Neil Murdoch Caskie
Detective Sergeant

Neil Murdoch Caskie

Accident
End of Watch November 5, 1977
Age 37
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Gender Male

Incident

Killed while on duty with the Scottish Crime Squad when his unmarked police car was struck by a taxi performing a U-turn in the road, in the east end of Glasgow.

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BO-GB-STP-6E174CD9
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

— 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 November 5, 1977
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Detective Sergeant Neil Murdoch Caskie 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. Neil Murdoch Caskie'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 Neil Murdoch Caskie Compares

Age at End of Watch
37
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Neil Murdoch Caskie is highlighted in Nov.

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