Roll of Honor
Incident
Died in the Taunton and Somerset Hospital, East Reach, the day after sustaining multiple injuries when the motorcycle on which he and a colleague were riding, struck a stationary five-ton lorry in thick fog at Dunkeswell, near Honiton in Devon, as they returned to their base after assisting at a community event. The lorry’s rear lights and reflectors were covered by its tailboard that had been lowered. His colleague, Police Cadet Stephen Derek Goddard, was killed in the collision. Kenneth lived in Mooracres, Seaton, Devon.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Cadet Northey served with the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Cadet Northey.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Cadet Kenneth Northey 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 Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, 14 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kenneth Northey's cause is highlighted.
How Kenneth Northey Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Northey is highlighted in Nov.
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