Francis Henry Clark
Station Sergeant

Francis Henry Clark

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Accident
End of Watch February 10, 1952
Age 39
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured, together with Station Sergeant Thomas Davidson Speedy, who died on 11th February, in a coach crash while returning from Hendon to the Police College.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Station Sergeant Clark served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Station Sergeant Clark.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 10, 1952
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Station Sergeant Francis Henry Clark 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.

Metropolitan Police
306
of 729 officers
42% 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. Francis Henry Clark'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 Francis Henry Clark Compares

Age at End of Watch
39
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Francis Henry Clark is highlighted in Feb.

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