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.
List Date of deathRiderCircuitMeetingRef 7 April 1927 Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway Australian National Speedway Championship 21 October 1928 Clifford Mawson Athletic Grounds, Rochdale Senior race 11 May 1929 Walter Brown Marine Gardens Consolation handicap 18 May 1929 John Proctor Stockdale Farringdon Park Preston Junior scratch race 18 June 1929 George Rowlands Audenshaw Speedway Junior mile race 13 July 1929 Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium English Dirt Track League 18 August 1929 John Seith Farringdon Park Preston open event 27 May 1930 Eddie Reynolds White City Stadium, Glasgow Northern League 24 July 1930 James Carnie Farringdon Park Preston Golden Helmet 31 August 1930 William Owen Audenshaw Speedway Handicap event 1 November 1930 Sigismund Schlam WACA Ground Handicap event 3 November 1930 Charles Edwin Wear Bunbury Speedway Race 25 August 1931 Noel Johnson Pennycross Stadium Challenge match 12 September 1931 James 'Indian' Allen Hyde Road Southern League 13 April 1933 Cornelius Cantwell Aarhus Dirt-Track Bane Open meeting 2 September 1934 Arij Poldervaart Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia 27 January 1935 Charlie Blacklock Monica Park Christchurch Handicap event 30 August 1935 Tom Farndon New Cross Stadium Speedway World Championship 21 December 1935 Frank Elms Sydney Royale Australia v England test match 15 May 1936 Dusty Haigh Hackney Wick Stadium Auto-Cycle Union Cup 25 August 1937 Stan Hart Hall Green Stadium Provincial Championship 30 September 1937 Reg Vigor Wimbledon Stadium National League 19 December 1937 Neil Schiller Claremont Speedway Speedway International Tournament 17 May 1938 Harry Rogers Dagenham Ripple Road Charity meeting 11 August 1938 David Jackson Dagenham Ripple Road Practice 26 December 1938 Roy Noble Warragul Victorian ACU Grass-track Championship 16 July 1946 Albert 'Aussie' Rosenfeld Odsal Stadium National League 8 October 1946 Charlie Appleby Brough Park Stadium Northern League 9 July 1947 Peter Jackson Banister Court Stadium Novice race 16 August 1947 Nelson 'Bronco' Wilson Harringay Stadium Speedway National Trophy 16 August 1947 Cyril Anderson The Firs Stadium British Division 2 Best Pairs 30 August 1947 Jack Ladd Alkmaar Sportpark Open meeting 4 October 1947 Martin Schneeweiß Grazer Trabrennbahn Speedway Austrian Championship 4 May 1948 Reg Craven Wimborne Road Speedway National Trophy 15 June 1948 Eric Dunn Arlington Stadium National League 5 July 1948 Billy Wilson The Firs Stadium National League 14 July 1948 Max Pearce Yarmouth Stadium National League 8 June 1949 Ted Hurn Littledean grasstrack Grass track event 20 January 1950 Ray Duggan Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England 21 January 1950 Norman Clay Sydney Sports Ground International Australia versus England 11 March 1950 Oscar Wessman Johannesburg South Africa versus British tourists 1 July 1950 Joe Abbott Odsal Stadium National League 1 July 1950 Jock Shead The Firs Stadium British National Trophy 18 July 1950 Ronald Stocker Rye House StadiumPractice 6 January 1951 Ken Le Breton Sydney Sports Ground International test match Davies, Trevor (2008) Warzone Speedway, Trevor Davies Publishing, , p. 128 4 May 1951 Dick Jenkins Pennycross StadiumPractice 19 August 1951 Erich Berghöfer Stadion am Zoo German Concrete Track Championship 10 November 1951 Bob Howes The Firs Stadium National League 14 April 1952 Willi Thorn Bamberger Zementbahn German Concrete Track Championship 22 July 1952 Ernie Roccio West Ham Stadium National League 16 November 1952 Letium Platton Stanthorpe Queensland Grass Track Championship 26 March 1953 Roy Eather County Ground StadiumPractice 6 June 1953 Mike Rogers Monmore Green Stadium National League 7 July 1953 Harry Eyre West Ham Stadium Junior League 13 May 1955 John Kerrigan Thomson Wimborne Road National League Div 2 2 April 1956 Malcolm Flood Wimborne Road National League 21 April 1956 Zbigniew Raniszewski Praterstadion Speedway Austria & Germany versus Poland 19 June 1956 Fritz Dirtl Niederrheinstadion Speedway World Championship 16 August 1956 Raymond Beaumont Newquay grasstrack 500cc Grasstrack 22 September 1956 Ernie Rawlins Banister Court Stadium National League 2 February 1957 Alan Hunt Wembley Johannesburg Durban vs Klerksdorp 31 May 1958 Erkki Ala-Sippola Helsinki Velodrome Finnish Speedway Championship 28 March 1959 Alan Pearce Banister Court Stadium Challenge match 3 June 1959 Jerzy Grochowski Stadion Polonii Piła Polish Speedway Team Championship 24 July 1960 Tink Maynard The Firs Stadium National Trophy 3 September 1960 Witold Świątkowski Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division 19 August 1961 Erich Stieglmeier Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia 19 August 1961 Libor Dušánek Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia 15 September 1961 Bronisław Idzikowski Częstochowa Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship 13 April 1962 Jack Unstead Foxhall Stadium Challenge match 15 August 1962 Stanislaw Domaniecki Stadion Startu Gniezno Polish Speedway Team Championship 21 September 1962 Arne Wettergren Dagsbergsfältet Norrköping Practice 3 December 1962 Des Simon Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland Speedway Championship 18 September 1963 Antonín Vilde Velká pardubická Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia 24 September 1963 Peter Craven Meadowbank Stadium Speedway National Test Match 21 January 1964 Tadeusz Teodorowicz West Ham Stadium National Trophy 22 June 1965 David John Wills West Ham Stadium Challenge 23 August 1966 Ivor Hughes Dudley Wood Stadium National League 14 August 1967 Andrzej Walicki Polonia Piła Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship 1 October 1967 Poul Wissing Rostock Speedwaystadion Open meeting 9 November 1967 Harry Denton Rowley Park Speedway Rowley Park Speedway Season 21 February 1968 Lionel Levy Sydney Showground Speedway handicap event 7 September 1968 Herbert Bauer Pfarrkirchen Practice 21 October 1968 Luboš Tomíček Sr. Svítkov Stadium Golden Helmet of Czechoslovakia 28 January 1970 Sven Renlund Örnsköldsvik Swedish Ice Racing Championship 19 April 1970 Marian Rose Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship 27 April 1970 Benedykt Błaszkiewicz KS Apator Stadium Training 7 April 1971 Valeri Klementiev Russia National team practice 29 June 1971 Jerzy Bildziukiewicz Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division 26 September 1972 Marek Czerny Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament 29 September 1972 Svein Kaasa Hampden Park National League 8 December 1972 Jack Biggs Golden City International Raceway Scratch Race 15 December 1973 Geoff Curtis Sydney Showground Speedway Individual event 7 April 1974 Zbigniew Malinowski Stadion Śląski Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division 11 August 1974 Jerzy Białek Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Club Pairs Championship 29 September 1974 Gerhard Kamm Pfarrkirchen Longtrack 17 October 1975 Gary Peterson Monmore Green Stadium Midland Cup 20 May 1976 Tommy Jansson Gubbängens Idrottsplats Speedway World Championship 25 July 1976 Kazimierz Araszewicz Arena Częstochowa League match 1 August 1976 Roger Parker Elberton 24 April 1977 Josef Angermüller San Savino Speedway Park Speedway World Championship 27 April 1977 Kevin Holden Wimborne Road Speedway Star Knockout Cup8 June 1977 Marcin Rożak Tarnów Municipal Stadium Silver Helmet Tournament19 June 1977 Tom Albery Sherfield English Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association 3 December 1977 Stuart Shirley Ellesmere Port Stadium Practice session3 April 1978 Chris Prime Brough Park Stadium National league 4 June 1978 Graham Banks Hopes Farm, New Romney Grasstrack meeting25 June 1978 Hans Siegl Linzer Stadion Open event 8 June 1979 Vic Harding Hackney Wick Stadium British League FoursJacobs, Norman (2001). Speedway in London. 9 December 1979 Christer Sjösten Brisbane Exhibition Ground Speedway International Tournament 7 September 1981 Tony Sanford County Ground Stadium National League 27 April 1982 Brett Alderton Norfolk Arena National League 1 June 1982 Zdeněk Kudrna Stadskanaal European Grasstrack Championship 16 July 1982 Denny Pyeatt Hackney Wick Stadium National League 16 September 1983 Craig Featherby East of England Showground National League 19 February 1984 Anatoly Gladyshev Lenin Stadium World Ice Speedway Championship 13 May 1984 Max Schöllhorn Artigues-de-Lussac, France grass track meeting 19 May 1984 Neal Watson Norfolk Arena Junior match 29 July 1984 Leif Wahlman Norfolk Arena Speedway Under-21 World Championship Finals 27 August 1984 Alexander Korshakov Rivne Speedway Stadium Soviet league match 5 May 1986 Meelis Helm Stadium Lokomotīve USSR League Speedway 17 August 1986 Walter Diener Schwarme Grasstrack 22 April 1987 Grzegorz Smolinski Golęcin Speedway Stadium Four Nations Tournament 13 August 1987 Wiesław Pawlak Zielona Góra Speedway Stadium Polish Speedway Team Championship 19 July 1988 Ken Berry Inland Motorcycle Speedway Golden State Speedway Series - Division II 30 June 1989 Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium British National league 16 June 1991 Jiří Hurych Miramont, France Grasstrack meeting 3 September 1992 Grzegorz Kowszewicz KS Apator Stadium Training 28 September 1992 Wayne Garratt Brough Park Stadium British League 16 January 1994 Karl Nicholls Iwade Speedway Practice session 13 February 1994 Remo Dal Bosco Berlin-Wilmersdorf Ice Racing Individual World Championship 18 June 1996 Rif Saitgareev Ostrów Municipal Stadium Polish league 1 May 2002 David Nix Norfolk Arena Conference League 13 November 2005 Ashley Jones Myrtleford Speedway Interstate Solo Challenge 16 May 2006 Chris Hendriksen Wümmering Speedway World Long-Track Championship27 May 2007 Michal Matula Stadion MOSiR Krosno Polish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division 8 June 2007 Kenny Olsson Norrköping Motorstadion Swedish Speedway Championship, 2nd Division 21 October 2007 David Durham Offerton Grasstrack Midland Centre Championships 25 May 2010 Vincent Kinchin Bergring Arena Grasstrack ADAC Bergringpokal 30 March 2011 Peter Koij Västerås, Sweden International Open Meeting 12 May 2012 Lee Richardson Olympic Stadium, Wroclaw 100 Auto Cycle Union Star Championship 8 December 2012 Darrin Winkler Maryborough Speedway Frasercoast Christmas event 3 April 2013 Matija Duh Bahia Blanca, Argentina Argentinean International Speedway Championship 22 June 2014 Grzegorz Knapp Heusden-Zolder Speedway Dutch Speedway League 28 May 2016 Krystian Rempała Rybnik Municipal Stadium Polish Speedway Championship, 1st Division
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