerNear Gray Summit, Missouri
Stanley de Silva April 12, 198023Sri LankanCricketer Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
John Gardner September 14, 198249AmericanNovelistHarley-Davidson Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania [4] [5]
Gary Gabelich January 26, 198443AmericanLand speed record holder San Pedro, Los Angeles [6]
Coluche, born Michel ColucciJune 19, 198641FrenchComedian
Barry Mannakee May 14, 198739British Royal Protection Squad bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of Wales Suzuki400 Woodford, London Death claimed by Diana to have been arranged by security services [7] [8]
Pete de Freitas June 14, 198927BritishMusician Ducati 900 Longdon, Staffordshire, EnglandCollided with another vehicle
Jay Ilagan February 4, 199237FilipinoActor Quezon City, PhilippinesHit by drunk driver
Jason McRoy August 24, 199523British Downhill mountain bike rider Harley Davidson A628, Derbyshire [nb 1] [9]
Ric Segreto September 6, 199863FilipinoMusician, teacher Makati, Philippines
Pete Conrad July 8, 199969AmericanThird person to walk on the Moon 1996 Harley-Davidson Ojai, California [nb 2] [10] [11]
Niccolò Galli February 10, 200117ItalianFootballer
Andy Kirby July 18, 200240NASCAR Busch Series driver1985 Harley-Davidson White House, Tennessee [12]
Bahattin Sofuoğlu October 25, 2002TurkishMotorcycle racer
Tim Choate September 24, 200449AmericanActor Los Angeles, California
Simon Milward March 4, 200540Humanitarian motorcyclist Mali
Norberto Napolitano "Pappo"February 24, 200554ArgentineRock musician
David Macpherson August 31, 200682ScottishNoblemanCollided with dustcart (garbage truck) seven weeks prior
Sajjadul Hasan March 16, 200728BangladeshiCricketer
Manjural Islam Rana March 16, 200722BangladeshiCricketer
Diego Corrales May 7, 200729AmericanBoxer2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000 Las Vegas, Nevada
Lenar Gilmullin June 22, 200722RussianFootballer
Norifumi Abe October 7, 200732JapanMotorcycle racer Yamaha XP 500 TMAX maxi-scooter500 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan [nb 3] [13] [14]
Sophan Sophiaan May 17, 200864IndonesianActor, politician Sragen Regency, Java, IndonesiaRan into large pothole
Luc Bourdon May 29, 200821Canadian 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, 200827AmericanFootball player Clay County, Florida
Andrea Pininfarina August 7, 200851ItalianEngineer and manager, CEO of Pininfarina Vespa GT60 scooter250 Cambiano, Turin [nb 4] [19] Conditions at the time of the crash were very foggy. [20]
Anatoly Khrapaty August 11, 200845KazakhPowerlifter, Olympic coach Arshaly, Akmola, Kazakhstan
Lee Eon August 21, 200827South KoreanActor Seoul, South KoreaCollided with overpass guardrail
Jake Drake-Brockman September 1, 200953BritishMusician BSA motorcycle Isle of Man Collided with converted ambulance
Atsushi Kuroi February 1, 201040JapaneseDrifting driver [21] [22]
Calvin Blignault August 21, 201030South AfricanMechanical engineer Port Elizabeth, South AfricaHit and run
Steve Lee October 5, 201047SwissMusician Mesquite, Nevada Struck by motorcycle that was hit by a semi truck
Douglas Blubaugh May 16, 201176AmericanOlympic wrestler Tonkawa, Oklahoma Struck by pickup truck
Cosimo Caliandro June 10, 201129ItalianRunner Francaville Fontana, Italy
Sebastijan Pečjak July 6, 201235SloveneDarts player Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thanasis Tribonias July 24, 201228GreekFootballer, police officer Athens, GreeceLost control of motorcycle on duty
Ranking Trevor August 7, 201252JamaicanDeejay Kingston, Jamaica Collision
Mitch Lucker October 31, 201228AmericanFormer frontman of the band Suicide Silence 2013 Harley-Davidson Huntington Beach, California [23]
Bo Lozoff November 29, 201265AmericanHumanitarian, writer2003 Suzuki Puna, Hawaii Struck by motor vehicle
Frank Pastore December 17, 201255AmericanBaseball player, radio host Honda VTX series 1800 Duarte, California Struck by car on November 19
Cornelis Koster March 21, 201369DutchAcademic Netherlands
Jefri Al Buchori April 26, 201340IndonesianIslamic preacher, actor Kawasaki ER-6n 650 South Jakarta, IndonesiaCollided with tree
Mary Thom April 26, 201368AmericanFeminist, writer1996 Honda Magna 750 Yonkers, New York Struck by a vehicle after veering into traffic
Darryl Read June 23, 201361BritishMusician Pattaya, Thailand
Bill Beckwith December 2, 201338AmericanCarpenter, host of Curb Appeal San Francisco, CaliforniaCollided with vehicle [24]
Andriy Husin September 17, 201441UkrainianFootballer, coach Kyiv, Ukraine
Andrea de Cesaris October 5, 201455ItalianRacing driver Rome, ItalyCollided with freeway guardrail
Nagare Hagiwara April 22, 201562JapaneseActor Suginami, Japan
Joan Garriga August 27, 201552SpanishMotorcycle racer Barcelona, Spain
Bruno Agostinelli March 9, 201628CanadianTennis player Toronto, OntarioCollided with another vehicle
Antoine Demoitié March 27, 201625BelgianCyclist Sainte-Marie-Cappel Struck by motorbike after fall during race [25]
Trần Phước Thọ April 17, 201623VietnameseFootballer Tân An, Long An, Vietnam
Jory Prum April 22, 201641AmericanAudio engineer
Oh Se-jong June 27, 201633South KoreanOlympic speed skater Seoul, South KoreaCollided with vehicle
Ed Ross July 30, 201650AmericanPhotographerNear Yosemite National Park
Peter Pettalia September 12, 201661AmericanPolitician Montmorency County, Michigan
Germaine Mason April 20, 201734JamaicanTrack and field athlete Kingston, Jamaica
Jayson Hinder April 30, 201751AustralianPolitician California, US
Cris Bolado September 17, 201747FilipinoBasketball player Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Ismail Juma November 3, 201726TanzanianRunner Arusha, TanzaniaHead-on collision with truck
Leopoldo Cantancio April 20, 201854FilipinoBoxer Bago, Negros Occidental, PhilippinesCollided with post
Brian Drebber August 23, 201868AmericanSportscaster Canton, Georgia, USCollided with a deer
Thalles June 22, 201924BrazilianFootballer São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cedric Benson August 17, 201936AmericanFootball player Austin, Texas Collided with minivan
Braian Toledo February 26, 202026ArgentineJavelin throwerSteven Mcguire

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Stefano Bianco March 11, 202034ItalianMotorcycle racer Honda CBR600RR 600 Turin, ItalyCollided with truck
Adam Comrie August 8, 202030Canadian-AmericanIce hockey player Leesburg, Virginia
Howard Mudd August 12, 202078AmericanFootball player, coach Seattle, WashingtonCrashed on July 29
Krisztián Veréb October 24, 202043HungarianOlympic canoe sprinter Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Éric Babin January 11, 202161New CaledonianPolitician Voh, New Caledonia
Odirlei Pessoni March 27, 202138BrazilianOlympic bobsledder Ibiraci, Brazil
Diogo Oliveira June 9, 202138BrazilianFootballer Maringá, BrazilCollided with post
Sanchari Vijay June 15, 202137IndianActor Yamaha FZ1 1000 Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaCollided with post on June 12
Doug Bennett July 16, 202175AmericanPolitician Muskegon, Michigan Crashed with a pickup truck [26]
David Patten September 2, 202147AmericanFootball player Columbia, South Carolina Collided with sedan
Paul Smart October 27, 202178BritishMotorcycle racer Kent/East Sussex, England
Davy Tweed October 28, 202161Northern IrishPolitician County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Eric Guimbeau March 5, 202463MauritianPolitician & CEOHarley DavidsonUnion Ducray, Mauritius Emergency braking causing loss of control, ten impact by SUV [27]
Deniz Servan Narin August 10, 202527TurkishSocial media personality and Motorcycle stunt rider BMW S1000RR Kocaeli, Turkey Collided with lorry while on highway [28] [29] [30]

Stunt crashes

NameDeathAgeNationalityNotabilityMake-modelDisplacement (cc)LocationDetailsSource
"Indian Larry" Desmedt August 30, 200455AmericanMotorcycle builder and stuntman Concord, North Carolina
Butch Laswell March 10, 199637American Motorcycle stunt rider Honda CR500 Mesquite, Nevada
Joi Harris August 14, 201740AmericanMotorcycle 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, 198639AmericanStunt performer and actor Page, Arizona
Corey Scott February 8, 199728American Motorcycle stunt rider Miami, Florida

Testing crashes

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Storia di Mario Gestri". Cycling Museum.
  3. ↑ R. Gary Patterson (2008). Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses. Simon and Schuster. p. 44. ISBN   9781439103647.
  4. ↑ "John Gardner Killed on His Motorcycle". Schenectady Gazette . Oakland, Pennsylvania. United Press International. September 15, 1982. p. 2. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Novelist Gardner dies in crash". The Milwaukee Journal . Binghamton, New York. Associated Press. September 15, 1982. pp. 1–8. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
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  7. ↑ Conspiracy theorists feast on inquiry into death of Diana's minder [ dead link ] The Independent, Retrieved November 1, 2007
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  9. ↑ "In memory of Jason McRoy". BikeRadar. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Third Man to Walk on Moon Dies in Motorcycle Accident". NASA. July 9, 1999.
  11. ↑ Wren, Christopher S. (July 10, 1999). "Pete Conrad, 69, the Third Man to Walk on the Moon, Dies After a Motorcycle Crash". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ "BUSCH: Andy Kirby killed in accident". motorsport.com. July 20, 2002.
  13. ↑ "Yamaha Release On Norick Abe's Death". SuperbikePlanet.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  14. ↑ "'Legendary rider' Norick Abe dies in motorbike, truck collision". Japan News Review. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  15. ↑ "Funeral For NHL Player Luc Bourdon". CityNews. Toronto. The Canadian Press. June 2, 2008. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
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  19. ↑ "Designerlegende Pininfarina ist tot". Der Spiegel. August 7, 2008. Archived from the original on August 10, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2008. Translation Archived October 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ "Andrea Pininfarina Dies in Turin Road Accident". Corriere della Sera .
  21. ↑ http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/02/02/news-gt-gt-rip-atsushi-%5B%5D kuroi.aspx
  22. ↑ "NEWSWORTHY> Farewell, Atsushi Kuroi". MotorMavens. February 2, 2010. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Press Release: Fatal Traffic Collision" (PDF). City of Huntington Beach. November 1, 2012.
  24. ↑ Payne, Ed; Watkins, Tom (December 4, 2013). "Bill Beckwith, co-host of HGTV's 'Curb Appeal', killed in crash". CNN. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  25. ↑ "Antoine Demoitié dies following Gent-Wevelgem crash". Immediate Media. March 28, 2016.
  26. ↑ Agar, John (July 19, 2021). "Former state Rep. Doug Bennett dies in motorcycle crash". MLive.
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  31. ↑ Matthew Miles (January 23, 2013). "Rest in Peace, Kevin Ash / British journalist killed in crash at BMW R1200GS press launch". Cycle World . Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  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
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