Roll of Honor
Incident
Died in Bromley Hospital shortly after sustaining multiple injuries when, at 10:15pm, on the Kent Gate Way, his motorcycle was struck by a car travelling in the opposite direction, on the wrong side of the road, as Berin travelled from his home in East Malling to report for duty at Addington police station.
The driver of the car was subsequently found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.
In September 2012, in a ceremony hosted by the South West Area Commander and the Croydon Borough Commander, the custody centre on Windmill Road, Croydon, was formally named Berin Underwood House in honour and memory of the officer.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Underwood served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Underwood.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Berin William Underwood 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 Metropolitan Police, 306 of 729 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Berin William Underwood's cause is highlighted.
How Berin William Underwood Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Berin William Underwood is highlighted in Nov.
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