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Fatal work injuries to police officers fell 20 percent in 2019
May 13, 2021
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers incurred 86 fatal work injuries in 2019. That was a 20.4-percent decrease from the 108 reported in 2018. Fatal work injuries among police officers occurred at a rate of 11.1 per 100,000 full-time workers in 2019. The rate for all occupations was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time workers.
Fatal work injuries to police and sheriff's patrol officers, government and private sector, 2009–19
Year
Fatal work injuries
2009
96
2010
134
2011
130
2012
105
2013
79
2014
97
2015
85
2016
108
2017
95
2018
108
2019
86
Seventy fatal work injuries (81.4 percent of the total) occurred to officers ages 25 to 54. Nine fatal work injuries (or 10.5 percent) involved female officers.
Thirty-seven homicide cases made up 43.0 percent of police officer fatalities in 2019. Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles represented another 29.1 percent (25 fatal cases). Another 18.6 percent (16 fatalities) were pedestrian vehicular incidents.
United States Department of Labor
