Thomas Richard Adams
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Thomas Richard Adams

California Highway Patrol — Sacramento, CA
Accident
End of Watch February 15, 2011
Age 24
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Thomas Adams was killed in a automobile accident while on patrol.

He was driving north on Highway 101, just south of Piercy in Mendocino County, when his patrol car was struck head-on by a southbound vehicle. Officer Adams died from the injuries sustained in the collision.

Officer Adams had served with the California Highway Patrol for two years.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Adams gave the California Highway Patrol 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of California. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Adams.

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

Agency

Type Highway Patrol
Location Sacramento, CA
Platform Identity chp.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 15, 2011
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Thomas is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2011, 64 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 66th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Thomas was 24. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Thomas had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

California Highway Patrol has at least 120 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

Across the years
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Where

Officer Thomas Richard Adams

California Highway Patrol · End of Watch February 15, 2011

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-E

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