Preston Gurr
Inspector

Preston Gurr

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Accident
End of Watch April 28, 2012
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident

Having finished duty after a night shift he travelled home on his motorcycle from Westminster Borough. Just before 7.30am he was involved in a collision with a car at a junction in Mitcham. He sustained fatal injuries when he came off of his motorcycle.

Died after sustaining fatal injuries when, just before 7:30am, while travelling home from night duty at Westminster Borough, he came off his motorcycle after a collision with a car at a junction in Mitcham.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Gurr served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Gurr.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Type Police Department
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 28, 2012
Age 53
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

The Sacrifice · Accident

Preston is one of 1,673 officers lost to accidents in United Kingdom, 44.1% of the 3,791 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2012, 3 officers in United Kingdom were lost to accidents, the 158th heaviest of 194 years on record. The heaviest was 1940, with 40.

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Who

Preston was 53. Of the 1,612 lost to accidents in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 27 and 43; the middle age was 35.

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When

April holds 6.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; November holds the most, 9.9%. Saturdays: 13.8%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 44.1% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the most common cause.

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His people

Metropolitan Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Preston among them.

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Inspector Preston Gurr

Metropolitan Police · End of Watch April 28, 2012

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