Reserve Constable

Joseph Johnston

Accident
End of Watch December 31, 1989
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured in a road traffic accident while going off duty.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Constable Johnston served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Constable Johnston.

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

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Service Record

End of Watch December 31, 1989
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

The Sacrifice · Accident

Joseph 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 1989, 23 officers in United Kingdom were lost to accidents, the 3rd heaviest of 194 years on record. The heaviest was 1940, with 40.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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Who

Joseph was 41. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; November holds the most, 9.9%. Sundays: 13.7%.

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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

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has at least 120 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Across the years

Reserve Constable Joseph Johnston

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC · End of Watch December 31, 1989

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