Kenneth Hunt
Detective Chief Inspector

Kenneth Hunt

Cambridgeshire Constabulary — Huntingdon, ENG
Accident
End of Watch October 23, 1981
Age 48
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Gender Male

Incident

Killed when he lost control of his unmarked police car which ran off the road into a Fenland waterway.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Chief Inspector Hunt served with the Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Chief Inspector Hunt.

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

Agency

Location Huntingdon, ENG
Platform Identity cco.cam.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 23, 1981
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Detective Chief Inspector Kenneth Hunt 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.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary
7
of 9 officers
77.8% 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. Kenneth Hunt'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 Kenneth Hunt Compares

Age at End of Watch
48
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Kenneth Hunt is highlighted in Oct.

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