Christopher Hopkinson
Superintendent

Christopher Hopkinson

Accident
End of Watch November 29, 1900
Age 48
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured when his horse-drawn trap overturned while on his rounds.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Superintendent Hopkinson served with the Nottinghamshire County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Superintendent Hopkinson.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity nottco.ngm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 29, 1900
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Superintendent Christopher Hopkinson is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary, 9 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 69.2% of this agency's fallen.

Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
9
of 13 officers
69.2% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Christopher Hopkinson's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Christopher Hopkinson Compares

Age at End of Watch
48
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Christopher Hopkinson is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897