Roll of Honor
Incident
Marshal Harvey Yoder was killed in an automobile crash while testing out a new Ford Roadster Runabout for use as a police car. The vehicle was struck by a streetcar crossing Dover Road. He was thrown forty feet and killed instantly. Marshal Yoder had served with the Bay Village Police Department for seven years.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Marshal Yoder gave the Bay Village Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bay Village community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Marshal Yoder.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Marshal Harvey A. Yoder 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 OH, 318 of 991 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.1% of this state's fallen. That is 1.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Harvey A. Yoder's cause is highlighted.
How Harvey A. Yoder Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Harvey A. Yoder is highlighted in Jul.