David Bulleyment
Police Constable

David Bulleyment

Accident
End of Watch May 15, 1978
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Killed in a road accident, along with four colleagues, with another twenty-three injured, when the coach taking them to the Police Federation Conference in Blackpool, suffered a brake failure and overturned at the Newton Hill Roundabout, Wakefield.

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BO-GB-WYM-51524E50
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity wympd.wkf.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 15, 1978
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable David Bulleyment 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 West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, 6 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 85.7% of this agency's fallen.

West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
6
of 7 officers
85.7% 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. David Bulleyment'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 David Bulleyment Compares

Age at End of Watch
31
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. David Bulleyment is highlighted in May.

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