This article lists riders who have died competing at motorcycle speedway events.
Date of death | Rider | Circuit | Meeting | Ref |
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7 April 1927 | ![]() | Brisbane Exhibition Speedway | Australian National Speedway Championship | [1] |
11 May 1929 | ![]() | Marine Gardens | Consolation handicap | [2] |
13 July 1929 | ![]() | Cleveland Park Stadium | English Dirt Track League | [3] |
27 May 1930 | ![]() | White City Stadium, Glasgow | Northern League | [4] |
24 July 1930 | ![]() | Farringdon Park Preston | Golden Helmet | [5] |
31 August 1930 | ![]() | Audenshaw Speedway | Handicap event | [6] |
1 November 1930 | ![]() | WACA Ground | Handicap event | [7] |
3 November 1930 | ![]() | Bunbury Speedway | Race | [8] |
25 August 1931 | ![]() | Pennycross Stadium | Challenge match | [9] |
12 September 1931 | ![]() | Hyde Road | Southern League | [10] |
13 April 1933 | ![]() | Aarhus Dirt-Track Bane | Open meeting | [11] |
2 September 1934 | ![]() | Velká pardubická | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [12] |
27 January 1935 | ![]() | Monica Park Christchurch | Handicap event | [13] |
30 August 1935 | ![]() | New Cross Stadium | Speedway World Championship | [14] |
21 December 1935 | ![]() | Sydney Royale | Australia v England test match | [15] |
15 May 1936 | ![]() | Hackney Wick Stadium | Auto-Cycle Union Cup | [16] |
25 August 1937 | ![]() | Hall Green Stadium | Provincial Championship | [17] |
30 September 1937 | ![]() | Wimbledon Stadium | National League | [18] |
19 December 1937 | ![]() | Claremont Speedway | Speedway International Tournament | [19] |
17 May 1938 | ![]() | Dagenham Ripple Road | Charity meeting | [20] |
11 August 1938 | ![]() | Dagenham Ripple Road | Practice | [21] |
26 December 1938 | ![]() | Warragul | Victorian ACU Grass-track Championship | [22] |
16 July 1946 | ![]() | Odsal Stadium | National League | [23] |
8 October 1946 | ![]() | Brough Park Stadium | Northern League | [24] |
9 July 1947 | ![]() | Banister Court Stadium | Novice race | [25] |
16 August 1947 | ![]() | Harringay Stadium | Speedway National Trophy | [26] |
16 August 1947 | ![]() | The Firs Stadium | British Division 2 Best Pairs | [27] |
30 August 1947 | ![]() | Alkmaar Sportpark | Open meeting | [28] |
4 October 1947 | ![]() | Grazer Trabrennbahn | Speedway Austrian Championship | [29] |
4 May 1948 | ![]() | Wimborne Road | Speedway National Trophy | [30] |
15 June 1948 | ![]() | Arlington Stadium | National League | [31] |
5 July 1948 | ![]() | The Firs Stadium | National League | [32] |
14 July 1948 | ![]() | Yarmouth Stadium | National League | [33] |
8 June 1949 | ![]() | Littledean grasstrack | Grass track event | [34] |
21 January 1950 | ![]() | Sydney Sports Ground | International Australia versus England | [35] |
21 January 1950 | ![]() | Sydney Sports Ground | International Australia versus England | [35] |
11 March 1950 | ![]() | Johannesburg | South Africa versus British tourists | [36] |
1 July 1950 | ![]() | Odsal Stadium | National League | [37] |
1 July 1950 | ![]() | The Firs Stadium | British National Trophy | [37] |
18 July 1950 | ![]() | Rye House Stadium | Practice | [38] [39] |
6 January 1951 | ![]() | Sydney Sports Ground | International test match | [40] |
19 August 1951 | ![]() | Stadion am Zoo | German Concrete Track Championship | [41] |
10 November 1951 | ![]() | The Firs Stadium | National League | [31] |
14 April 1952 | ![]() | Bamberger Zementbahn | German Concrete Track Championship | [42] |
22 July 1952 | ![]() | West Ham Stadium | National League | [43] |
16 November 1952 | ![]() | Stanthorpe | Queensland Grass Track Championship | [44] |
26 March 1953 | ![]() | County Ground Stadium | Practice | [45] |
6 June 1953 | ![]() | Monmore Green Stadium | National League | [46] |
7 July 1953 | ![]() | West Ham Stadium | Junior League | [47] |
13 May 1955 | ![]() | Wimborne Road | National League Div 2 | [48] |
2 April 1956 | ![]() | Wimborne Road | National League | [49] |
21 April 1956 | ![]() | Praterstadion | Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland | [50] |
19 June 1956 | ![]() | Niederrheinstadion | Speedway World Championship | [51] |
16 August 1956 | ![]() | Newquay grasstrack | 500cc Grasstrack | [52] |
22 September 1956 | ![]() | Banister Court Stadium | National League | [53] |
2 February 1957 | ![]() | Wembley Johannesburg | Durban vs Klerksdorp | [54] |
31 May 1958 | ![]() | Helsinki Velodrome | Finnish Speedway Championship | [51] |
28 March 1959 | ![]() | Banister Court Stadium | Challenge match | [55] |
3 June 1959 | ![]() | Stadion Polonii Piła | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [56] |
24 July 1960 | ![]() | The Firs Stadium | National Trophy | [57] |
3 September 1960 | ![]() | Rybnik Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [58] |
19 August 1961 | ![]() | Svítkov Stadium | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [59] |
19 August 1961 | ![]() | Svítkov Stadium | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [60] |
15 September 1961 | ![]() | Częstochowa Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [61] |
13 April 1962 | ![]() | Foxhall Stadium | Challenge match | [62] |
15 August 1962 | ![]() | Stadion Startu Gniezno | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [63] |
21 September 1962 | ![]() | Dagsbergsfältet Norrköping | Practice | [64] |
3 December 1962 | ![]() | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland Speedway Championship | [65] |
18 September 1963 | ![]() | Velká pardubická | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [66] |
24 September 1963 | ![]() | Meadowbank Stadium | Speedway National Test Match | [67] |
1964 | ![]() | West Ham Stadium | National Trophy | [68] |
1965 | ![]() | West Ham Stadium | Challenge | [47] |
23 August 1966 | ![]() | Dudley Wood Stadium | National League | [69] |
1967 | ![]() | Polonia Piła Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [70] |
1967 | ![]() | Rowley Park Speedway | Rowley Park Speedway Season | [71] |
1 October 1967 | ![]() | Rostock Speedwaystadion | Open meeting | [72] |
1968 | ![]() | Sydney Showground Speedway | handicap event | [73] |
1968 | ![]() | Svítkov Stadium | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [74] |
1970 | ![]() | Örnsköldsvik | Swedish Ice Racing Championship | [75] |
19 April 1970 | ![]() | Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [76] |
27 April 1970 | ![]() | KS Apator Stadium | Training | [77] |
1971 | ![]() | Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [78] |
7 April 1971 | ![]() | Russia | National team practice | [79] |
29 September 1972 | ![]() | Hampden Park | National League | [80] |
8 December 1972 | ![]() | Golden City International Raceway | Scratch Race | [81] |
1972 | ![]() | Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium | Silver Helmet Tournament | [82] |
1974 | ![]() | Stadion Śląski | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [83] |
1974 | ![]() | Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship | [84] |
17 October 1975 | ![]() | Monmore Green Stadium | Midland Cup | [85] |
20 May 1976 | ![]() | Gubbängens Idrottsplats | Speedway World Championship | [86] |
25 July 1976 | ![]() | Arena Częstochowa | League match | [87] |
1976 | ![]() | Elberton | Wessex Centre Grass Championship | [88] |
24 April 1977 | ![]() | San Savino Speedway Park | Speedway World Championship | [89] |
27 April 1977 | ![]() | Wimborne Road | Speedway Star Knockout Cup | [90] |
1977 | ![]() | Tarnów Municipal Stadium | Silver Helmet Tournament | [91] |
1977 | ![]() | Sherfield English | Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association | [92] |
1977 | ![]() | Ellesmere Port Stadium | Practice session | [93] |
3 April 1978 | ![]() | Brough Park Stadium | National league | [94] |
25 June 1978 | ![]() | Linzer Stadion | Open event | [95] |
8 June 1979 | ![]() | Hackney Wick Stadium | British League Fours | [96] |
9 December 1979 | ![]() | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Speedway International Tournament | [97] |
7 September 1981 | ![]() | County Ground Stadium | National League | [98] |
27 April 1982 | ![]() | Norfolk Arena | National League | [99] |
1 June 1982 | ![]() | Stadskanaal | European Grasstrack Championship | [100] |
16 July 1982 | ![]() | Hackney Wick Stadium | National League | [101] [102] |
16 September 1983 | ![]() | East of England Showground | National League | [103] |
19 February 1984 | ![]() | Lenin Stadium | World Ice Speedway Championship | [104] |
13 May 1984 | ![]() | Artigues-de-Lussac, France | grass track meeting | [105] |
19 May 1984 | ![]() | Norfolk Arena | Junior match | [106] |
29 July 1984 | ![]() | Norfolk Arena | Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals | [107] |
27 August 1984 | ![]() | Rivne Speedway Stadium | Soviet league match | [108] |
1986 | ![]() | Stadium Lokomotīve | USSR League Speedway | [109] |
1987 | ![]() | Golęcin Speedway Stadium | Four Nations Tournament | [110] |
1987 | ![]() | Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [111] |
1988 | ![]() | Inland Motorcycle Speedway | Golden State Speedway Series - Division II | [112] |
30 June 1989 | ![]() | Hackney Wick Stadium | British National league | [113] |
16 June 1991 | ![]() | Miramont, France | Grasstrack meeting | [114] |
3 September 1992 | ![]() | KS Apator Stadium | Training | [115] |
28 September 1992 | ![]() | Brough Park Stadium | British League | [116] |
16 January 1994 | ![]() | Iwade Speedway | Practice session | [117] |
1994 | ![]() | Berlin-Wilmersdorf | Ice Racing Individual World Championship | [118] |
18 June 1996 | ![]() | Ostrów Municipal Stadium | Polish league | [119] |
1 May 2002 | ![]() | Norfolk Arena | Conference League | [120] |
2005 | ![]() | Myrtleford Speedway | Interstate Solo Challenge | [121] |
2006 | ![]() | Wümmering | Speedway World Long-Track Championship | [122] |
2007 | ![]() | Stadion MOSiR Krosno | Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division | [123] |
2007 | ![]() | Norrköping Motorstadion | Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division | [124] |
2007 | ![]() | Offerton | Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships | [125] |
2010 | ![]() | Bergring Arena | Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal | [126] |
2011 | ![]() | Västerås, Sweden | International Open Meeting | [127] |
12 May 2012 | ![]() | Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw | 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship | [128] |
8 December 2012 | ![]() | Maryborough Speedway | Frasercoast Christmas event | [129] |
3 April 2013 | ![]() | Bahia Blanca, Argentina | Argentinean International Speedway Championship | [130] |
22 June 2014 | ![]() | Heusden-Zolder Speedway | Dutch Speedway League | [131] |
28 May 2016 | ![]() | Rybnik Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [132] |
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