List of deaths by motorcycle crash

This is a list of people with Wikipedia articles who died in, or as a result of motorcycle crashes.

Road crashes

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

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! Date

! Age

! Nationality

! Notability

! Make-model

! Displacement (cc)

! Location

! Details

! Source

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| British

| Soldier, writer

| Brough Superior SS100

| Wareham, Dorset, England

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| British

| Footballer

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| Aldeburgh, England

| Collided with lorry while on duty during WWII

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| Australian

| Speedway rider

| Bondi, New South Wales

| Collided with lorry

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| Egyptian

| Courtier and explorer

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| Qasr al-Nil Bridge, Cairo, Egypt

| Collided with lorry

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| Australian

| Australian rules footballer

| Ouyen, Victoria, Australia

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| Australian

| Australian rules footballer

| Melbourne, Australia

| Collided with milk cart

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| 29

| Italian

| Cyclist

| Montecatini Terme

| Had only purchased the bike a few days prior.

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| British

| Footballer

| Clifton, Bristol, England

| Collided with delivery van

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| American

| Musician

| Near Carmel, California

| Passenger

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| American

| American football player

| 1967 Harley-Davidson

| Columbus, Ohio

| Crashed June 29, 29 on I-71

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| American

| Musician

| Harley-Davidson Sportster

| Macon, Georgia, US

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| American

| Musician

| 1967 Triumph

| Macon, Georgia

| Three blocks from where fellow Allman Brothers Band member Duane Allman had his fatal motorcycle crash

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| 32

| Musician (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos)

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| Canadian

| Ice hockey player

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| Near Gray Summit, Missouri

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| 23

| Sri Lankan

| Cricketer

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| Balapitiya, Sri Lanka

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|49

| American

| Novelist

| Harley-Davidson

| Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

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| American

| Land speed record holder

| San Pedro, Los Angeles

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| style="text-align:left;"| Coluche, born Michel Colucci

| 41

| French

| Comedian

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| 39

| British

| Royal Protection Squad bodyguard and alleged lover of Diana, Princess of Wales

| Suzuki

| 400

| Woodford, London

| Death claimed by Diana to have been arranged by security services

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| British

| Musician

| Ducati

| 900

| Longdon, Staffordshire, England

| Collided with another vehicle

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| Filipino

| Actor

| Quezon City, Philippines

| Hit by drunk driver

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| British

| Downhill mountain bike rider

| Harley Davidson

| A628, Derbyshire

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| Filipino

| Musician, teacher

| Makati, Philippines

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| American

| Third person to walk on the Moon

| 1996 Harley-Davidson

| Ojai, California

| style="text-align:left;"| Niccolò Galli

| 17

| Italian

| Footballer

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| 40

| NASCAR Busch Series driver

| 1985 Harley-Davidson

| White House, Tennessee

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| Turkish

| Motorcycle racer

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| American

| Actor

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| Los Angeles, California

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| 40

| Humanitarian motorcyclist

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| Mali

| style="text-align:left;"| Norberto Napolitano "Pappo"

| 54

| Argentine

| Rock musician

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| Scottish

| Nobleman

| Collided with dustcart (garbage truck) seven weeks prior

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| 28

| Bangladeshi

| Cricketer

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| 22

| Bangladeshi

| Cricketer

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| 29

| American

| Boxer

| 2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000

| Las Vegas, Nevada

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| 22

| Russian

| Footballer

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| Japan

| Motorcycle racer

| Yamaha XP 500 TMAX maxi-scooter

| 500

| Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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| Indonesian

| Actor, politician

| Sragen Regency, Java, Indonesia

| Ran into large pothole

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| Canadian

| NHL prospect, 1st round pick of the Vancouver Canucks

| 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000

| 1000

| Lamèque, New Brunswick, Canada

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| American

| Football player

| Clay County, Florida

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| Italian

| Engineer and manager, CEO of Pininfarina

| Vespa GT60 scooter

| 250

| Cambiano, Turin

| Conditions at the time of the crash were very foggy.

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| Kazakh

| Powerlifter, Olympic coach

| Arshaly, Akmola, Kazakhstan

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| South Korean

| Actor

| Seoul, South Korea

| Collided with overpass guardrail

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| British

| Musician

| BSA motorcycle

| Isle of Man

| Collided with converted ambulance

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| Japanese

| Drifting driver

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| South African

| Mechanical engineer

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| Port Elizabeth, South Africa

| Hit and run

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| Swiss

| Musician

| Mesquite, Nevada

| Struck by motorcycle that was hit by a semi truck

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| American

| Olympic wrestler

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| Tonkawa, Oklahoma

| Struck by pickup truck

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| Italian

| Runner

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| Francaville Fontana, Italy

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| Slovene

| Darts player

| Ljubljana, Slovenia

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| Greek

| Footballer, police officer

| Athens, Greece

| Lost control of motorcycle on duty

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| Jamaican

| Deejay

| Kingston, Jamaica

| Collision

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| American

| Former frontman of the band Suicide Silence

| 2013 Harley-Davidson

| Huntington Beach, California

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| American

| Humanitarian, writer

| 2003 Suzuki

| Puna, Hawaii

| Struck by motor vehicle

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| American

| Baseball player, radio host

| Honda VTX series

| 1800

| Duarte, California

| Struck by car on November 19

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| Dutch

| Academic

| Netherlands

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| Indonesian

| Islamic preacher, actor

| Kawasaki ER-6n

| 650

| South Jakarta, Indonesia

| Collided with tree

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| American

| Feminist, writer

| 1996 Honda Magna

| 750

| Yonkers, New York

| Struck by a vehicle after veering into traffic

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| British

| Musician

| Pattaya, Thailand

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| American

| Carpenter, host of Curb Appeal

| San Francisco, California

| Collided with vehicle

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| Ukrainian

| Footballer, coach

| Kyiv, Ukraine

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| Italian

| Racing driver

| Rome, Italy

| Collided with freeway guardrail

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| Japanese

| Actor

| Suginami, Japan

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| Spanish

| Motorcycle racer

| Barcelona, Spain

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| Canadian

| Tennis player

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| Toronto, Ontario

| Collided with another vehicle

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| 25

| Belgian

| Cyclist

|Sainte-Marie-Cappel

|Struck by motorbike after fall during race

| style="text-align:left;"| Trần Phước Thọ

| Vietnamese

| Footballer

| Tân An, Long An, Vietnam

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| American

| Audio engineer

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| South Korean

| Olympic speed skater

| Seoul, South Korea

| Collided with vehicle

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| American

| Photographer

| Near Yosemite National Park

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| American

| Politician

| Montmorency County, Michigan

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| Jamaican

| Track and field athlete

| Kingston, Jamaica

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| Australian

| Politician

| California, US

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| Filipino

| Basketball player

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| Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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| Tanzanian

| Runner

| Arusha, Tanzania

| Head-on collision with truck

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| Filipino

| Boxer

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| Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines

| Collided with post

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| American

| Sportscaster

| Canton, Georgia, US

| Collided with a deer

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| Brazilian

| Footballer

| São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| American

| Football player

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| Austin, Texas

| Collided with minivan

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| Argentine

| Javelin thrower

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| Italian

| Motorcycle racer

| Honda CBR600RR

| 600

| Turin, Italy

| Collided with truck

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| Canadian-American

| Ice hockey player

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| Leesburg, Virginia

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| American

| Football player, coach

| Seattle, Washington

| Crashed on July 29

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| Hungarian

| Olympic canoe sprinter

| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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| New Caledonian

| Politician

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| Voh, New Caledonia

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| Brazilian

| Olympic bobsledder

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| Ibiraci, Brazil

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| Brazilian

| Footballer

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| Maringá, Brazil

| Collided with post

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| Indian

| Actor

| Yamaha FZ1

| 1000

| Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

| Collided with post on June 12

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| 75

| American

| Politician

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| Muskegon, Michigan

|Crashed with a pickup truck

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| American

| Football player

| Columbia, South Carolina

| Collided with sedan

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| British

| Motorcycle racer

| Kent/East Sussex, England

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| Northern Irish

| Politician

| County Antrim, Northern Ireland

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| 63

| Mauritian

| Politician & CEO

| Harley Davidson

| Union Ducray, Mauritius

|Emergency braking causing loss of control, ten impact by SUV

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| 28

| Turkish

| Social media personality and Motorcycle stunt rider

| BMW S1000RR

| Kocaeli, Turkey

| Collided with lorry while on highway

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| 31

| American

| Pornographic actor

| Oxnard, California, US

| Collided with a box truck

Stunt crashes

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! Name

! Death

! Age

! Nationality

! Notability

! Make-model

! Displacement (cc)

! Location

! Details

! Source

|style="text-align:left"| "Indian Larry" Desmedt

| American

| Motorcycle builder and stuntman

| Concord, North Carolina

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| American

| Motorcycle stunt rider

| Honda CR500

| Mesquite, Nevada

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| American

| Motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman

| Vancouver, British Columbia

| Killed while filming a motorcycle stunt

| http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/13482/stunt-woman-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-during-deadpool-2-filming

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| American

| Stunt performer and actor

| Page, Arizona

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| American

| Motorcycle stunt rider

| Miami, Florida

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Testing crashes

1896 Sylvester H. Roper Cambridge, Massachusetts. Crash preceded by or followed by heart failure.
2007 Noriyasu Numata (JPN) Okayama International Circuit
2013 Kevin Ash, journalist, killed in South Africa while testing new BMW R1200GS

List of deaths by motorcycle crash

Road crashes

Stunt crashes

Testing crashes

See also

References