Christopher John Wiggins

Essex Police — Chelmsford, ENG

Accident

End of Watch October 13, 1992

Age 29

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 16

Incident

Killed when he was struck by a lorry while protecting the scene of a car fire on the motorway.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Essex Police

Location Chelmsford, ENG

Platform Identity epd.ess.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 13, 1992

Age 29

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Christopher John Wiggins 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 Essex Police, 13 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 76.5% of this agency's fallen.

Essex Police

of 17 officers

76.5% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident