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Since the beginning in 1950, 96 riders have lost their lives since the first death at Funabashi on 5 May 1951, [413] with the most recent being at December 2021, nine of those since 1993, when the Suzuki's SEAR spec engine began to replace the numerous competing engines including the Meguro , Triumph, Toyo , Kyokuto and the HKS produced Fuji ...
Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing, but advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced the rate of fatal accidents. [2] Major accidents have often spurred increased safety measures and rules changes.
This was possibly the first death in the Isle of Man of a person 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.
Courtesy of Jason Carlton/Facebook Motocross rider Brooke Carlton has died at age 9 after a “freak accident” while racing at California track. Carlton was “riding an electric motorbike and ...
A California motorcross park where a 9-year-old girl died in June is closing its doors, the park recently announced. Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park is about 73 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
Motocross star and former X Games medalist Jayden “Jayo” Archer died while practicing a backflip trick on Wednesday in Australia. He was 27.
This is a list of numbers of motorcycle deaths in U.S. by year from 1994 to 2014. United States motorcycle fatalities increased every year for 11 years after reaching a historic low of 2,116 fatalities in 1997, then increased to over 5,000 around 2008 and then plateaued in the 4 to 5 thousands range in the 2010s.
Death Age Nationality Notability Make-model Displacement (cc) Location Details Source "Indian Larry" Desmedt: August 30, 2004: 55 American Motorcycle builder and stuntman Concord, North Carolina: Butch Laswell: March 10, 1996: 37 American Motorcycle stunt rider: Honda CR500 Mesquite, Nevada: Joi Harris: August 14, 2017: 40 American