List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
Appearance
This article lists riders who have died competing at motorcycle speedway events.
Date of death | Rider | Circuit | Meeting | Ref |
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1927 | ![]() |
Brisbane Exhibition Speedway | Australian National Speedway Championship | [1] |
13 July 1929 | ![]() |
Cleveland Park Stadium | English Dirt Track League | [2] |
27 May 1930 | ![]() |
Glasgow White City Speedway | Northern League | [3] |
12 September 1931 | ![]() |
Hyde Road | Southern League | [4] |
1934 | ![]() |
Velká pardubická | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [5] |
30 August 1935 | ![]() |
New Cross Stadium | Speedway World Championship | [6] |
15 May 1936 | ![]() |
Hackney Wick Stadium | Auto-Cycle Union Cup | [7] |
25 August 1937 | ![]() |
Hall Green Stadium | Provincial Championship | [8] |
30 September 1937 | ![]() |
Wimbledon Stadium | National League | [9] |
1937 | ![]() |
Claremont Speedway | Speedway International Tournament | [10] |
1938 | ![]() |
Warragul | Victorian ACU Grass-track Championship | [11] |
16 July 1946 | ![]() |
Odsal Stadium | National League | [12] |
8 October 1946 | ![]() |
Brough Park Stadium | Northern League | [13] |
16 August 1947 | ![]() |
Harringay Stadium | Speedway National Trophy | [14] |
16 August 1947 | ![]() |
The Firs Stadium, Norwich | British Division 2 Best Pairs | [15] |
1947 | ![]() |
Grazer Trabrennbahn | Speedway Austrian Championship | [16] |
4 May 1948 | ![]() |
Wimborne Road | Speedway National Trophy | [17] |
15 June 1948 | ![]() |
Eastbourne Speedway | National League | [18] |
5 July 1948 | ![]() |
The Firs Stadium, Norwich | National League | [19] |
1950 | ![]() |
Johannesburg | Internationals South Africa versus England | [20] |
21 January 1950 | ![]() |
Sydney Sports Ground | International Australia versus England | [21] |
21 January 1950 | ![]() |
Sydney Sports Ground | International Australia versus England | [21] |
1 July 1950 | ![]() |
Odsal Speedway | National League | [22] |
1 July 1950 | ![]() |
The Firs Stadium, Norwich | British National Trophy | [22] |
6 January 1951 | ![]() |
Sydney Sports Ground | International test match | [23] |
1951 | ![]() |
Stadion am Zoo | German Concrete Track Championship | [24] |
10 November 1951 | ![]() |
The Firs Stadium | National League | [18] |
1952 | ![]() |
Bamberger Zementbahn | German Concrete Track Championship | [25] |
22 July 1952 | ![]() |
West Ham Stadium | National League | [26] |
1952 | ![]() |
Stanthorpe | Queensland Grass Track Championship | [27] |
6 June 1953 | ![]() |
Monmore Green Stadium | National League | [28] |
7 July 1953 | ![]() |
West Ham Stadium | Junior League | [29] |
2 April 1956 | ![]() |
Wimborne Road | National League | [30] |
22 September 1956 | ![]() |
Southampton | National League | [31] |
1956 | ![]() |
Oberhausen-Trabrennbahn | Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland | [32] |
1956 | ![]() |
Oberhausen-Trabrennbahn | Speedway World Championship | [33] |
1958 | ![]() |
Helsinki Velodrome | Finnish Speedway Championship | [33] |
1959 | ![]() |
Polonia Piła | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [34] |
24 July 1960 | ![]() |
The Firs Stadium | National Trophy | [35] |
1960 | ![]() |
Rybnik Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [36] |
1961 | ![]() |
Svítkov Stadium | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [37] |
1961 | ![]() |
Svítkov Stadium | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [38] |
1961 | ![]() |
Częstochowa Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [39] |
1962 | ![]() |
Stadion Startu Gniezno | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [40] |
1962 | ![]() |
Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland Speedway Championship | [41] |
13 April 1962 | ![]() |
Foxhall Stadium | Challenge match | [42] |
1963 | ![]() |
Pardubice | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [43] |
24 September 1963 | ![]() |
Meadowbank Stadium | Speedway National Test Match | [44] |
1964 | ![]() |
West Ham Stadium | National Trophy | [45] |
1965 | ![]() |
West Ham Stadium | Challenge | [29] |
23 August 1966 | ![]() |
Dudley Wood Stadium | National League | [46] |
1967 | ![]() |
Polonia Piła Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [47] |
1967 | ![]() |
Rowley Park Speedway | Rowley Park Speedway Season | [48] |
1968 | ![]() |
Sydney Showground Speedway | handicap event | [49] |
1968 | ![]() |
Pardubice | Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia | [50] |
1970 | ![]() |
Örnsköldsvik | Swedish Ice Racing Championship | [51] |
19 April 1970 | ![]() |
Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [52] |
1971 | ![]() |
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [53] |
May 1971 | ![]() |
Russland | Unknown | [54] |
8 December 1972 | ![]() |
Bendigo's Golden City Speedway | Scratch Race | [55] |
1972 | ![]() |
Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium | Silver Helmet Tournament | [56] |
29 September 1972 | ![]() |
Hampden Park | National League | [57] |
1974 | ![]() |
Stadion Śląski | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [58] |
1974 | ![]() |
Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship | [59] |
17 October 1975 | ![]() |
Monmore Green Stadium | Midland Cup | [60] |
20 May 1976 | ![]() |
Gubbängens Idrottsplats | Speedway World Championship | [61] |
1976 | ![]() |
Elberton | Wessex Centre Grass Championship | [62] |
27 April 1977 | ![]() |
Wimborne Road | Speedway Star Knockout Cup | [63] |
1977 | ![]() |
Tarnów Municipal Stadium | Silver Helmet Tournament | [64] |
1977 | ![]() |
Sherfield English | Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association | [65] |
1977 | ![]() |
Ellesmere Port Stadium | Practice session | [66] |
3 April 1978 | ![]() |
Brough Park Stadium | National league | [67] |
8 June 1979 | ![]() |
Hackney Wick Stadium | British League Fours | [68] |
9 December 1979 | ![]() |
Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Speedway International Tournament | [69] |
7 September 1981 | ![]() |
County Ground Stadium | National League | [70] |
27 April 1982 | ![]() |
Norfolk Arena | National League | [71] |
1 June 1982 | ![]() |
Stadskanaal | European Grasstrack Championship | [72] |
16 July 1982 | ![]() |
Hackney Wick Stadium | National League | [73][74] |
16 September 1983 | ![]() |
Peterborough | National League | [75] |
1984 | ![]() |
Lenin Stadium | World Ice Speedway Championship | [76] |
1984 | ![]() |
Norfolk Arena | Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals | [77] |
1986 | ![]() |
Stadium Lokomotīve | USSR League Speedway | [78] |
1987 | ![]() |
Golęcin Speedway Stadium | Four Nations Tournament | [79] |
1987 | ![]() |
Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium | Polish Speedway Team Championship | [80] |
1988 | ![]() |
Inland Motorcycle Speedway | Golden State Speedway Series - Division II | [81] |
30 June 1989 | ![]() |
Hackney Wick Stadium | British National league | [82] |
28 September 1992 | ![]() |
Brough Park Stadium | British League | [83] |
1994 | ![]() |
Berlin-Wilmersdorf | Ice Racing Individual World Championship | [84] |
18 June 1996 | ![]() |
Ostrów Wielkopolski Municipal Stadium | Polish league | [85] |
1 May 2002 | ![]() |
Norfolk Arena | Conference League | [86] |
2005 | ![]() |
Myrtleford Speedway | Interstate Solo Challenge | [87] |
2006 | ![]() |
Wümmering | Speedway World Long-Track Championship | [88] |
2007 | ![]() |
Stadion MOSiR Krosno | Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division | [89] |
2007 | ![]() |
Norrköping Motorstadion | Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division | [90] |
2007 | ![]() |
Offerton | Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships | [91] |
2010 | ![]() |
Bergring Arena | Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal | [92] |
2011 | ![]() |
Västerås, Sweden | International Open Meeting | [93] |
12 May 2012 | ![]() |
Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw | 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship | [94] |
2012 | ![]() |
Maryborough Speedway | [95] | |
3 April 2013 | ![]() |
Bahia Blanca, Argentina | Argentinean International Speedway Championship | [96] |
2014 | ![]() |
Heusden-Zolder Speedway | Dutch Speedway League | [97] |
2016 | ![]() |
Rybnik Municipal Stadium | Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division | [98] |
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