David Robert de Burgh-Thomas

Thames Valley Police — Kidlington, ENG

Accident

End of Watch July 17, 2001

Age 40

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Gender Male

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Incident

PC de Burgh-Thomas died in Milton Keynes hospital an hour-and-a-half after sustaining multiple injuries when he was thrown from his police motorcycle as it struck a kerbstone at the Netherfield Roundabout on the A421, Standing Way, while involved in a high-speed pursuit.

Insufficient road warnings and a sign obscured by overgrown greenery were deemed to have contributed to the accident.

David, a married man, had for three years been a member of the Northern Area Intelligence Support Team based in Oxfordshire and had served with the force for twelve years, having started his career in Banbury.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Burgh-Thomas served with the Thames Valley Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Burgh-Thomas.

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

Agency

Department Thames Valley Police

Type State Police

Location Kidlington, ENG

Platform Identity tvpd.oxf.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 17, 2001

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable David Robert de Burgh-Thomas is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 47.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Thames Valley Police, 17 of 22 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 77.3% of this agency's fallen.

Thames Valley Police

of 22 officers

77.3% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident