List of fatally injured motorcycle racers

The list of fatally injured motorcycle racers provides an overview of accidents that have occurred during official motorcycle racing events or test drives. Other fatal accidents are also listed. The day of death does not have to be identical to the day of the race or the day of the accident.

Drivers fatally injured in races or training

This section lists those drivers who had an immediate fatal accident in a race or training session or who died as a result of this accident within the following 30 days. The “30-day period” is based on the stipulations for the statistical recording of road deaths in the member states of the European Union .

Surname	nationality	Age	date of death	run	route	occasion	machine	class
Carlo Maffeis		38	09/12/1921	Gran Premio del Moto Club d'Italia	Circuito della Fascia d'Oro	run	Bianchi	500 cc
Isacco Mariani		33	07/11/1925	Circuito del Lario		training	Sunbeam	350 cc
Olindo Raggi		30th	04/11/1926	Motogiro d'Italia		run	AJS	500 cc
Archie Birkin		22nd	06/07/1927	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	McEvoy	500 cc
Rupert Karner		31 or 32	05/20/1928	Hungarian TT	Budapest	run	DSH - MAG	350 cc
Friedrich Messerschmidt		22nd	03/29/1929	Eilenriederennen	Eilenriede	run	unknown
Edi Linser		35	05/12/1929	Austrian TT	Wolf pit	run	Sunbeam	500 cc
Emmerich Nagy		unknown	06/09/1929	Giesshübelrennen		run	unknown
Cecil Ashby		32	06/10/1929	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	New Imperial	350 cc
Arno Zaspel		unknown	05/11/1931	Grillenburger triangle race	Grillenburger triangle	training	OD - JAP	Team (driver)
Freddie Hicks		29	06/19/1931	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	AJS	350 cc
Robert Jecker		29	07/15/1932	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	training	NSU
Syd Crabtree		31	06/13/1934	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Excelsior	250 cc
Erik Haps		24	07/01/1934	Grand Prix of Germany	Badberg square	run	FN	500 cc
Gunnar Kalén		32	07/01/1934	Grand Prix of Germany	Badberg square	run	Husqvarna	500 cc
Pole demeuter		30th	07/02/1934	Grand Prix of Germany	Badberg square	run	FN	500 cc
Arie van der Pluym		28	07/15/1934	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	Husqvarna	500 cc
Hans Witzel		24	09.09.1934	Feldberg race	Feldbergring	run	Hercules	Team (co-driver)
Toni Babl		29	June 1936	Eifel race	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	training	Douglas	Team (driver)
Hans Winkler		38	07/19/1936	All about bulkheads	Schottenring	run	DKW	250 cc
Albert Schneider		36	08/30/1936	Schauinsland hill climb	Schauinsland	training	NSU	Team (driver)
Josef Lohner		unknown	04/09/1937	Eilenriederennen	Eilenriede	training	NSU	Team (driver)
Aldo Pigorini		29	07/26/1937	Gran Premio Roma	Rome	run	Moto Guzzi	250 cc
Jimmie Guthrie		40	08/08/1937	Grand Prix of Germany	Sachsenring	run	Norton	500 cc
Karl Braun		34	08/22/1937	Schleizer triangle race	Schleizer triangle	run	DKW	Team (driver)
Karl Gall		37	06/13/1939	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	BMW	Senior (500 cm³)
Silvio Vailati		unknown	May 26, 1940	II Circuito Motociclistico della Superba	Genoa	run	Moto Guzzi	250 cc
Gilbert de Rudder		34	07/18/1946	Grand Prix du Zoute	Knokke-le-Zoute	training	unknown
Martin Schneeweiss		40	04/10/1947		Graz trotting track	run	unknown	Speedway
Omobono Tenni		42	07/01/1948	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	training	Moto Guzzi	250 cc
Herbert Drews		41	01/19/1949		Hamburg-Langenhorn		unknown	Speedway
David Whitworth		45 or 46	07/03/1950	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	Velocette	350 cc
Guido Leoni		35	05/06/1951	Italian championship	Circuito di Ferrara	run	FB Mondial	125 cc
Raffaele Alberti		43	05/06/1951	Italian championship	Circuito di Ferrara	run	FB Mondial	125 cc
Claudio Mastellari		36	07/13/1951	All about bulkheads	Schottenring	training	Moto Guzzi
Dario Ambrosini		32	07/14/1951	French Grand Prix	Albi	training	Benelli	250 cc
Kurt Praetorius		unknown	07/15/1951	All about bulkheads	Schottenring	run	BMW	Team (co-driver)
Gianni Leoni		36	08/15/1951	Ulster Grand Prix	Clady Circuit	training	Moto Guzzi	250 cc
Sante Geminiani		31	08/15/1951	Ulster Grand Prix	Clady Circuit	training	Moto Guzzi	250 cc
Frank Fry		35	06/06/1952	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Norton	500 cc
Horst-Wilhelm Herrmann		26th	06/14/1952	Feldberg race	Feldbergring	run	Norton	500 cc
Lous van Rijswijk		33	07/11/1952	All about bulkheads	Schottenring	training	Norton Manx	500 cc
Gotthilf Gehring		26th	05/10/1953	Rhine Cup	Hockenheimring	run	Moto Guzzi	250 cc
Ercole Frigerio		34	05/18/1953	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	run	Gilera	Team (driver)
Leslie Graham		41	06/12/1953	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	MV Agusta	Senior (500 cm³)
Ernie Ring		24 or 25	07/05/1953	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	AJS	500 cc
Gordon Laing		25th	07/04/1954	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	Norton	350 cc
Dennis Lashmar		26 or 27	07/25/1954	Grand Prix of Germany	Solitude	run	BSA	500 cc
Rupert Hollaus		23	09/11/1954	Grand Prix of Nations	Monza	training	NSU	125 cc
Ray Amm		27	04/11/1955	Coppa d'Oro Shell	Imola	run	MV Agusta	350 cc
Giuseppe Lattanzi		31	06/19/1955	Milano – Taranto	at Ancona	run	FB Mondial
Marcel Masuy		46	07/31/1955	Italian championship	Senigallia		Norton	Team (driver)
Karl Remmert		31	04/20/1956	test drive	Hockenheimring	test drive	BMW	Team (co-driver)
Fergus Anderson		47	05/06/1956	Circuit de Floreffe	Floreffe	run	BMW	500 cc
Eddie Grant		31	08/05/1956	5ème Circuit de Villefranche-de-Rouergue	France	run	Norton	350 cc
Gianni Degli Antoni		25th	08/07/1956	test drive	Monza	test drive	Ducati	125 cc
Derek Ennett		24	08/09/1956	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod		Moto Guzzi	350 cc
Hans Baltisberger		33	08/26/1956	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring	run	NSU	250 cc
Lo Simons		46	09/23/1956	Skäneloppet	Kristianstad	run	FB Mondial	125 cc
Josef Knebel		25th	06/26/1957	Dutch TT	Aces	training	BMW	Team (driver)
Roberto Colombo		30th	07/06/1957	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	training	MV Agusta	350 cc
Fritz Hillebrand		39	08/24/1957	Bilbao Grand Prix	Deusto	training	BMW	Team (driver)
Keith Campbell		27	07/13/1958	Grand Prix de Cadours	Cadours	run	Norton	500 cc
Jacques Drion		37	08/24/1958	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring	run	Norton	Team (driver)
Inge Stoll		28	08/24/1958	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring	run	Norton	Team (driver)
Harry Hinton		26th	04/27/1959	Coppa d'Oro Shell	Imola	run	Norton	500 cc
Adolfo Covi		27	09/06/1959	Grand Prix of Nations	Monza	run	Norton	500 cc
Dave Chadwick		29	05/15/1960	Mettet International Road Races	Mettet	run	Norton	500 cc
René Baeten		32	06/05/1960	International Moto Cross of the Gelaagputten	Putti	run	Matchless	Motocross
Bob Brown		30th	07/23/1960	Grand Prix of Germany	Solitude	training	Honda	250 cc
Alfred Wohlgemuth		31 or 32	04/30/1961	Eifel race	Nürburgring - Südschleife	run	BMW	Team (co-driver)
Dickie Dale		34	04/30/1961	Eifel race	Nürburgring - Südschleife	run	Norton	500 cc
Hilmar Cecco		24	05/12/1961	Gran Premio Città di Modena	Modena	run	BMW	Team (co-driver)
Ralph Rensen		28	06/16/1961	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Norton	500 cc
František Boček		34	07/21/1969	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring	run	Jawa	350 cc
Ron Miles		31	08/09/1961	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	training	Norton	350 cc
Tom Phillis		28	06/06/1962	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Honda	Junior (350 cm³)
Bob McIntyre		33	08/15/1962	British championship	Oulton Park	run	Matchless	500 cc
Peter Craven		29	09/24/1963	Speedway National	Meadowbank Stadium	run	unknown	Speedway
Roland Foell		28	06/27/1964	Dutch TT	Aces	training	Honda	125 cc
Karl Recktenwald		33	07/19/1964	Grand Prix of Germany	Solitude	run	Norton	500 cc
Vernon Cottle		38	09/06/1964	Grand Prix of Finland	Imatra	training	AJS	350 cc
Ramón Torras		22nd	05/30/1965	Trofeo Brisamar del Moto Club Vendrell	Comarruga	run	Bultaco	125 cc
Florian Camathias		41	10/10/1965		Brands Hatch	run	BMW	Team (driver)
Fritz Scheidegger		36	03/26/1967	Mallory Park Race of the Year	Mallory Park	run	BMW	Team (driver)
Johann Attenberger		32	07/07/1968	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	BMW	Team (driver)
Josef Schillinger		28	07/07/1968	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	BMW	Team (co-driver)
John Hartle		34	08/31/1968		Oliver's Mount	run	Métisse	500 cc
Hans Weber		28	05/24/1969	European Enduro Championship	Jilemnice	run	MZ	Enduro
Bill Ivy		26th	07/12/1969	Grand Prix of the GDR	Sachsenring	training	Jawa	350 cc
Robin Fitton		42	05/02/1970	Grand Prix of Germany	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	training	Norton	350 cc
Santiago Herrero		28	06/10/1970	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	OSSA	250 cc
Brian Steenson		23	06/17/1970	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Seeley	500 cc
Angelo Bergamonti		32	04/04/1971	Italian championship	Riccione	run	MV Agusta	350 cc
Ferdi Kaczor		29	06/20/1970	-	Ziersdorf	training	Yamaha	350 cc
Christian Ravel		22nd	07/04/1971	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	run	Kawasaki H1R	500 cc
Günter Bartusch		28	07/08/1971	Grand Prix of the GDR	Sachsenring	training	MZ	350 cc
Otello Buscherini		27	05/16/1972	Grand Prix of Nations	Mugello	run	Yamaha	250 cc
Gilberto Parlotti		31	06/09/1972	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Morbidelli	125 cc
Hans-Jürgen Cusnik		22nd	07/16/1972	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring	run	BMW	Team (co-driver)
Renzo Pasolini		33	05/20/1973	Grand Prix of Nations	Monza	run	Harley-Davidson	250 cc
Jarno Saarinen		27	05/20/1973	Grand Prix of Nations	Monza	run	Yamaha	250 cc
Kim Newcombe		29	08/14/1973	750 cc price from FIM	Silverstone	run	king	Formula 750
Cal Rayborn		33	December 29, 1973	New Zealand Motorcycle Road Race Series	Pukekohe	run	Suzuki	500 cc
Werner Giger		25th	07/30/1974	Framework race at the 750 cc price of the FIM	Hämeenlinna	training	Yamaha	250 cc
Billie Nelson		33	09/08/1974	Grand Prix of Yugoslavia	Opatija		Yamaha	250 cc
Peter McKinley		26th	May 29, 1975	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Yamaha	750 cc
Gerhard Thurow		41	04/11/1976	International Olof Races	Beekse Bergen		Kreidler	50 cc
Paolo Tordi		27	05/16/1976	Grand Prix of Nations	Mugello	run	Yamaha	350 cc
Imerio Testori		25th	05/22/1976	test drive	Valli bergama	test drive	KTM	Enduro
Franz Kunz		24	04/18/1977	Framework race of the Moto-Journal 200	Le Castellet	training	unknown	250 cc
Pat Evans		21st	04/06/1977	Imola 200 mile race	Imola	training	Yamaha
Hans Stadelmann		35	05/01/1977	Grand Prix of Austria	Salzburgring	run	Yamaha	350 cc
Ulrich Graf		32	06/19/1977	Grand Prix of Yugoslavia	Opatija	run	Kreidler	50 cc
Geoff Barry		32	06/25/1977	Killinchy 150	Dundrod	run	Yamaha	750 cc
Giovanni Ziggiotto		22nd	06/29/1977	Grand Prix of Yugoslavia	Opatija	training	Harley-Davidson	250 cc
Helmut Schilling		33 or 34	1977	Ratisbona hill climb		training	ARO	Team (driver)
Malcolm Hobson		47	06/05/1978	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Ham-Yam	Team (driver)
Ernst Trachsel		34	06/05/1978	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	TTM Suzuki	Team (driver)
John Williams		32	08/12/1978	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	training	Moto Guzzi	750 cc
Patrice Dodin		unknown	January 1979	Dakar Rally		run	Yamaha XT 500	Rally raid
Tom Herron		30th	05/26/1979	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	run	Suzuki	1000 cc
Olivier Chevallier		31	04/06/1980	Moto Journal 200	Le Castellet	run	unknown
Mervyn Robinson		31	May 10, 1980	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	run	Yamaha	500 cc
Patrick Pons		27	08/12/1980	Great Britain Grand Prix	Silverstone	run	Yamaha	500 cc
Michel Rougerie		31	05/31/1981	Grand Prix of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	run	Yamaha	350 cc
Kenny Blake		32	06/09/1981	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Yamaha	Senior
Sauro Pazzaglia		27	07/14/1981	San Marino Grand Prix	Imola	training	MBA	250 cc
Dave Potter		31	09/18/1981	British Superbike Championship	Oulton Park	run	Yamaha	Superbike
Gastón Biscia		41	09/22/1981	Spanish championship	Jarama	run	Bultaco	250 cc
John Newbold		29	05/15/1982	North west 200	Coleraine	run	Suzuki	Superbike
Jock Taylor		28	08/15/1982	Grand Prix of Finland	Imatra	run	Windle - Yamaha	Team (driver)
Iwao Ishikawa		27	03/29/1983	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	training	Suzuki	500 cc
Michel Frutschi		30th	04/03/1983	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	run	Honda	500 cc
Guido Paci		33	04/10/1983	Imola 200 mile race	Imola		Honda
Norman Brown		24	07/31/1983	Great Britain Grand Prix	Silverstone	run	Suzuki	500 cc
Jack Middelburg		31	04/03/1984	Dutch championship	Tolbert	run	Honda	500 cc
Kevin Wrettom		28	07/12/1984	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa Francorchamps	training	Suzuki	500 cc
Lorenzo Ghiselli		31	07/29/1985	Imola 200 mile race	Imola	run	Suzuki	500 cc
János Drapál		37	08/11/1985	Cena Slovenska	Piešťany	run	Yamaha	250 cc
Mark Salle		28	October 20, 1985		Brands Hatch	run	unknown
Neil Robinson		23	09/13/1986		Oliver's Mount	training	Suzuki
Klaus Klein		33	08/15/1987	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	run	Bimota - Yamaha	TT-F1
Brian Warburton		57	06/04/1988	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Honda	Production Class C
Kenny Irons		27	06/26/1988		Cadwell Park	Warm-up lap	unknown
Alfred Heck		43	07/21/1988	French Grand Prix	Le Castellet	training	LCR	Team (driver)
Iván Palazzese		27	05/28/1989	Grand Prix of Germany	Hockenheimring	run	Aprilia	250 cc
Bernhard Findeisen		unknown	07/08/1990	International Sachsenring race	Sachsenring	run	Yamaha	250 cc
Phil Mellor		35	06/07/1989	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Suzuki	Production TT
Fernando Cerdera		unknown	August 1990	Federación Argentina de Motociclismo - Maximotos	Buenos Aires	run	Bimota - Kawasaki	over 1000 cm³
Gerold Fischer		32	August 19, 1990	Folk festival race	St. Wendel	run	Honda	500 cc
Gilles Lalay		29	01/07/1992	Dakar Rally		run	Yamaha	Rally raid
Manfred Stengl		46	06/06/1992	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Suzuki	TT-F1
Klaus Liegibel		33	08/15/1992	Folk festival race	St. Wendel	run	Yamaha OW 01	Superbike
Noboyuki Wakai		25th	05/02/1993	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	training	Suzuki	250 cc
Mark Farmer		30th	06/02/1994	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Britten	1000 cc
Yasutomo Nagai		29	09/13/1995	Superbike World Championship	Aces	run	Yamaha	Superbike
Robert Holden		37	05/31/1996	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Ducati 916	1000 cc
Roger Reiman		58	03/04/1997	BMW Battle of The Legends	Daytona	training	unknown
Jean-Marc Fresc		43	06/14/1997	ISRA Eurocup	Rijeka	run	LCR	Team (co-driver)
Brett MacLeod		23	03/28/1999	World Supersport Championship	Kyalami	run	Suzuki	Super sport
Michaël Paquay		26th	05/07/1998	World Supersport Championship	Monza	training	Honda	Super sport
Donnie Robinson		45	05/13/1999	North west 200	Coleraine	training	unknown	125 cc
Naoto Ogura		unknown	07.03.2000	test drive	Suzuka	test drive	Suzuki
Joey Dunlop		48	07/02/2000		Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa	run	Honda	125 cc
Daijirō Katō		26th	04/19/2003	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	run	Honda RC211V	MotoGP
David Jefferies		30th	05/29/2003	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Suzuki	TT-F1
Kirk McCarthy		35	04/15/2004	Australian Superbike Championship	Queensland Raceway	run	Suzuki
Swen Enderlein		26th	09/15/2004	79th International six-day trip	Miedziana Góra	run	KTM	Enduro
Jürgen Oelschläger		34	09/26/2004	German championship	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	run	Honda	Superbike
Richard Sainct		34	09/29/2004	Pharaohs rally		run	KTM	Rally raid
Fabrizio Meoni		47	01/11/2005	Dakar Rally		run	KTM	Rally raid
Richard Britton		34	09/18/2005	Ballybunion Motorcycle Road Race	Ballybunion	run	Honda	250 cc
Bruno Bonhuil		45	11/19/2005	Macau Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	run	Suzuki	Superbike
Andy Caldecott		41	01/09/2006	Dakar Rally		run	KTM	Rally raid
Jun Maeda		38	06/06/2006	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Honda CBR1000RR	Superstock
Darran Lindsay		34	09/09/2006	Killalane Road Races	Killalane Circuit	training	unknown	Super sport
Eduard Stöllinger		57	09/16/2006	Oldtimer Grand Prix Schwanenstadt	Schwanenstadt-Pitzenberg	training	Yamaha
Elmer Symons		29	09/01/2007	Dakar Rally		run	KTM	Rally raid
Eric Aubijoux		42	01/20/2007	Dakar Rally		run	unknown	Rally raid
Ollie Bridewell		21st	07/20/2007	British Superbike Championship	Mallory Park	training	Suzuki	Superbike
Martin Finnegan		28	05/03/2008	Tandragee 100	Tandragee	run	Yamaha	Super sport
Robert Dunlop		47	05/15/2008	North west 200	Coleraine	training	Honda	250 cc
Craig Jones		23	08/04/2008	World Supersport Championship	Brands Hatch	run	Honda	Super sport
Steve Norbury		38	07.09.2008	German championship	Hockenheimring	run	Shelbourne- Yamaha	Team (driver)
Vincent Kinchin		42	05/23/2010	90th Teterow mountain ring race	Teterower Bergring	run	GM-Nu Trak Special	Rail sports
Paul Dobbs		39	06/10/2010	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Suzuki	Super sport
Martin Loicht		48	06/10/2010	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Honda CBR600RR	Super sport
Peter Lenz		13	08/29/2010	USGPRU 125 Grand Prix National Championship	Indianapolis	Warm up training	Honda	125 cc
Shōya Tomizawa		19th	05.09.2010	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	run	Suter	Moto2
Marco Simoncelli		24	23/10/2011	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang	run	Honda RC212V	MotoGP
Mika Ahola		37	January 15, 2012			test drive	unknown	Enduro
Lee Richardson		33	05/13/2012	100 ACU Star Championship		run	unknown	Speedway
Mark Buckley		35	05/20/2012	North west 200	Portstewart	run	unknown	Superstock
Luís Carreira		35	11/15/2012	Macau Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	training	Suzuki	Superbike
Eigo Sato		34	02/27/2013			training	unknown	Motocross
Yoshinari Matsushita		43	05/28/2013	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	Suzuki	Super sport
Andrea Antonelli		25th	07/21/2013	World Supersport Championship	Moscow Raceway	run	Kawasaki ZX-6R	Super sport
Sandor Pohl		45	08/04/2013	Sidecar World Championship	TT Circuit Assen	run	LCR - Suzuki	Team (co-driver)
Karl-Heinz Kalbfell		63	08/17/2013	Lansdowne Classic Series	Brands Hatch	training	Matchless G 50	WRR Lansdowne Cup Championship 500 cc
Kurt Caselli		30th	11/14/2013	Baja 1000		run	KTM
Doriano Romboni		44	11/30/2013	SicDay	Latina	training	unknown	Supermoto
Simon Andrews		29	05/19/2014	North west 200	Portrush	run	BMW S 1000 RR	Superstock
Karl Harris		34	06/03/2014	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	Kawasaki ZX-10R	Superstock
Enrico Becker		31	07/12/2014	Sidecar World Championship	Sachsenring	training	LCR - Suzuki	Team (co-driver)
Julien Paquet		23	07/26/2014	IRRC	Circuit de Chimay	training	unknown	Super sport
Thilo Häfele		45	07/26/2014	IRRC	Circuit de Chimay	training	Yamaha	Super sport
Vick de Cooremeter		29	07/27/2014	IRRC	Circuit de Chimay	training	BMW	Superbike
Enrico Sonnenberg		35	05/29/2015	94th Teterower mountain ring race	Teterower Bergring	run	unknown	Rail sports (500 cm³)
Franck Petricola		32	06/03/2015	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	BMW	Superbike
Daniel Rivas Fernández		27	07/19/2015	MotoAmerica Superbike	Laguna Seca Raceway	run	BMW S 1000 RR	Superbike / Superstock
Bernat Martínez		35	07/19/2015	MotoAmerica Superbike	Laguna Seca Raceway	run	Yamaha YZF-R1	Superbike / Superstock
Berto Camlek		45	08/09/2015	Alpe Adria Championship	Hungaroring	run	Yamaha	Superbike
Jonas Hehle		15th	08/22/2015	ADAC Junior Cup	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	run	KTM RC 390	Super sport
Luis Salom		25th	06/03/2016	Catalonia Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	training	Kalex	Moto2
Anthony Delhalle		35	09.03.2017	test drive	Circuit Paul Armagnac	test drive	Suzuki GSX-R 1000	FIM Endurance World Championship
Daniel Hegarty		31	11/19/2017	Macau Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	run	Honda CBR1000RR	Superbike
Dan Kneen		30th	05/30/2018	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	training	BMW S 1000 RR	Superbike
William Dunlop		32	07/08/2018	Skerries 100		training	Yamaha R1	Superbike
James Cowton		26th	07/13/2018	Southern 100	Billown Circuit	run	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6 R	Super sport
Daley Mathison		27	06/03/2019	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain Course	run	BMW S 1000 RR	Superbike
Dennis Lippert		23	06/11/2019	German championship	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	run	Yamaha YZF-R 6	Super sport
Mathias Gnägi		32	June 15, 2019	IRRC	Imatra circuit	run	Yamaha YZF-R1	Superbike

Other accidents

Surname	Age	nationality	date of death	event
Biagio Nazzaro	32		1922-07-1507/15/1922	Accident with a racing car
Guido Mentasti	27 or 28		1925-04-0604/06/1925	traffic accident
Mario Saetti	unknown		1927-05-1505/15/1927	Accident with a racing car
Willi Henkelmann	29		1928-07-0207/02/1928	traffic accident
Luigi Arcangeli	29		1931-05-23May 23, 1931	Accident with a racing car
Amedeo Ruggeri	43		1932-12-07December 07, 1932	Accident with a racing car
Oskar Steinbach	23		1937-03-1003/10/1937	traffic accident
Bernd Rosemeyer	28		1938-01-2801/28/1938	Accident with a racing car
Giordano Aldrighetti	34		1939-08-1208/12/1939	Accident with a racing car
Ernst Günther Burggaller	43		1940-02-0202/02/1940	Plane crash
Walter Bäumer	32		1941-06-2906/29/1941	traffic accident
Whale Handley	38		1941-11-1511/15/1941	Plane crash
Ted Mellors	39		1946-06-0706/07/1946	poisoning
Ralph Roese	49		1950-02-0802/08/1950	traffic accident
Georges Cordey	unknown		1952-05-0305/03/1952	traffic accident
Gustav Adolf Baumm	34		1955-05-2305/23/1955	Demonstration drive on the Nürburgring - Nordschleife
Alberto Ascari	36		1955-05-2605/26/1955	Accident with a racing car
Georg Thumshirn	61		1955-08-2208/22/1955	traffic accident
Benoît Musy	38		1956-10-0707.10.1956	Accident with a racing car
Louis Rosier	50		1956-10-29October 29, 1956	Accident with a racing car
Werner Haas	29		1956-11-1311/13/1956	Plane crash
Jean Behra	38		1959-08-0108/01/1959	Accident with a racing car
Libero Liberati	35		1962-03-0505.03.1962	traffic accident
Gary Hocking	25th		1962-12-21December 21, 1962	Accident with a racing car
Stanislav Malina	38		1964-11-0611/06/1964	traffic accident
Manfred Schiek	29		1965-09-1109/11/1965	traffic accident
Dieter Krumpholz	25th		1966-04-2204/22/1966	Traffic accident during a test drive between Flöha and Augustusburg
Bob Anderson	36		1967-08-1408/14/1967	Accident with a racing car
Jorge Kissling	28		1968-04-2804/28/1968	Accident with a racing car
Peter Uhlig	31		1971-09-0109/01/1971	traffic accident
Jo Siffert	35		1971-10-24October 24, 1971	Accident with a racing car
Dave Simmonds	32		1972-10-23October 23, 1972	fire
Reg Armstrong	52		1972-11-2411/24/1972	traffic accident
Ken Redfern	unknown		1973-05-3005/30/1973	traffic accident
Werner Pfirter	26th		1973-09-2409/24/1973	traffic accident
Aldo Nannini	unknown		1977-11-0505/11/1977	traffic accident
Patrick Depailler	35		1980-08-0108/01/1980	Accident with a racing car
Mike Hailwood	40		1981-03-2303/23/1981	traffic accident
Dale Singleton	30th		1985-09-0109/01/1985	Plane crash
Paul Rimmelzwaan	31		1985-10-2610/26/1985	unknown
Jean-Claude Guénard	47		1987-08-2308/23/1987	Motorboat accident
Marco Gentile	30th		1989-11-1911/19/1989	Accident with a racing car
Werner Salevsky	51		1991-03-0703/07/1991	traffic accident
Hans-Jürgen Hummel	50		1995-02-0602/06/1995	unknown
Gregg Hansford	42		1995-03-0505.03.1995	Accident with a racing car
Juan López Mella	30th		1995-05-1005/10/1995	traffic accident
Max Wiener	49		1996-01-0701/07/1996	traffic accident
Herbert Besendörfer	39		1996-08-2608/26/1996	traffic accident
Sven Seidel	36		1998-11-00November 1998	traffic accident
Marco dad	41		1999-09-0909/09/1999	traffic accident
Steve Hislop	41		2003-07-3007/30/2003	Helicopter crash
Noriyasu Numata	41		2007-09-0409/04/2007	traffic accident
Norick Abe	32		2007-10-0707/10/2007	traffic accident
Baldassarre Monti	47		2008-11-2011/20/2008	traffic accident
Thomas Bourgin	26th		2013-01-1001/10/2013	Road accident during the 2013 Dakar Rally
Jean-Claude Olivier	67		2013-01-1201/12/2013	traffic accident
Nicky Hayden	35		2017-05-2205/22/2017	traffic accident
Stefano Bianco	34		2020-03-1103/11/2020	traffic accident

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  Memorial stone for Emmerich Nagy († 1929) in Maria Enzersdorf

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  Memorial stone for Edi Linser († 1929) in Wolfsgraben

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  Memorial to Jimmie Guthrie († 1937) in his hometown of Hawick

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  Tombstone of Martin Schneeweiss († 1947) in the Vienna Central Cemetery

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  Grave of Rupert Hollaus († 1954) in the local cemetery in Traisen

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  Bill Ivy († 1969)

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  Jarno Saarinen's († 1973) tombstone in Turku

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  Memorial stone for Joey Dunlop († 2000) at the accident site in Pirita-Kose-Kloostrimetsa

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  David Jefferies († 2003) together with Joey Dunlop (l .; † 2000)

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  Shōya Tomizawa († 2010) after winning the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix

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  Marco Simoncelli († 2011) shortly before his last race

See also

• List of deaths in the Dakar Rally
• List of fatally injured Formula 1 drivers

Web links

• Website with information about died in an accident racers (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Participants and casualties - Fatalities in traffic accidents , website of the Federal Statistical Office (Germany), accessed on 23 August 2015.
2. ↑ Traffic accidents ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland), accessed on 23 August 2015. 
3. ↑ Traffic accident statistics 2007 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Information from Statistics Austria , accessed on 23 August 2015.