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Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Lighting and Weather/Environmental Conditions by Type of Accident, 2017

Conditions Total Aircraft
accident 		Drowning Fall Firearm-
related
incident 		Motor
vehicle
crash 		Pedestrian
officer
struck by vehicle 		Other
Number of victim officers Total 47 2 3 0 0 35 6 1
Lighting Artificial 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dark 21 0 1 0 0 16 4 0
Dawn 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Daylight 19 2 2 0 0 12 2 1
Dusk 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Weather/environmental Blizzard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blowing dirt/sand/soil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clear 32 2 3 0 0 21 5 1
Cloudy 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Flooding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fog/smog/smoke 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Hurricane 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rain 9 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
Severe crosswinds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sleet/hail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Snow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tornado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Not applicable (indoors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0