@article{ref1,
title="Incidence of law enforcement officer fatalities related to motor vehicle accidents",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2020",
author="Bir, Cynthia and Padillo, Ricardo and Rajaram, Pranav and Inaba, Kenji",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="A recent FBI report indicates that motor vehicle accidents (MVA) account for 71% of accidental law enforcement officer (LEO) fatalities. To better understand the  factors surrounding these fatalities, a review of cases reported to the Officer Down  Memorial Page (ODMP) was conducted. A total of 738 MVA fatalities over ten years  were included in this analysis. When comparing younger (<34 years) to older officers  (≥ 35 years), there was a statistically significant difference with more younger  officers reported to have been going at a high rate of speed at the time of the  accident (p = 0.011) and were involved more often in single car accidents  (p = 0.0207). The data also indicated a fatality rate of 5.4 fatalities per 100,000  officers annually; twice that of other professionals involving high speed  operations. Even given the downward trend of MVA fatalities, policy changes and  training to help reduce these number of fatalities is warranted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2020.1858114",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2020.1858114"
}