Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Currie was travelling to duty on his motorbike when, at 5.15pm, he collided with a stationary lorry on the Glasgow to Edinburgh Road near Newhouse. He sustained multiple head injuries and died instantly.
He was buried at Kirk o’ Shotts Cemetery on Monday 26th January 1953. There was a large turnout at the funeral with sixty colleagues from the local Burgh and County forces in attendance.
John, who was single and living at home with his parents, joined Motherwell & Wishaw Burgh Police in 1950.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Currie served with the Motherwell & Wishaw Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Currie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable John Currie 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Currie's cause is highlighted.
How John Currie Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Currie is highlighted in Jan.