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Table 67

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Lighting and Weather/Environmental Conditions by Circumstance at Scene of Incident, 2015

Conditions Total Automobile
accident
Motorcycle
accident
Aircraft
accident
Struck by
vehicle
Accidental
shooting
Drowning Fall Other
Number of victim officers Total 45 29 4 1 7 2 0 1 1
Lighting Artificial 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dark 19 13 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
Dawn/dusk 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daylight 21 13 3 0 2 2 0 0 1
Dim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Weather/environmental Clear 24 15 2 1 2 2 0 1 1
Cloudy/partly cloudy 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fog 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Snow 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Not reported 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Not applicable (indoors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0