# List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway

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 death | Rider | Circuit | Meeting |
| 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 Stadium | Practice |
| 6 January 1951 | Ken Le Breton | Sydney Sports Ground | International test match |
| 4 May 1951 | Dick Jenkins | Pennycross Stadium | Practice |
| 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 Stadium | Practice |
| 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 | Wessex Centre Grass Championship |
| 24 April 1977 | Josef Angermüller | San Savino Speedway Park | Speedway World Championship |
| 27 April 1977 | Kevin Holden | Wimborne Road | Speedway Star Knockout Cup |
| 8 June 1977 | Marcin Rożak | Tarnów Municipal Stadium | Silver Helmet Tournament |
| 19 June 1977 | Tom Albery | Sherfield English | Southern Centre Grass Track Riders Association |
| 3 December 1977 | Stuart Shirley | Ellesmere Port Stadium | Practice session |
| 3 April 1978 | Chris Prime | Brough Park Stadium | National league |
| 4 June 1978 | Graham Banks | Hopes Farm, New Romney | Grasstrack meeting |
| 25 June 1978 | Hans Siegl | Linzer Stadion | Open event |
| 8 June 1979 | Vic Harding | Hackney Wick Stadium | British League Fours |
| 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 Championship |
| 27 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 |