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

Date of death Rider Circuit Meeting Ref
1927 Australia Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway Australian National Speedway Championship [1]
13 July 1929 England Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium English Dirt Track League [2]
27 May 1930 England Eddie Reynolds Glasgow White City Speedway Northern League [3]
12 September 1931 England James 'Indian' Allen Hyde Road Southern League [4]
1934 Netherlands Arij Poldervaart Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [5]
30 August 1935 England Tom Farndon New Cross Stadium Speedway World Championship [6]
15 May 1936 England Dusty Haigh Hackney Wick Stadium Auto-Cycle Union Cup [7]
25 August 1937 England Stan Hart Hall Green Stadium Provincial Championship [8]
30 September 1937 England Reg Vigor Wimbledon Stadium National League [9]
1937 Australia Neil Schiller Claremont Speedway Speedway International Tournament [10]
1938 Australia Roy Noble Warragul Victorian ACU Grass-track Championship [11]
16 July 1946 England Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld Odsal Stadium National League [12]
8 October 1946 Canada Charlie Appleby Brough Park Stadium Northern League [13]
16 August 1947 England Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson Harringay Stadium Speedway National Trophy [14]
16 August 1947 England Cyril Anderson The Firs Stadium, Norwich British Division 2 Best Pairs [15]
1947 Austria Martin Schneeweiß Grazer Trabrennbahn Speedway Austrian Championship [16]
4 May 1948 England Reg Craven Wimborne Road Speedway National Trophy [17]
15 June 1948 England Eric Dunn Eastbourne Speedway National League [18]
5 July 1948 England Billy Wilson The Firs Stadium, Norwich National League [19]
1950 South Africa Oscar Wessman Johannesburg Internationals South Africa versus England [20]
21 January 1950 Australia Ray Duggan Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [21]
21 January 1950 Australia Norm Clay Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England [21]
1 July 1950 England Joe Abbott Odsal Speedway National League [22]
1 July 1950 England Jock Shead The Firs Stadium, Norwich British National Trophy [22]
6 January 1951 Australia Ken Le Breton Sydney Sports Ground International test match [23]
1951 West Germany Erich Berghöfer Stadion am Zoo German Concrete Track Championship [24]
10 November 1951 England Bob Howes The Firs Stadium National League [18]
1952 West Germany Willi Thorn Bamberger Zementbahn German Concrete Track Championship [25]
22 July 1952 United States Ernie Roccio West Ham Stadium National League [26]
1952 Australia Letium Platton Stanthorpe Queensland Grass Track Championship [27]
6 June 1953 England Mike Rogers Monmore Green Stadium National League [28]
7 July 1953 England Harry Eyre West Ham Stadium Junior League [29]
2 April 1956 England Malcolm Flood Wimborne Road National League [30]
22 September 1956 England Ernie Rawlins Southampton National League [31]
1956 Poland Zbigniew Raniszewski Oberhausen-Trabrennbahn Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland [32]
1956 Austria Fritz Dirtl Oberhausen-Trabrennbahn Speedway World Championship [33]
1958 Finland Erkki Ala-Sippola Helsinki Velodrome Finnish Speedway Championship [33]
1959 Poland Jerzy Grochowski Polonia Piła Polish Speedway Team Championship [34]
24 July 1960 England Tink Maynard The Firs Stadium National Trophy [35]
1960 Poland Witold Świątkowski Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [36]
1961 West Germany Erich Stieglmeier Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [37]
1961 Czechoslovakia Libor Dušánek Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [38]
1961 Poland Bronisław Idzikowski Częstochowa Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [39]
1962 Poland Stanislaw Domaniecki Stadion Startu Gniezno Polish Speedway Team Championship [40]
1962 Australia Des Simon Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland Speedway Championship [41]
13 April 1962 England Jack Unstead Foxhall Stadium Challenge match [42]
1963 Czechoslovakia Antonín Vilde Pardubice Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [43]
24 September 1963 England Peter Craven Meadowbank Stadium Speedway National Test Match [44]
1964 Poland Tadeusz Teodorowicz West Ham Stadium National Trophy [45]
1965 England David John Wills West Ham Stadium Challenge [29]
23 August 1966 Wales Ivor Hughes Dudley Wood Stadium National League [46]
1967 Poland Andrzej Walicki Polonia Piła Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [47]
1967 Australia Harry Denton Rowley Park Speedway Rowley Park Speedway Season [48]
1968 Australia Lionel Levy Sydney Showground Speedway handicap event [49]
1968 Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček Sr. Pardubice Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia [50]
1970 Sweden Sven Renlund Örnsköldsvik Swedish Ice Racing Championship [51]
19 April 1970 Poland Marian Rose Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [52]
1971 Poland Jerzy Bildziukiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [53]
May 1971 Soviet Union Valeri Klementiev Russia Unknown [54]
8 December 1972 Australia Jack Biggs Bendigo's Golden City Speedway Scratch Race [55]
1972 Poland Marek Czerny Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [56]
29 September 1972 Norway Svein Kaasa Hampden Park National League [57]
1974 Poland Zbigniew Malinowski Stadion Śląski Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [58]
1974 Poland Jerzy Białek Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship [59]
17 October 1975 New Zealand Gary Peterson Monmore Green Stadium Midland Cup [60]
20 May 1976 Sweden Tommy Jansson Gubbängens Idrottsplats Speedway World Championship [61]
1976 England Roger Parker Elberton Wessex Centre Grass Championship [62]
27 April 1977 England Kevin Holden Wimborne Road Speedway Star Knockout Cup [63]
1977 Poland Marcin Rożak Tarnów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament [64]
1977 England Tom Albery Sherfield English Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association [65]
1977 England Stuart Shirley Ellesmere Port Stadium Practice session [66]
3 April 1978 England Chris Prime Brough Park Stadium National league [67]
8 June 1979 England Vic Harding Hackney Wick Stadium British League Fours [68]
9 December 1979 Sweden Christer Sjösten Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway International Tournament [69]
7 September 1981 England Tony Sanford County Ground Stadium National League [70]
27 April 1982 Australia Brett Alderton Norfolk Arena National League [71]
1 June 1982 Czech Republic Zdeněk Kudrna Stadskanaal European Grasstrack Championship [72]
16 July 1982 United States Denny Pyeatt Hackney Wick Stadium National League [73][74]
16 September 1983 England Craig Featherby Peterborough National League [75]
1984 Soviet Union Anatoli Gladischew Lenin Stadium World Ice Speedway Championship [76]
1984 Sweden Leif Wahlman Norfolk Arena Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals [77]
1986 Soviet Union Meelis Helm Stadium Lokomotīve USSR League Speedway [78]
1987 Poland Grzegorz Smolinski Golęcin Speedway Stadium Four Nations Tournament [79]
1987 Poland Wiesław Pawlak Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship [80]
1988 United States Ken Berry Inland Motorcycle Speedway Golden State Speedway Series - Division II [81]
30 June 1989 England Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium British National league [82]
28 September 1992 England Wayne Garratt Brough Park Stadium British League [83]
1994 Italy Remo Dal Bosco Berlin-Wilmersdorf Ice Racing Individual World Championship [84]
18 June 1996 Russia Rif Saitgareev Ostrów Municipal Stadium Polish league [85]
1 May 2002 England David Nix Norfolk Arena Conference League [86]
2005 Australia Ashley Jones Myrtleford Speedway Interstate Solo Challenge [87]
2006 England Chris Hendriksen Wümmering Speedway World Long-Track Championship [88]
2007 Czech Republic Michal Matula Stadion MOSiR Krosno Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [89]
2007 Sweden Kenny Olsson Norrköping Motorstadion Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division [90]
2007 England David Durham Offerton Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships [91]
2010 England Vincent Kinchin Bergring Arena Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal [92]
2011 Sweden Peter Koij Västerås, Sweden International Open Meeting [93]
12 May 2012 England Lee Richardson Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship [94]
2012 Australia Darrin Winkler Maryborough Speedway [95]
3 April 2013 Slovenia Matija Duh Bahia Blanca, Argentina Argentinean International Speedway Championship [96]
2014 Poland Grzegorz Knapp Heusden-Zolder Speedway Dutch Speedway League [97]
2016 Poland Krystian Rempała Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division [98]

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