List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway

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This article lists riders who have died competing at motorcycle speedway events. During the mid-2000s air fences were installed at most oval cinder/shale tracks, which consequently and significantly reduced deaths and serious injury.

List

Date of deathRiderCircuitMeetingRef
7 April 1927 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway Australian National Speedway Championship [1]
21 October 1928 Flag of England.svg Clifford Mawson Athletic Grounds, Rochdale Senior race [2]
11 May 1929 Flag of England.svg Walter Brown Marine Gardens Consolation handicap [3]
18 May 1929 Flag of England.svg John Proctor Stockdale Farringdon Park Preston Junior scratch race [4]
18 June 1929 Flag of England.svg George Rowlands Audenshaw Speedway Junior mile race [5]
13 July 1929 Flag of England.svg Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium English Dirt Track League [6]
18 August 1929 Flag of England.svg John Seith Farringdon Park Preston open event [7]
27 May 1930 Flag of England.svg Eddie Reynolds White City Stadium, Glasgow Northern League [8]
24 July 1930 Flag of England.svg James Carnie Farringdon Park Preston Golden Helmet [9]
31 August 1930 Flag of England.svg William Owen Audenshaw Speedway Handicap event [10]
1 November 1930 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sigismund Schlam WACA Ground Handicap event [11]
3 November 1930 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charles Edwin Wear Bunbury Speedway Race [12]
25 August 1931 Flag of England.svg Noel Johnson Pennycross Stadium Challenge match [13]
12 September 1931 Flag of England.svg James 'Indian' Allen Hyde Road Southern League [14]
13 April 1933 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cornelius CantwellAarhus Dirt-Track BaneOpen meeting [15]
2 September 1934 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arij Poldervaart Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [16]
27 January 1935 Flag of New Zealand.svg Charlie Blacklock Monica Park ChristchurchHandicap event [17]
30 August 1935 Flag of England.svg Tom Farndon New Cross Stadium Speedway World Championship [18]
21 December 1935 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Elms Sydney Royale Australia v England test match [19]
15 May 1936 Flag of England.svg Dusty Haigh Hackney Wick Stadium Auto-Cycle Union Cup [20]
25 August 1937 Flag of England.svg Stan Hart Hall Green Stadium Provincial Championship [21]
30 September 1937 Flag of England.svg Reg Vigor Wimbledon Stadium National League [22]
19 December 1937 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Schiller Claremont Speedway Speedway International Tournament [23]
17 May 1938 Flag of England.svg Harry Rogers Dagenham Ripple Road Charity meeting [24]
11 August 1938 Flag of England.svg David Jackson Dagenham Ripple Road Practice [25]
26 December 1938 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy NobleWarragulVictorian ACU Grass-track Championship [26]
16 July 1946 Flag of England.svg Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld Odsal Stadium National League [27]
8 October 1946 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charlie Appleby Brough Park Stadium Northern League [28]
9 July 1947 Flag of England.svg Peter Jackson Banister Court Stadium Novice race [29]
16 August 1947 Flag of England.svg Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson Harringay Stadium Speedway National Trophy [30]
16 August 1947 Flag of England.svg Cyril Anderson The Firs Stadium British Division 2 Best Pairs [31]
30 August 1947 Flag of England.svg Jack LaddAlkmaar SportparkOpen meeting [32]
4 October 1947 Flag of Austria.svg Martin Schneeweiß Grazer Trabrennbahn Speedway Austrian Championship [33]
4 May 1948 Flag of England.svg Reg Craven Wimborne Road Speedway National Trophy [34]
15 June 1948 Flag of England.svg Eric Dunn Arlington Stadium National League [35]
5 July 1948 Flag of England.svg Billy Wilson The Firs Stadium National League [36]
14 July 1948 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Pearce Yarmouth Stadium National League [37]
8 June 1949 Flag of England.svg Ted HurnLittledean grasstrackGrass track event [38]
20 January 1950 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Duggan Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [39]
21 January 1950 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Norman Clay Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [39]
11 March 1950 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Oscar WessmanJohannesburgSouth Africa versus British tourists [40]
1 July 1950 Flag of England.svg Joe Abbott Odsal Stadium National League [41]
1 July 1950 Flag of England.svg Jock Shead The Firs Stadium British National Trophy [41]
18 July 1950 Flag of England.svg Ronald Stocker Rye House Stadium Practice [42] [43]
6 January 1951 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Le Breton Sydney Sports Ground International test match [44]
4 May 1951 Flag of England.svg Dick Jenkins Pennycross Stadium Practice [45]
19 August 1951 Flag of Germany.svg Erich Berghöfer Stadion am Zoo German Concrete Track Championship [46]
10 November 1951 Flag of England.svg Bob Howes The Firs Stadium National League [35]
14 April 1952 Flag of Germany.svg Willi ThornBamberger ZementbahnGerman Concrete Track Championship [47]
22 July 1952 Flag of the United States.svg Ernie Roccio West Ham Stadium National League [48]
16 November 1952 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Letium PlattonStanthorpeQueensland Grass Track Championship [49]
26 March 1953 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roy Eather County Ground Stadium Practice [50]
6 June 1953 Flag of England.svg Mike Rogers Monmore Green Stadium National League [51]
7 July 1953 Flag of England.svg Harry Eyre West Ham Stadium Junior League [52]
13 May 1955 Flag of England.svg John Kerrigan Thomson Wimborne Road National League Div 2 [53]
2 April 1956 Flag of England.svg Malcolm Flood Wimborne Road National League [54]
21 April 1956 Flag of Poland.svg Zbigniew Raniszewski Praterstadion Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland [55]
19 June 1956 Flag of Austria.svg Fritz Dirtl Niederrheinstadion Speedway World Championship [56]
16 August 1956 Flag of England.svg Raymond BeaumontNewquay grasstrack500cc Grasstrack [57]
22 September 1956 Flag of England.svg Ernie Rawlins Banister Court Stadium National League [58]
2 February 1957 Flag of England.svg Alan Hunt Wembley JohannesburgDurban vs Klerksdorp [59]
31 May 1958 Flag of Finland.svg Erkki Ala-Sippola Helsinki Velodrome Finnish Speedway Championship [56]
28 March 1959 Flag of England.svg Alan Pearce Banister Court Stadium Challenge match [60]
3 June 1959 Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Grochowski Stadion Polonii Piła Polish Speedway Team Championship [61]
24 July 1960 Flag of England.svg Tink Maynard The Firs Stadium National Trophy [62]
3 September 1960 Flag of Poland.svg Witold Świątkowski Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [63]
19 August 1961 Flag of Germany.svg Erich Stieglmeier Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [64]
19 August 1961 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Dušánek Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [65]
15 September 1961 Flag of Poland.svg Bronisław Idzikowski Częstochowa Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [66]
13 April 1962 Flag of England.svg Jack Unstead Foxhall Stadium Challenge match [67]
15 August 1962 Flag of Poland.svg Stanislaw Domaniecki Stadion Startu Gniezno Polish Speedway Team Championship [68]
21 September 1962 Flag of Sweden.svg Arne Wettergren Dagsbergsfältet Norrköping Practice [69]
3 December 1962 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Des Simon Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland Speedway Championship [70]
18 September 1963 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Vilde Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [71]
24 September 1963 Flag of England.svg Peter Craven Meadowbank Stadium Speedway National Test Match [72]
21 January 1964 Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Teodorowicz West Ham Stadium National Trophy [73]
22 June 1965 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David John Wills West Ham Stadium Challenge [74]
23 August 1966 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ivor Hughes Dudley Wood Stadium National League [75]
14 August 1967 Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Walicki Polonia Piła Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [76]
1 October 1967 Flag of Denmark.svg Poul Wissing Rostock Speedwaystadion Open meeting [77]
9 November 1967 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Denton Rowley Park Speedway Rowley Park Speedway Season [78]
21 February 1968 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lionel Levy Sydney Showground Speedway handicap event [79]
7 September 1968 Flag of Germany.svg Herbert BauerPfarrkirchenPractice [80]
21 October 1968 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Luboš Tomíček Sr. Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [81]
28 January 1970 Flag of Sweden.svg Sven RenlundÖrnsköldsvikSwedish Ice Racing Championship [82]
19 April 1970 Flag of Poland.svg Marian Rose Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [83]
27 April 1970 Flag of Poland.svg Benedykt Błaszkiewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [84]
7 April 1971 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Valeri Klementiev RussiaNational team practice [85]
29 June 1971 Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Bildziukiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [86]
26 September 1972 Flag of Poland.svg Marek Czerny Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [87]
29 September 1972 Flag of Norway.svg Svein Kaasa Hampden Park National League [88]
8 December 1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Biggs Golden City International Raceway Scratch Race [89]
15 December 1973 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Curtis Sydney Showground Speedway Individual event [90]
7 April 1974 Flag of Poland.svg Zbigniew Malinowski Stadion Śląski Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [91]
11 August 1974 Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Białek Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship [92]
29 September 1974 Flag of Germany.svg Gerhard KammPfarrkirchenLongtrack [93]
17 October 1975 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gary Peterson Monmore Green Stadium Midland Cup [94]
20 May 1976 Flag of Sweden.svg Tommy Jansson Gubbängens Idrottsplats Speedway World Championship [95]
25 July 1976 Flag of Poland.svg Kazimierz Araszewicz Arena Częstochowa League match [96]
1 August 1976 Flag of England.svg Roger ParkerElbertonWessex Centre Grass Championship [97]
24 April 1977 Flag of Germany.svg Josef Angermüller San Savino Speedway Park Speedway World Championship [98]
27 April 1977 Flag of England.svg Kevin Holden Wimborne Road Speedway Star Knockout Cup [99]
8 June 1977 Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Rożak Tarnów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [100]
19 June 1977 Flag of England.svg Tom AlberySherfield EnglishSouthern Centre Grass Track Riders Association [101]
3 December 1977 Flag of England.svg Stuart Shirley Ellesmere Port Stadium Practice session [102]
3 April 1978 Flag of England.svg Chris Prime Brough Park Stadium National league [103]
4 June 1978 Flag of England.svg Graham Banks Hopes Farm, New RomneyGrasstrack meeting [104]
25 June 1978 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Siegl Linzer Stadion Open event [105]
8 June 1979 Flag of England.svg Vic Harding Hackney Wick Stadium British League Fours [106]
9 December 1979 Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Sjösten Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway International Tournament [107]
7 September 1981 Flag of England.svg Tony Sanford County Ground Stadium National League [108]
27 April 1982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Alderton Norfolk Arena National League [109]
1 June 1982 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Kudrna Stadskanaal European Grasstrack Championship [110]
16 July 1982 Flag of the United States.svg Denny Pyeatt Hackney Wick Stadium National League [111] [112]
16 September 1983 Flag of England.svg Craig Featherby East of England Showground National League [113]
19 February 1984 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anatoly Gladyshev Lenin Stadium World Ice Speedway Championship [114]
13 May 1984 Flag of Germany.svg Max SchöllhornArtigues-de-Lussac, Francegrass track meeting [115]
19 May 1984 Flag of England.svg Neal Watson Norfolk Arena Junior match [116]
29 July 1984 Flag of Sweden.svg Leif Wahlman Norfolk Arena Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals [117]
27 August 1984 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Korshakov Rivne Speedway Stadium Soviet league match [118]
5 May 1986 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Meelis Helm Stadium Lokomotīve USSR League Speedway [119]
17 August 1986 Flag of Germany.svg Walter DienerSchwarmeGrasstrack [120]
22 April 1987 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Smolinski Golęcin Speedway Stadium Four Nations Tournament [121]
13 August 1987 Flag of Poland.svg Wiesław Pawlak Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [122]
19 July 1988 Flag of the United States.svg Ken BerryInland Motorcycle SpeedwayGolden State Speedway Series - Division II [123]
30 June 1989 Flag of England.svg Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium British National league [124]
16 June 1991 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří HurychMiramont, FranceGrasstrack meeting [125]
3 September 1992 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Kowszewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [126]
28 September 1992 Flag of England.svg Wayne Garratt Brough Park Stadium British League [127]
16 January 1994 Flag of England.svg Karl Nicholls Iwade Speedway Practice session [128]
13 February 1994 Flag of Italy.svg Remo Dal BoscoBerlin-WilmersdorfIce Racing Individual World Championship [129]
18 June 1996 Flag of Russia.svg Rif Saitgareev Ostrów Municipal Stadium Polish league [130]
1 May 2002 Flag of England.svg David Nix Norfolk Arena Conference League [131]
13 November 2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Jones Myrtleford Speedway Interstate Solo Challenge [132]
16 May 2006 Flag of England.svg Chris HendriksenWümmeringSpeedway World Long-Track Championship [133]
27 May 2007 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Matula Stadion MOSiR Krosno Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [134]
8 June 2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Kenny Olsson Norrköping Motorstadion Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [135]
21 October 2007 Flag of England.svg David DurhamOffertonGrasstrack Midland Centre Championships [136]
25 May 2010 Flag of England.svg Vincent Kinchin Bergring Arena Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal [137]
30 March 2011 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter KoijVästerås, SwedenInternational Open Meeting [138]
12 May 2012 Flag of England.svg Lee Richardson Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship [139]
8 December 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darrin Winkler Maryborough Speedway Frasercoast Christmas event [140]
3 April 2013 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matija Duh Bahia Blanca, ArgentinaArgentinean International Speedway Championship [141]
22 June 2014 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Knapp Heusden-Zolder SpeedwayDutch Speedway League [142]
28 May 2016 Flag of Poland.svg Krystian Rempała Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [143]

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