Roll of Honor
Incident
Died when her car was in collision with another vehicle in the early morning at Langtoft, Lincolnshire, as she returned home from night duty at Peterborough.
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- April 8, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Constable Paterson served with the Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Constable Paterson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Constable Karen Paterson 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 Cambridgeshire Constabulary, 7 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 77.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Karen Paterson's cause is highlighted.
How Karen Paterson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Karen Paterson is highlighted in Jan.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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