Deaths during police contact, England & Wales By MRA-UK: The data below on deaths during, or following, police contact in England and Wales have been taken from the report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, and relates to 2017/18. The death statistics are broken down into five categories,
Road traffic fatalities;
Fatal shootings;
Deaths in , or following, police custody;
Apparent suicides following police custody;
Other deaths following police contact.
Road traffic fatalities relate to the deaths of motorists, cyclists or pedestrians arising from police pursuits or from police vehicles responding to emergency calls, etc. It does not include deaths in other traffic incidents which the police attend but were not involved in the incident.
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Deaths during police contact, England & Wales