Melanie Igoe
Police Constable

Melanie Igoe

Accident
End of Watch May 30, 1995
Age 28
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Incident

Killed in a road collision while on a police motorcycle training course.

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Igoe served with the Strathclyde Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Igoe.

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

Agency

Department Strathclyde Police
Location SCT
Platform Identity spd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 30, 1995
Age 28

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Melanie Igoe 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%.

At Strathclyde Police, 19 of 35 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 54.3% of this agency's fallen.

Strathclyde Police
19
of 35 officers
54.3% Accident
SCT — Statewide
149
of 308 officers
48.4% 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. Melanie Igoe'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 Melanie Igoe Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Melanie Igoe is highlighted in May.

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