John Young
Police Constable

John Young

Accident
End of Watch May 23, 1899
Age 28
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured driving the police ambulance when the horse bolted.

Fatally injured while driving the police ambulance when the horse bolted.

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Young served with the Liverpool City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity lpd.liv.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 1899
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable John Young 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 Liverpool City Police, 27 of 54 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Liverpool City Police
27
of 54 officers
50% 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. John Young'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 John Young Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Young is highlighted in May.

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