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Table 68

Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed

Lighting and Weather/Environmental Conditions by Type of Accident, 2018

Conditions Total Aircraft
accident 		Drowning Fall Firearm-
related
incident 		Motor
vehicle
crash 		Pedestrian
officer
struck by vehicle 		Other
Number of victim officers Total 51 0 3 1 2 34 9 2
Lighting Artificial 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Dark 15 0 2 0 0 11 2 0
Dawn 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Daylight 18 0 0 1 0 14 3 0
Dusk 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 8 0 0 0 1 5 0 2
Weather/environmental Blizzard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blowing dirt/sand/soil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clear 20 0 0 1 0 15 4 0
Cloudy 8 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
Flooding 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Fog/smog/smoke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hurricane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rain 8 0 0 0 0 6 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Not reported 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 2
Not applicable (indoors) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0