Geoffrey Ivor Ball

Bedfordshire Police — Bedford, ENG

Accident

End of Watch February 16, 1983

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Fatally injured at Astwick when his police motorcycle collided with a lorry.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Ball served with the Bedfordshire Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Ball.

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

Agency

Department Bedfordshire Police

Location Bedford, ENG

Platform Identity bpd.bdf.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 16, 1983

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Geoffrey Ivor Ball 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 Bedfordshire Police, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

Bedfordshire Police

of 5 officers

40% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident