John Bispham
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Police Constable

John Bispham

Thames Valley Police — Kidlington, ENG
Accident
End of Watch January 9, 1987
Age 41
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Gender Male

Incident

The accident, in which another officer was seriously injured, occurred on the A5 at Milton Keynes, when their vehicle struck another car travelling in the same direction, slewed off the road and overturned three times before coming to rest.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Kidlington, ENG
Platform Identity tvpd.oxf.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 9, 1987
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable John Bispham 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 Thames Valley Police, 17 of 22 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 77.3% of this agency's fallen.

Thames Valley Police
17
of 22 officers
77.3% 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. John Bispham'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 John Bispham Compares

Age at End of Watch
41
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Bispham is highlighted in Jan.

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