James Radford
Sergeant

James Radford

Derbyshire Constabulary — Ripley, ENG
Accident
End of Watch January 24, 1885
Age 39
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured when he was thrown from a prisoner’s horse that he was taking in.

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Tributes

141 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Radford served with the Derbyshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Ripley, ENG
Platform Identity dco.dby.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 24, 1885
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Sergeant James Radford is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 47.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Derbyshire Constabulary, 14 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 82.4% of this agency's fallen.

Derbyshire Constabulary
14
of 17 officers
82.4% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Radford's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How James Radford Compares

Age at Death
39
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Radford is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897