| Circumstance | Total | 2-Officer vehicle |
1-Officer vehicle | Foot patrol | Other1 | Off duty |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | Alone | Assisted | |||||
| Number of victim officers | Total | 746 | 82 | 375 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 101 | 14 |
| Automobile accident | Total | 422 | 63 | 271 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 2 |
| Motorcycle accident | Total | 70 | 0 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Aircraft accident | Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 1 |
| Struck by vehicle | Total | 123 | 12 | 47 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| Traffic stop, roadblock, etc. | 47 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Directing traffic, assisting motorist, etc. | 76 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | |
| Accidental shooting | Total | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 2 |
| Crossfire, mistaken for subject, firearm mishap | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| Training session | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Self-inflicted, cleaning mishap (not apparent or confirmed suicide) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drowning | Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Fall | Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Other accidental (electrocution, explosion, etc.) | Total | 28 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |