Gina Corin Rutherford
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Woman Police Constable

Gina Corin Rutherford

South Yorkshire Police — Sheffield, ENG
Accident
End of Watch February 7, 1994
Age 25
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Gender Female

Incident

Drowned in the early hours when the patrol car, in which she was the observer, skidded off an icy road and plunged upside down into the river at Wath-Upon-Dearne, near Barnsley, trapping her inside.

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Tributes

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

— 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 February 7, 1994
Age 25
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Woman Police Constable Gina Corin Rutherford 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. Gina Corin Rutherford'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 Gina Corin Rutherford Compares

Age at End of Watch
25
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Gina Corin Rutherford is highlighted in Feb.

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