Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Andy Traylor succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicle crash three days earlier while responding to an emergency call for service at about 2:10 am.
He was traveling on FM 969 when a tractor-trailer attempted to make a U-turn in front of him at Decker Lane. Officer Traylor was unable to avoid a collision and his patrol car became pinned beneath the trailer. He was extricated from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital. He remained on life support and passed away on July 31st, 2021, after his organs were donated.
Officer Traylor was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Austin Police Department for nine years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and five children.
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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.
Police Officer Traylor gave the Austin Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Austin 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Lewis Andrew "Andy" Traylor served in the Navy (2002â2011) before joining law enforcement.
Police Officer Lewis Andrew "Andy" Traylor is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Austin Police Dept., 12 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Lewis Andrew "Andy" Traylor's cause is highlighted.
How Lewis Andrew "Andy" Traylor Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Lewis Andrew "Andy" Traylor is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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