Wilfred Charles Viney

Dorset Constabulary — ENG

Accident

End of Watch July 25, 1930

Age 31

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 8

Incident

Killed in a road collision while riding as the pillion passenger on motorcycle plain-clothes night patrol.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Dorset Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity dco.dor.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 25, 1930

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Wilfred Charles Viney 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 Dorset Constabulary, 6 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Dorset Constabulary

of 9 officers

66.7% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident