List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
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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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