Roll of Honor
Incident
About 6:45am, while travelling from his home in Magheralin, County Down, to report for duty at Gough Barracks in Armagh, Constable Willis was involved in a three-car road traffic collision on the A3 Dobbin Road, near the Richhill turn-off.
A speeding driver, travelling in the opposite direction, lost control of his car on a bend, crossed into the oncoming traffic and struck Steven’s car and another, head-on, killing Constable Willis and seriously injuring the other two drivers.
Steven was married with no children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Willis served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Willis.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Steven Willis 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 NIR, 126 of 599 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21% of this state's fallen. That is 10 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, 82 of 469 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 17.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Steven Willis's cause is highlighted.
How Steven Willis Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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