It only stands to reason that because police cars are on the road more than any other type of emergency vehicle, they will sustain the highest number of traffic accidents. As indicated in the chart above, nearly half of the traffic accidents suffered by this category of emergency vehicles occurs while traveling with lights and/or sirens on.

     These factors all combine to put police officers, deputy sheriffs and highway patrol troopers at the highest risk of injury and death due to preventable collisions between emergency vehicles and civilian motorcars!