Paul Richard North
Police Constable

Paul Richard North

Tayside Police — SCT
Accident
End of Watch March 17, 1987
Age 35
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured when his police vehicle was involved in a road collision while on patrol near Perth.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Tayside Police
Location SCT
Platform Identity tpd.dnd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 17, 1987
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Paul Richard North 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 Tayside Police, 5 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Tayside Police
5
of 7 officers
71.4% 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. Paul Richard North'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 Paul Richard North Compares

Age at End of Watch
35
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul Richard North is highlighted in Mar.

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