| 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 | 728 | 78 | 365 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 99 | 16 |
| Automobile accident | Total | 415 | 60 | 266 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 3 |
| Motorcycle accident | Total | 67 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Aircraft accident | Total | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 1 |
| Struck by vehicle | Total | 120 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Traffic stop, roadblock, etc. | 47 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Directing traffic, assisting motorist, etc. | 73 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |
| Accidental shooting | Total | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 3 |
| Crossfire, mistaken for subject, firearm mishap | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | |
| Training session | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Other accidental (electrocution, explosion, etc.) | Total | 28 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |