Malcolm Reader

Lancashire Constabulary — Preston, ENG

Accident

End of Watch January 4, 1979

Age 36

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 121

Incident

Fatally injured in a road traffic accident on the A56 Edenfield Bypass while returning home from duty in Bacup.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Lancashire Constabulary

Location Preston, ENG

Platform Identity lco.lan.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 4, 1979

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Malcolm Reader 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 Lancashire Constabulary, 52 of 122 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.6% of this agency's fallen.

Lancashire Constabulary

of 122 officers

42.6% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident