Karen Balfour
Police Constable

Karen Balfour

Accident
End of Watch January 5, 2006
Age 37
Gender Female

Incident

Killed in a road traffic accident while travelling to report for duty at Duns when her car was in collision with a van near Greenlaw in the Scottish Borders.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Balfour served with the Lothian & Borders Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Balfour.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity lothpd.edh.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 2006
Age 37
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

The Sacrifice · Accident

Karen 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 2006, 10 officers in United Kingdom were lost to accidents, the 65th heaviest of 194 years on record. The heaviest was 1940, with 40.

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Who

Karen was 37. 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

January holds 9.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; November holds the most, 9.9%. Thursdays: 15.3%.

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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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Her people

Lothian & Borders Police has 11 officers remembered here, Karen among them.

Police Constable Karen Balfour

Lothian & Borders Police · End of Watch January 5, 2006

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