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List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway - Wikipedia

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.

Date of death Rider Circuit Meeting Ref 7 April 1927 Australia Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway Australian National Speedway Championship [1] 21 October 1928 England Clifford Mawson Athletic Grounds, Rochdale Senior race [2] 11 May 1929 England Walter Brown Marine Gardens Consolation handicap [3] 18 May 1929 England John Proctor Stockdale Farringdon Park Preston Junior scratch race [4] 18 June 1929 England George Rowlands Audenshaw Speedway Junior mile race [5] 13 July 1929 England Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium English Dirt Track League [6] 18 August 1929 England John Seith Farringdon Park Preston open event [7] 27 May 1930 England Eddie Reynolds White City Stadium, Glasgow Northern League [8] 24 July 1930 England James Carnie Farringdon Park Preston Golden Helmet [9] 31 August 1930 England William Owen Audenshaw Speedway Handicap event [10] 1 November 1930 Australia Sigismund Schlam WACA Ground Handicap event [11] 3 November 1930 Australia Charles Edwin Wear Bunbury Speedway Race [12] 25 August 1931 England Noel Johnson Pennycross Stadium Challenge match [13] 12 September 1931 England James 'Indian' Allen Hyde Road Southern League [14] 13 April 1933 Australia Cornelius Cantwell Aarhus Dirt-Track Bane Open meeting [15] 2 September 1934 Netherlands Arij Poldervaart Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [16] 27 January 1935 New Zealand Charlie Blacklock Monica Park Christchurch Handicap event [17] 30 August 1935 England Tom Farndon New Cross Stadium Speedway World Championship [18] 21 December 1935 Australia Frank Elms Sydney Royale Australia v England test match [19] 15 May 1936 England Dusty Haigh Hackney Wick Stadium Auto-Cycle Union Cup [20] 25 August 1937 England Stan Hart Hall Green Stadium Provincial Championship [21] 30 September 1937 England Reg Vigor Wimbledon Stadium National League [22] 19 December 1937 Australia Neil Schiller Claremont Speedway Speedway International Tournament [23] 17 May 1938 England Harry Rogers Dagenham Ripple Road Charity meeting [24] 11 August 1938 England David Jackson Dagenham Ripple Road Practice [25] 26 December 1938 Australia Roy Noble Warragul Victorian ACU Grass-track Championship [26] 16 July 1946 England Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld Odsal Stadium National League [27] 8 October 1946 Canada Charlie Appleby Brough Park Stadium Northern League [28] 9 July 1947 England Peter Jackson Banister Court Stadium Novice race [29] 16 August 1947 England Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson Harringay Stadium Speedway National Trophy [30] 16 August 1947 England Cyril Anderson The Firs Stadium British Division 2 Best Pairs [31] 30 August 1947 England Jack Ladd Alkmaar Sportpark Open meeting [32] 4 October 1947 Austria Martin Schneeweiß Grazer Trabrennbahn Speedway Austrian Championship [33] 4 May 1948 England Reg Craven Wimborne Road Speedway National Trophy [34] 15 June 1948 England Eric Dunn Arlington Stadium National League [35] 5 July 1948 England Billy Wilson The Firs Stadium National League [36] 14 July 1948 Australia Max Pearce Yarmouth Stadium National League [37] 8 June 1949 England Ted Hurn Littledean grasstrack Grass track event [38] 20 January 1950 Australia Ray Duggan Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [39] 21 January 1950 Australia Norman Clay Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [39] 11 March 1950 South Africa Oscar Wessman Johannesburg South Africa versus British tourists [40] 1 July 1950 England Joe Abbott Odsal Stadium National League [41] 1 July 1950 England Jock Shead The Firs Stadium British National Trophy [41] 18 July 1950 England Ronald Stocker Rye House Stadium Practice [42][43] 6 January 1951 Australia Ken Le Breton Sydney Sports Ground International test match [44] 4 May 1951 England Dick Jenkins Pennycross Stadium Practice [45] 19 August 1951 West Germany Erich Berghöfer Stadion am Zoo German Concrete Track Championship [46] 10 November 1951 England Bob Howes The Firs Stadium National League [35] 14 April 1952 West Germany Willi Thorn Bamberger Zementbahn German Concrete Track Championship [47] 22 July 1952 United States Ernie Roccio West Ham Stadium National League [48] 16 November 1952 Australia Letium Platton Stanthorpe Queensland Grass Track Championship [49] 26 March 1953 Australia Roy Eather County Ground Stadium Practice [50] 6 June 1953 England Mike Rogers Monmore Green Stadium National League [51] 7 July 1953 England Harry Eyre West Ham Stadium Junior League [52] 13 May 1955 England John Kerrigan Thomson Wimborne Road National League Div 2 [53] 2 April 1956 England Malcolm Flood Wimborne Road National League [54] 21 April 1956 Poland Zbigniew Raniszewski Praterstadion Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland [55] 19 June 1956 Austria Fritz Dirtl Niederrheinstadion Speedway World Championship [56] 16 August 1956 England Raymond Beaumont Newquay grasstrack 500cc Grasstrack [57] 22 September 1956 England Ernie Rawlins Banister Court Stadium National League [58] 2 February 1957 England Alan Hunt Wembley Johannesburg Durban vs Klerksdorp [59] 31 May 1958 Finland Erkki Ala-Sippola Helsinki Velodrome Finnish Speedway Championship [56] 28 March 1959 England Alan Pearce Banister Court Stadium Challenge match [60] 3 June 1959 Poland Jerzy Grochowski Stadion Polonii Piła Polish Speedway Team Championship [61] 24 July 1960 England Tink Maynard The Firs Stadium National Trophy [62] 3 September 1960 Poland Witold Świątkowski Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [63] 19 August 1961 West Germany Erich Stieglmeier Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [64] 19 August 1961 Czechoslovakia Libor Dušánek Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [65] 15 September 1961 Poland Bronisław Idzikowski Częstochowa Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [66] 13 April 1962 England Jack Unstead Foxhall Stadium Challenge match [67] 15 August 1962 Poland Stanislaw Domaniecki Stadion Startu Gniezno Polish Speedway Team Championship [68] 21 September 1962 Sweden Arne Wettergren Dagsbergsfältet Norrköping Practice [69] 3 December 1962 Australia Des Simon Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland Speedway Championship [70] 18 September 1963 Czechoslovakia Antonín Vilde Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [71] 24 September 1963 England Peter Craven Meadowbank Stadium Speedway National Test Match [72] 21 January 1964 Poland Tadeusz Teodorowicz West Ham Stadium National Trophy [73] 22 June 1965 Australia David John Wills West Ham Stadium Challenge [74] 23 August 1966 Wales Ivor Hughes Dudley Wood Stadium National League [75] 14 August 1967 Poland Andrzej Walicki Polonia Piła Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [76] 1 October 1967 Denmark Poul Wissing Rostock Speedwaystadion Open meeting [77] 9 November 1967 Australia Harry Denton Rowley Park Speedway Rowley Park Speedway Season [78] 21 February 1968 Australia Lionel Levy Sydney Showground Speedway handicap event [79] 7 September 1968 West Germany Herbert Bauer Pfarrkirchen Practice [80] 21 October 1968 Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr. Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [81] 28 January 1970 Sweden Sven Renlund Örnsköldsvik Swedish Ice Racing Championship [82] 19 April 1970 Poland Marian Rose Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [83] 27 April 1970 Poland Benedykt Błaszkiewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [84] 7 April 1971 Soviet Union Valeri Klementiev Russia National team practice [85] 29 June 1971 Poland Jerzy Bildziukiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [86] 26 September 1972 Poland Marek Czerny Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [87] 29 September 1972 Norway Svein Kaasa Hampden Park National League [88] 8 December 1972 Australia Jack Biggs Golden City International Raceway Scratch Race [89] 15 December 1973 Australia Geoff Curtis Sydney Showground Speedway Individual event [90] 7 April 1974 Poland Zbigniew Malinowski Stadion Śląski Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [91] 11 August 1974 Poland Jerzy Białek Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship [92] 29 September 1974 West Germany Gerhard Kamm Pfarrkirchen Longtrack [93] 17 October 1975 New Zealand Gary Peterson Monmore Green Stadium Midland Cup [94] 20 May 1976 Sweden Tommy Jansson Gubbängens Idrottsplats Speedway World Championship [95] 25 July 1976 Poland Kazimierz Araszewicz Arena Częstochowa League match [96] 1 August 1976 England Roger Parker Elberton Wessex Centre Grass Championship [97] 24 April 1977 West Germany Josef Angermüller San Savino Speedway Park Speedway World Championship [98] 27 April 1977 England Kevin Holden Wimborne Road Speedway Star Knockout Cup [99] 8 June 1977 Poland Marcin Rożak Tarnów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [100] 19 June 1977 England Tom Albery Sherfield English Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association [101] 3 December 1977 England Stuart Shirley Ellesmere Port Stadium Practice session [102] 3 April 1978 England Chris Prime Brough Park Stadium National league [103] 4 June 1978 England Graham Banks Hopes Farm, New Romney Grasstrack meeting [104] 25 June 1978 West Germany Hans Siegl Linzer Stadion Open event [105] 8 June 1979 England Vic Harding Hackney Wick Stadium British League Fours [106] 9 December 1979 Sweden Christer Sjösten Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway International Tournament [107] 7 September 1981 England Tony Sanford County Ground Stadium National League [108] 27 April 1982 Australia Brett Alderton Norfolk Arena National League [109] 1 June 1982 Czech Republic Zdeněk Kudrna Stadskanaal European Grasstrack Championship [110] 16 July 1982 United States Denny Pyeatt Hackney Wick Stadium National League [111][112] 16 September 1983 England Craig Featherby East of England Showground National League [113] 19 February 1984 Soviet Union Anatoly Gladyshev Lenin Stadium World Ice Speedway Championship [114] 13 May 1984 West Germany Max Schöllhorn Artigues-de-Lussac, France grass track meeting [115] 19 May 1984 England Neal Watson Norfolk Arena Junior match [116] 29 July 1984 Sweden Leif Wahlman Norfolk Arena Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals [117] 27 August 1984 Soviet Union Alexander Korshakov Rivne Speedway Stadium Soviet league match [118] 5 May 1986 Soviet Union Meelis Helm Stadium Lokomotīve USSR League Speedway [119] 17 August 1986 West Germany Walter Diener Schwarme Grasstrack [120] 22 April 1987 Poland Grzegorz Smolinski Golęcin Speedway Stadium Four Nations Tournament [121] 13 August 1987 Poland Wiesław Pawlak Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [122] 19 July 1988 United States Ken Berry Inland Motorcycle Speedway Golden State Speedway Series - Division II [123] 30 June 1989 England Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium British National league [124] 16 June 1991 Czechoslovakia Jiří Hurych Miramont, France Grasstrack meeting [125] 3 September 1992 Poland Grzegorz Kowszewicz KS Apator Stadium Training [126] 28 September 1992 England Wayne Garratt Brough Park Stadium British League [127] 16 January 1994 England Karl Nicholls Iwade Speedway Practice session [128] 13 February 1994 Italy Remo Dal Bosco Berlin-Wilmersdorf Ice Racing Individual World Championship [129] 18 June 1996 Russia Rif Saitgareev Ostrów Municipal Stadium Polish league [130] 1 May 2002 England David Nix Norfolk Arena Conference League [131] 13 November 2005 Australia Ashley Jones Myrtleford Speedway Interstate Solo Challenge [132] 16 May 2006 England Chris Hendriksen Wümmering Speedway World Long-Track Championship [133] 27 May 2007 Czech Republic Michal Matula Stadion MOSiR Krosno Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [134] 8 June 2007 Sweden Kenny Olsson Norrköping Motorstadion Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [135] 21 October 2007 England David Durham Offerton Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships [136] 25 May 2010 England Vincent Kinchin Bergring Arena Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal [137] 30 March 2011 Sweden Peter Koij Västerås, Sweden International Open Meeting [138] 12 May 2012 England Lee Richardson Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship [139] 8 December 2012 Australia Darrin Winkler Maryborough Speedway Frasercoast Christmas event [140] 3 April 2013 Slovenia Matija Duh Bahia Blanca, Argentina Argentinean International Speedway Championship [141] 22 June 2014 Poland Grzegorz Knapp Heusden-Zolder Speedway Dutch Speedway League [142] 28 May 2016 Poland Krystian Rempała Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [143]