List of deaths by motorcycle crash explained

This is a list of people with Wikipedia articles who died in motorcycle crashes.

Road crashes

The following people with biographies in Wikipedia died in road crashes involving motorcycles:

Mike DudaDecember 13, 200429AmericanNotabilitySuzuki GSX-R 1100 Telefonica MoviestarDisplacement (cc)Palm Springs, Ca.Left turn driver Source
Great BritainSoldier, writer.Brough Superior SS100Wareham, Dorset[1]
AustraliaSpeedway riderBondi, New South Wales
29ItalianCyclistMontecatini TermeHad only purchased the bike a few days prior.[2]
AmericanMusicianNear Carmel, CaliforniaPassenger
AmericanMusicianHarley-Davidson SportsterMacon, Georgia
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AmericanLand speed record holderSan Pedro, Los Angeles[3]
BritishDownhill mountain bike riderHarley DavidsonA628, Derbyshire[4] [5]
AmericanThird person to walk on the Moon1996 Harley-DavidsonOjai, California[6] [7] [8]
JapanMotorcycle racerYamaha XP 500 TMAX maxi-scooter500Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan[9] [10] [11]
CanadaNHL prospect, 1st round pick of the Vancouver Canucks2009 Suzuki GSX-R10001000Lamèque, New Brunswick, Canada[12] [13] [14] [15]
ItalyEngineer and manager, CEO of PininfarinaVespa GT60 scooter250Cambiano, Turin[16] [17] Conditions at the time of the crash were very foggy.[18]
JapanDrifting driver[19] [20]
AmericanFormer frontman of the band Suicide Silence2013 Harley-DavidsonHuntington Beach, California[21]
EgyptianCourtier and explorer
AmericanMusician1967 TriumphMacon, GeorgiaThree blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman had his fatal motorcycle crash
32Musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos)
CanadianIce hockey playerNear Gray Summit, Missouri
23Sri Lankan CricketerBalapitiya, Sri Lanka
49AmericanNovelistHarley-DavidsonSusquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Coluche, born Michel Colucci41French Comedian
39BritishRoyal Protection Squad bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of WalesSuzuki400Woodford, LondonDeath claimed by Diana to have been arranged by security services[22]
Niccolò Galli17Italian Footballer
40NASCAR Busch Series driver1985 Harley-DavidsonWhite House, Tennessee
Turkish Motorcycle racer
40Humanitarian motorcyclistMali
Norberto Napolitano "Pappo"54ArgentineRock musician
28BangladeshiCricketer
22Bangladeshi Cricketer
29AmericanBoxer2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000Las Vegas, Nevada
22Russian footballer
25BelgianCyclistSainte-Marie-CappelStruck by motorbike after fall during race[23]
75AmericanpoliticianMuskegon, MichiganCrashed with a pickup truck[24]
63Mauritian Politician & CEOHarley Davidson Union Ducray, MauritiusEmergency braking causing loss of control, ten impact by SUV [25]

Others said to have died in motorcycle crashes: Bruno Agostinelli, Kevin Ash, Éric Babin, Harry Bamford, Bill Beckwith, Cedric Benson, Stefano Bianco, Calvin Blignault, Douglas Blubaugh, Cris Bolado, Thomas Bourgin, Jake Brockman, Jefri Al Buchori, Cosimo Caliandro, Leopoldo Cantancio, Tim Choate, Adam Comrie, Ryan Dallas Cook, Tom Cooper, Diogo Correa de Oliveira, Joey Dunlop, Andrea de Cesaris, Brian Drebber, William Dunlop, Colin Edwards, Arthur Fox, Pete de Freitas, Juan Garriga, Vladimir Gerasimov, Ray Gibb, Johnathan Goddard, Dovid Grossman, Nagare Hagiwara, Joi Harris, Jayson Hinder, Andriy Husin, Jay Ilagan, Michael Jackson, Anton Jeyanathan, Ismail Juma, Anatoly Khrapaty, Cornelis H. A. Koster, Davey Lambert, Lee Eon, Steve Lee, Bo Lozoff, David Macpherson, 2nd Baron Strathcarron, Germaine Mason, Howard Mudd, Oh Se-jong, Frank Pastore, David Patten, Sebastijan Pečjak, Odirlei Pessoni, Peter Pettalia, Jory Prum, Darryl Read, Ron Rector, Ed Ross, Ric Segreto, Paul Smart, Sophan Sophiaan, Thalles, Trần Phước Thọ, Mary Thom, Braian Toledo, Ranking Trevor, Thanasis Tribonias, Hans Olav Tungesvik, Davy Tweed, Giora Tzahor, Krisztián Veréb, Emili Vicente, Sanchari Vijay

Stunt crashes

NameDeathAgeNationalityNotabilityMake-model Displacement (cc)LocationDetailsSource
"Indian Larry" DesmedtAmericanMotorcycle builder and stuntmanConcord, North Carolina
AmericanMotorcycle stunt riderHonda CR500Mesquite, Nevada
AmericanMotorcycle road racer and stuntwomanVancouver, British ColumbiaKilled while filming a motorcycle stunthttp://www.thedrive.com/a-list/13482/stunt-woman-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-during-deadpool-2-filming
AmericanStunt performer and actorPage, Arizona
AmericanMotorcycle stunt riderMiami, Florida

Testing crashes

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8130000/8130638.stm "T.E. Lawrence, To Arabia and back".
  2. Web site: Cycling Museum - Storia di Mario Gestri. www.museociclismo.it.
  3. Web site: Bangor Daily News - Google News Archive Search.
  4. collision with a lorry
  5. Web site: BikeRadar . In memory of Jason McRoy . BikeRadar . 2014-08-12.
  6. Veered off road and crashed
  7. News: Third Man to Walk on Moon Dies in Motorcycle Accident. NASA. July 9, 1999.
  8. News: Pete Conrad, 69, the Third Man to Walk on the Moon, Dies After a Motorcycle Crash . The New York Times . Christopher S. . Wren . 1999-07-10.
  9. Collision with a lorry, which made an illegal u-turn in front of him, when he was riding his motorcycle
  10. News: Yamaha Release On Norick Abe's Death . SuperbikePlanet.com . 2007-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011044453/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Oct/071008b.htm . 2007-10-11 .
  11. News: 'Legendary rider' Norick Abe dies in motorbike, truck collision . . 2007-10-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825064158/http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/chubu/20071008page_id=2325 . 2013-08-25 .
  12. News: Funeral For NHL Player Luc Bourdon. CityNews. Toronto. The Canadian Press. 2008-06-02. 2008-06-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080603142257/http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_23368.aspx. 2008-06-03.
  13. News: Canucks rookie Bourdon, 21, killed in motorcycle crash. Associated Press. ESPN. 2008-05-29. 2008-05-29.
  14. News: Bourdon's death saddens hometown fans, family. Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Pynn, Larry. 2008-05-29. 2008-05-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080601015534/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e353567d-ab15-4c74-9080-2421502be665. 2008-06-01.
  15. News: Family 'crushed' by Bourdon's death . CanWest News Service . Vancouver . Botchford, Jason . 2008-05-29 . 2015-04-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090307013357/http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=6541ae02-d3fc-4bc7-9c55-b99d3bcca57b . 2009-03-07 .
  16. A car driven by a 78-year-old man maneuvered from a side street around a parked lorry and pulled directly in front of Pininfarina
  17. News: Designerlegende Pininfarina ist tot . Spiegel Online . 2008-08-07 . 2008-08-10 . Der Spiegel . https://web.archive.org/web/20080810010907/http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0%2C1518%2C570678%2C00.html . 10 August 2008 . live . Translation
  18. Web site: Andrea Pininfarina Dies in Turin Road Accident . Corrierre.it .
  19. http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/02/02/news-gt-gt-rip-atsushi-{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}kuroi.aspx
  20. Web site: Motor Mavens . NEWSWORTHY> Farewell, Atsushi Kuroi – MotorMavens | Car Culture and Photography . Motormavens.com . 2010-02-02 . 2014-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211455/http://motormavens.com/2010/02/newsworthy-rip-atsushi-kuroi-tinker-river-side-osaka-futou-bay-drifter/ . 2014-08-12 .
  21. Web site: Press Release: Fatal Traffic Collision. November 1, 2012. City of Huntington Beach.
  22. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article23719.ece Conspiracy theorists feast on inquiry into death of Diana's minder
  23. Web site: Antoine Demoitié dies following Gent-Wevelgem crash. Immediate Media. March 28, 2016.
  24. Web site: John. Agar. Former state Rep. Doug Bennett dies in motorcycle crash. MLive. July 19, 2021.
  25. Web site: Décès D’Eric Guimbeau: Le politicien, hommes d’affaires et pionnier de la communauté des bikers Harley Davidson tire sa révérence (07 March 2024) . Motors Mega . 17 March 2024.