North Carolina Highway Patrol

North Carolina Highway Patrol has lost 69 officers across 98 years on record. 23 — 33.3% — were killed feloniously, meaning officers were deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty. This is consistent with the national average of 33.9% for Highway Patrols.

41 officers were lost to accidents — 59.4% of this agency's fallen, compared to 60.8% nationally for Highway Patrols. Across this agency's history, roughly 1 in every 2 officers who died did so in an accident.