Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Baker was killed in a road accident while taking part in a refresher driving course on the A418 near Cuddington, between Thame and Aylesbury when, just before 10:30am, the police car, in which he was a rear seat passenger, was struck from behind by a seventeen- tonne lorry and thrown thirty-five yards into a ditch while stationary, waiting to turn right.
Two other officers were injured in the collision but were both discharged from hospital the following day.
The driver of the lorry, a twenty-three-year-old man, was convicted of driving without due care and attention, fined and disqualified from driving for two years.
Adi, as he was known, had served with the force for eight years after joining in March 1992.
He was initially stationed in Reading, then Princes Risborough before transferring to Aylesbury.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Baker served with the Thames Valley Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Baker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Adrian Mark Baker 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Adrian Mark Baker's cause is highlighted.
How Adrian Mark Baker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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