Robert A. Bingaman

Asheville Police Department — Asheville, NC

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch October 29, 2013

Age 37

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 8

Incident

Senior Police Officer Rob Bingaman was killed a single vehicle crash when his patrol car plunged off of the Jeff Bowen Bridge on I-240, onto Riverside Drive below.

Officer Bingaman was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Asheville Police Department for six years and was assigned to the Traffic Enforcement Unit.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, three stepdaughters, parents, and six siblings.

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Senior Police Officer Bingaman gave the Asheville Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Asheville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Asheville Police Department

Type Other

Location Asheville, Buncombe County, NC

Platform Identity apd.buncombe.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 29, 2013

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Robert A. Bingaman served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1996â2000) before joining law enforcement.

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Senior Police Officer Robert A. Bingaman is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen. That is 30.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Asheville Police Department, 2 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.

Asheville Police Department

of 9 officers

22.2% Accident

NC — Statewide

205

of 664 officers

30.9% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident