List of Isle of Man TT Mountain Course fatalities

This list is of fatal crashes on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races, Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT races.^[1] The TT Course was first used as an automobile road-racing circuit for the 1908 Tourist Trophy event for racing automobiles, then known as the Four Inch Course.^[2] For the 1911 Isle of Man TT race motor-cycle races, the event was moved from the St John's Short Course to the Four Inch Course by the UK Auto-Cycle Club, and became known as the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, or TT Course, when used for motorcycle racing.

Victor Surridge was the first fatality on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, after a crash at Glen Helen during practice for the 1911 Isle of Man TT races. This was possibly the first death in the Isle of Man in a motorcycle or road vehicle crash.^[3]

The deadliest year was 2005, when 10 people died: three riders and one marshal died during the June race, and six riders and one course bystander died during the Manx Grand Prix in August/September 2005. Since 1937, the only season without a fatality in either the TT or the Manx Grand Prix was in 1982. The 2012 and 2024 TTs, which are raced by more experienced professional riders, ended without fatalities, but there were fatalities in the Manx Grand Prix, which is raced with amateur riders except for the vintage motorcycle classes that experienced professionals may participate. The 2025 TT, which had its blue riband Senior TT cancelled because of weather, also ended without fatalities.

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No	Country	Official	Date	Place	Race	Event	Role
1	United Kingdom	Denis A. Hamer^[382]	7 September 1976^[383]	Union Mills	1976 Manx Grand Prix	Senior Manx Grand Prix	Police officer
2	United Kingdom	April Bolster	10 June 2005^[266]	Kirk Michael	2005 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	Marshal

No	Country	Official	Date	Place	Race	Role
1	Isle of Man	Bernard Rodgers	10 June 1953^[384]	Gorse Lea	1953 Isle of Man TT	Marshal
2	United Kingdom	John Goldsmith	28 May 1962^[385]	Union Mills^[386]	1962 Isle of Man TT	TT travelling marshal
3	Isle of Man	Martyn Heyes	1 September 2006^[387]	Gorse Lea	2006 Manx Grand Prix	Marshal

No	Country	Rider	Date	Place	Race	Event	Machine
1	United Kingdom	Jack Trustham	9 June 1998	Kirk Michael	1998 Isle of Man TT	Lap of Honour	Imp Classic 998cc^[388]
2	Switzerland	Peter Järmann	2 June 2003^[389]	Parkfield crossroads (Bray Hill)^[390]	2003 Isle of Man TT	Lap of Honour	1964 Bultaco TSS 250cc^[391]

No	Country	Rider	Date	Place	Race	Event	Machine
1	Wales	Samuel GR Birt	21 August 1926^[392]	Marathon Bridge^[393]	1926 Manx Amateur Road Races	Practice	Zenith^[394]
2	England	John Simister	28 May 1951^[395]	East Mountain Gate	1951 Isle of Man TT	Practice
3	Australia	Laurie Boulter	31 May 1954^[396]	Handley's Corner^[397]	1954 Isle of Man TT	Practice	Norton

No	Country	Name	Date	Place	Race	Event	Role
1	United Kingdom	Dean Jacob	8 June 2007^[279]	26th Milestone^[398]	2007 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	Spectator
2	Australia	Gregory Kenzig	8 June 2007^[279]	26th Milestone^[280]^[281]	2007 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	Spectator

List of Isle of Man TT Mountain Course fatalities

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No	Country	Rider	Date	Place	Race	Event	Machine
1	England	Victor Surridge	27 June 1911^[4]	Glen Helen^[5]	1911 Isle of Man TT	Practice	Rudge-Whitworth^[6]
2	England	Frank R Bateman	6 June 1913^[7]	Creg-ny-Baa	1913 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	499cc Rudge
3	Ireland	Fred Walker	19 May 1914^[8]	St Ninian's Crossroads^[9]	1914 Isle of Man TT	Junior TT	Royal Enfield
4	England	James H. H. Veasey^[10]	15 June 1923^[11]	Greeba Bridge	1923 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	500cc Douglas
5	Isle of Man	Ned Brew	15 September 1923^[12]	Hillberry Corner	1923 Manx Amateur Road Races	Practice	Frera
6	England	James T. A. Temple^[13]	31 August 1925^[14]	Glentramman	1925 Manx Amateur Road Races	Practice	Norton
7	England	Archie Birkin	7 June 1927^[15]	Rhencullen^[16]	1927 Isle of Man TT	Practice	500cc McEvoy
8	England	John Cooke	15 June 1927^[17]	East Snaefell Mountain Gate^[1]	1927 Isle of Man TT	Lightweight TT	249cc DOT
9	England	Cecil Ashby^[18]	10 June 1929^[19]	Ballacraine	1929 Isle of Man TT	Junior TT	New Imperial
10	England	Doug Lamb	14 June 1929^[20]^[21]	Greeba Bridge	1929 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	500cc Norton
11	England	Freddie Hicks	19 June 1931^[22]	Union Mills^[23]	1931 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	AJS
12	England	Frank Longman	14 June 1933^[24]	Glentramman	1933 Isle of Man TT	Lightweight TT	Excelsior
13	England	Arthur Pilling	31 August 1933^[25]	Hillberry Corner	1933 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	Norton
14	England	Syd Crabtree^[26]	13 June 1934^[27]	Stonebreakers Hut	1934 Isle of Man TT	Lightweight TT	Excelsior
15	England	John Gilbert	3 September 1934^[28]	Sulby Bridge	1934 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	Velocette
16	England	John P. Williamson^[29]	6 September 1934^[28]^[30]	Kirk Michael	1934 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	498cc Rudge
17	England	John Angus MacDonald^[31]	17 June 1935^[32]	Union Mills	1935 Isle of Man TT	Junior TT	Norton
18	England	Doug Pirie	19 June 1935^[32]	33rd Milestone^[33]	1935 Isle of Man TT	Lightweight TT	New Imperial
19	England	Jack Moore	13 June 1938^[34]	East Mountain Gate	1938 Isle of Man TT	Junior TT	Norton
20	England	Percy Pritlove	12 September 1938^[35]	Union Mills	1938 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	Vincent HRD
21	Germany	Karl Gall	2 June 1939^[36]^[37]	Ballaugh Bridge^[38]	1939 Isle of Man TT	Practice	494cc BMW^[39]
22	England	Arthur W. F. Johns^[40]	26 August 1946^[41]	Quarry Bends	1946 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	500cc Norton
23	England	Peter M. Aitchinson	5 September 1946^[42]	33rd Milestone	1946 Manx Grand Prix	Senior	500cc Norton
24	Ireland	Benjy Russell	9 September 1947^[43]	School House Corner^[44]^[45]	1947 Manx Grand Prix	Lightweight	Moto-Guzzi
25	South Africa	Johan Erik van Tilburg	28 May 1948^[46]	Windy Corner^[46]	1948 Isle of Man TT	Practice	348 cc AJS^[47]
26	England	Thomas Bryant	3 June 1948^[48]	Hillberry Corner^[49]	1948 Isle of Man TT	Practice	Velocette
27	England	Neil ('Noel') Christmas^[26]	11 June 1948^[50]	Douglas Road Corner^[50]	1948 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT	500cc Norton
28	England	Ben Drinkwater	13 June 1949^[51]	11th Milestone^[52]^[53]	1949 Isle of Man TT	Junior TT	350cc Norton
29	England	John Makaula-White	29 May 1950^[54]	Handley's Corner	1950 Isle of Man TT	Practice	500cc Triumph
30	England	Thomas A. Westfield	30 May 1950^[54]	Keppel Gate	1950 Isle of Man TT	Practice	500cc Triumph
31	England	Alfred Bent	8 September 1950^[55]	Birkin's Bend^[56]	1950 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	Velocette^[57]
32	England	Leonard C. Bolshaw	29 May 1951^[58]	32nd Milestone^[58]	1951 Isle of Man TT	Practice – Senior Clubmans	Triumph
33	England	John P. O’Driscoll	31 May 1951^[58]	33rd Milestone	1951 Isle of Man TT	Practice	Rudge
34	England	John T. Wenman	4 June 1951^[59]	Rhencullen Hill/Bishopscourt^[59]	1951 Isle of Man TT	Junior TT^[60]	Norton
35	England	Doug L. Parris	4 June 1951^[61]	Bungalow	1951 Isle of Man TT	Junior Clubman Race	Douglas
36	England	Chris Horn	8 June 1951^[62]	Laurel Bank	1951 Isle of Man TT	Senior TT Race	Norton
37	England	John M. Crow^[63]	14 September 1951^[64]	Appledene	1951 Manx Grand Prix	Senior	Norton
38	England	Frank Fry	4 June 1952^[62]	Westwood Corner^[65]	1952 Isle of Man TT	Practice	Norton
39	England	Brian A. Jackson	2 September 1952^[66]	Brandywell Corner	1952 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	496cc Norton
40	England	Ivor K. Arber	2 September 1952^[66]	Hillberry Corner	1952 Manx Grand Prix	Practice	Norton

Nationality	Total	Riders	Other
England	118	117	1
United Kingdom, otherwise unspecified	64	56	8
Northern Ireland	10	10	0
Scotland	9	8	1
Wales	6	6	0
United Kingdom, total	207	197	10
Isle of Man	18	16	2
New Zealand	8	8	0
Australia	8	6	2
Ireland	6	6	0
France	4	4	0
Sweden	3	3	0
Japan	3	3	0
Netherlands	3	3	0
Switzerland	3	2	1
Germany	2	2	0
Austria	2	2	0
Italy	2	2	0
Spain	2	2	0
South Africa	1	1	0
Malta	1	1	0
Southern Rhodesia	1	1	0
Czechoslovakia	1	1	0
Total	281	265	16