Table 2 Distribution of the immediate causes of occupational police deaths in New York and London during the 20th century.

	New York	London
Occupational police deaths
Intentional deaths
Gun shot wound	290 (49.6%)	14 (8.8%)
Physical assault	24 (4.1%)	7 (4.4%)
Stabbing	11 (1.9%)	10 (6.3%)
Bomb explosion	6 (1.0%)	5 (3.1%)
Motor vehicle collision	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.4%)
Subtotal intentional	331 (56.6%)	43 (26.9%)
Unintentional deaths
Motor vehicle collision	146 (25.0%)	69 (43.1%)
Physical collapse	41 (7.0%)	8 (5.0%)
Fire, smoke, or electrical injury	24 (4.1%)	5 (3.1%)
Drowning	14 (2.4%)	16 (10.0%)
Gunshot wound	12 (2.1%)	6 (3.8%)
Fall/building collapse	1 (0.2%)	8 (5.0%)
Trampling or fall from a horse	5 (0.9%)	3 (1.9%)
Subtotal unintentional	243 (41.5%)	115 (71.9%)
Unspecified deaths	11 (1.9%)	2 (1.3%)
Total	585	160