James Dixon

Died

5 December 2017

Age

Rank

Police Constable

Force

Thames Valley Police

Cause

Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured while on duty riding his police motorcycle when he was involved in a collision with a car at the junction of Blakes Lane on the A4 Bath Road, in Hare Hatch, Berkshire.

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured while on duty riding his police motorcycle when he was involved in a collision with a car at the junction of Blakes Lane on the A4 Bath Road, in Hare Hatch, Berkshire.

Circumstances

Whilst on duty riding his Police motorcycle he was involved in a collision with a car on the A4 Bath Rd, Wargrave, sustaining fatal injuries.

Known as “Dixie”, PC 4814 James Dixon joined Thames Valley Police in March 1999 having previously served as a Special Constable with Hampshire Police.

After initially being posted to Reading he moved to the Roads Policing Unit at Chievley as a motorcyclist and from there moved to what is known as ‘The Proactive Team’. In this role he “starred” in the TV “fly on the wall” documentary ‘Road Wars’.

He is survived by his wife and son.