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List of rider deaths in motorcycle racing

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This article lists motorcycle riders who have died competing at motorcycle racing events. This article lists rider deaths in all series, at any level.

Isle of Man TT, Manx Grand Prix and Southern 100

There have been over 275 recorded competitor deaths in the Isle of Man since 1910. Some Isle of Man deaths are included directly below, as the races carried World Championship status until a British Grand Prix was established on short-circuits from 1977.

MotoGP/World Grand Prix Motorcycling Championship

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Jason Dupasquier is the most recent rider to be fatally injured during a Grand Prix motorcycle racing event
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Marco Simoncelli is the most recent 500 cc/MotoGP class rider (and most recent former champion) to be fatally injured during a Grand Prix motorcycle racing event and the most recent during a race session

Listed are fatalities of riders in the World Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Championship races since its foundation in 1949. In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in the 2020s. Twenty-six of the fatalities occurred on permanent circuits; seventy-eight fatalities took place on street circuits, with 36 fatalities at the Isle of Man TT, which was removed from the championship after 1976. The most recent fatal accident occurred in May 2021 when Jason Dupasquier was killed after a crash during qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix, while the most recent fatal accident to occur in the 500 cc/MotoGP class happened in October 2011, when Marco Simoncelli was killed after he was struck by Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards during the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Eight Grand Prix motorcycle racing champions have died while racing or practicing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing: Dario Ambrosini in 1951, Leslie Graham in 1953, Rupert Hollaus in 1954, Tom Phillis in 1962, Bill Ivy in 1969, Jarno Saarinen in 1973, Daijiro Kato in 2003, and Marco Simoncelli in 2011. Hollaus is often credited as the only rider to win the championship posthumously, he had mathematically clinched the 1954 125 cc world championship title, as he had achieved the maximum number of points possible at the time of his death.

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  1. "Hurst" was racing under a nom de course, and his full name was not released publicly at the time of his death. Archives of the municipality of Francorchamps indicate that his full name was Keeth Hurst, although Keeth may have been a misspelling of Keith.
  2. The sidecar race at the 1968 Nations Grand Prix was cancelled and so a replacement race was held alongside the German national championship at the Hockenheimring in October.[43]

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Endurance Series

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Sidecar World Championship

The following riders have been killed in the Sidecar World Championship

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Superbike World Championship

The following riders have been killed in the Superbike World Championship

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Supersport World Championship

The following riders have been killed in the Superbike World Championship

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Other superbike events

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Other supersports events

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Grand Prix class racing

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Other international events

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British National or Club Series

There have been over 120 recorded deaths in British motorcycle racing series since 1930.

North West 200 and Irish Road Racing

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National Series in North America

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Motocross

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National Series in Continental Europe

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Asian National Series

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National Series in South America

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Speedway

Auto Race

Since the beginning in 1950, 96 riders have lost their lives since the first death at Funabashi on 5 May 1951,[432] with the most recent being at December 2021, nine of those since 1993, when the Suzuki's SEAR spec engine [ja] began to replace the numerous competing engines including the Meguro [ja], Triumph, Toyo [ja], Kyokuto [ja] and the HKS produced Fuji [ja]; 23 of those since 1967, when it became compulsory for tracks to take place on paved asphalt.[433][434]

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Board Track Racing

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American Flat Track

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1 Eklund's accident happened in 1990. He died in 1991 from his injuries.
2 Halbert's accident happened in 2014. He died in 2015 from his injuries.

Enduro

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‡ Ahola's accident happened in 2011. He died in 2012, as a result of injuries sustained.

Dakar Rally

Other rallying events

Miscellaneous

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