Roll of Honor
Incident
Having finished duty after a night shift he travelled home on his motorcycle from Westminster Borough. Just before 7.30am he was involved in a collision with a car at a junction in Mitcham. He sustained fatal injuries when he came off of his motorcycle.
Died after sustaining fatal injuries when, just before 7:30am, while travelling home from night duty at Westminster Borough, he came off his motorcycle after a collision with a car at a junction in Mitcham.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Gurr served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Gurr.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector Preston Gurr 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. Preston Gurr's cause is highlighted.
How Preston Gurr Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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