Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Goodlad was fatally injured while assisting a female motorist with her broken down car, on the hard shoulder of the M1 Motorway near Wakefield.
He was standing between his marked police vehicle and the woman’s car when a Heavy Goods Vehicle struck both vehicles.
Mark, a former Special Constable, was a Motorway Patrol Roads Policing Officer with ten years’ service and had previously been seriously injured in the line of duty in 2009.
He is survived by his wife and son.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and son.
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- April 8, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Goodlad served with the West Yorkshire Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Goodlad.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Mark Goodlad 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 West Yorkshire Police, 9 of 16 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 56.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Mark Goodlad's cause is highlighted.
How Mark Goodlad Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Mark Goodlad is highlighted in Oct.
Others Who Wore This Badge
15 officers from West Yorkshire Police are honored on badge.nw.
