Barry Saunders
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Police Constable

Barry Saunders

South Yorkshire Police — Sheffield, ENG
Accident
End of Watch November 24, 1989
Age 31
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Gender Male

Incident

Barry was married and had two young children, a five-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Sheffield, ENG
Platform Identity sypd.shf.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 24, 1989
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Police Constable Barry Saunders 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 South Yorkshire Police, 7 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.

South Yorkshire Police
7
of 8 officers
87.5% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% 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. Barry Saunders'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 Barry Saunders Compares

Age at End of Watch
31
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Barry Saunders 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