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List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway

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

List

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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]
15 December 1973   Geoff Curtis Sydney Showground Speedway Individual event [83]
1974   Zbigniew Malinowski Stadion Śląski Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [84]
1974   Jerzy Białek Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship [85]
17 October 1975   Gary Peterson Monmore Green Stadium Midland Cup [86]
20 May 1976   Tommy Jansson Gubbängens Idrottsplats Speedway World Championship [87]
25 July 1976   Kazimierz Araszewicz Arena Częstochowa League match [88]
1976   Roger Parker Elberton Wessex Centre Grass Championship [89]
24 April 1977   Josef Angermüller San Savino Speedway Park Speedway World Championship [90]
27 April 1977   Kevin Holden Wimborne Road Speedway Star Knockout Cup [91]
1977   Marcin Rożak Tarnów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [92]
1977   Tom Albery Sherfield English Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association [93]
1977   Stuart Shirley Ellesmere Port Stadium Practice session [94]
3 April 1978   Chris Prime Brough Park Stadium National league [95]
25 June 1978   Hans Siegl Linzer Stadion Open event [96]
8 June 1979   Vic Harding Hackney Wick Stadium British League Fours [97]
9 December 1979   Christer Sjösten Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway International Tournament [98]
7 September 1981   Tony Sanford County Ground Stadium National League [99]
27 April 1982   Brett Alderton Norfolk Arena National League [100]
1 June 1982   Zdeněk Kudrna Stadskanaal European Grasstrack Championship [101]
16 July 1982   Denny Pyeatt Hackney Wick Stadium National League [102][103]
16 September 1983   Craig Featherby East of England Showground National League [104]
19 February 1984   Anatoly Gladyshev Lenin Stadium World Ice Speedway Championship [105]
13 May 1984   Max Schöllhorn Artigues-de-Lussac, France grass track meeting [106]
19 May 1984   Neal Watson Norfolk Arena Junior match [107]
29 July 1984   Leif Wahlman Norfolk Arena Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals [108]
27 August 1984   Alexander Korshakov Rivne Speedway Stadium Soviet league match [109]
1986   Meelis Helm Stadium Lokomotīve USSR League Speedway [110]
1987   Grzegorz Smolinski Golęcin Speedway Stadium Four Nations Tournament [111]
1987   Wiesław Pawlak Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [112]
1988   Ken Berry Inland Motorcycle Speedway Golden State Speedway Series - Division II [113]
30 June 1989   Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium British National league [114]
16 June 1991   Jiří Hurych Miramont, France Grasstrack meeting [115]
3 September 1992   Grzegorz Kowszewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [116]
28 September 1992   Wayne Garratt Brough Park Stadium British League [117]
16 January 1994   Karl Nicholls Iwade Speedway Practice session [118]
1994   Remo Dal Bosco Berlin-Wilmersdorf Ice Racing Individual World Championship [119]
18 June 1996   Rif Saitgareev Ostrów Municipal Stadium Polish league [120]
1 May 2002   David Nix Norfolk Arena Conference League [121]
2005   Ashley Jones Myrtleford Speedway Interstate Solo Challenge [122]
2006   Chris Hendriksen Wümmering Speedway World Long-Track Championship [123]
2007   Michal Matula Stadion MOSiR Krosno Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [124]
2007   Kenny Olsson Norrköping Motorstadion Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [125]
2007   David Durham Offerton Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships [126]
2010   Vincent Kinchin Bergring Arena Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal [127]
2011   Peter Koij Västerås, Sweden International Open Meeting [128]
12 May 2012   Lee Richardson Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship [129]
8 December 2012   Darrin Winkler Maryborough Speedway Frasercoast Christmas event [130]
3 April 2013   Matija Duh Bahia Blanca, Argentina Argentinean International Speedway Championship [131]
22 June 2014   Grzegorz Knapp Heusden-Zolder Speedway Dutch Speedway League [132]
28 May 2016   Krystian Rempała Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [133]

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