Roll of Honor
Incident
Killed in the early hours while checking a lorry parked on the hard shoulder of the M1 Motorway near Watford Gap when it was struck by a cattle transporter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Plaice served with the Northampton and County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Plaice.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Michael John Plaice 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael John Plaice's cause is highlighted.
How Michael John Plaice Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Michael John Plaice is highlighted in Aug.