Talk:List of North West 200 Course fatal accidents

Mervyn Robinson was not killed in practice, he was killed during the race. He started in the 2 wave of riders due to poor qualifying and wanted to catch the 1st group to race with the "big stars". At Mather's Cross his tyres lost traction and he was killed instantly. At the time it was assumed his engine seized, but later inspection revealed no barrel scoring on his TZ350 Yamsel.