Reece Buckenham
Acting Sergeant

Reece Buckenham

Hertfordshire Constabulary — Welwyn, ENG
Accident
End of Watch June 29, 2024
Age 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Having finished his night shift Acting Sergeant Buckenham was riding his motorcycle on the A10 between Rush Green and Great Amwell when, at 7:00am, he was involved in collision with a car. Police colleagues and an Ambulance attended the scene but his injuries proved to be fatal.

Reece joined the Metropolitan Police as a Police Community Support Officer and later transferred to Hertfordshire Constabulary where he became a Police Constable.

He is survived by his family including his son and daughter.

Survivors

He is survived by his family including his son and daughter.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Acting Sergeant Buckenham served with the Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Acting Sergeant Buckenham.

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

Agency

Location Welwyn, ENG
Platform Identity hco.hrt.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 29, 2024
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Acting Sergeant Reece Buckenham 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 Hertfordshire Constabulary, 14 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60.9% of this agency's fallen.

Hertfordshire Constabulary
14
of 23 officers
60.9% 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. Reece Buckenham'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 Reece Buckenham Compares

Age at End of Watch
36
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Reece Buckenham is highlighted in Jun.

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