HC Deb 19 January 1970 vol 794 cc41-2W
97. Mr. Strauss

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what

many members of police forces died in the course of their service from other than natural causes in recent years; and what were the causes of their deaths.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

From such records as are available (they do not include suicides), the information for the past five years in respect of England and Wales is as follows:

Deaths from
Year Murder or Manslaughter Traffic Accidents Other Causes
1965 2 8 1
(drowned)
1966 4 6 1
(explosion)
1967 — 16 1
(killed at road block)
1968 — 8 —
1969 1 10 1
(drowned)