Kenneth Andrew Brodie
Police Constable

Kenneth Andrew Brodie

Accident
End of Watch January 8, 1997
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

PC Brodie was killed in a road traffic accident when, just before 9:00pm, his police patrol car was involved in a three-car collision while on mobile patrol on the A76 near Mennock, Dumfries-shire.

Kenneth had served in the force for four years and was based in Sanquhar. He left a wife and two young children.

A passenger in another car was also killed and his wife died in hospital a week later.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Brodie served with the Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Brodie.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity dgco.dgy.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 8, 1997
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Kenneth Andrew Brodie 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary, 4 of 6 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary
4
of 6 officers
66.7% Accident
SCT — Statewide
149
of 308 officers
48.4% 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. Kenneth Andrew Brodie'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 Kenneth Andrew Brodie Compares

Age at End of Watch
34
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Andrew Brodie is highlighted in Jan.

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