| January 30,
1934
Deputy Sheriff Howard F. Grundman Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, WI Deputy Grundman was killed in a motorcycle accident while en route to serve a summons. He had been with the agency for four years and was survived by his wife and three children. |
| February 03,
1934
Trooper Lee Lovelace Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN Trooper Lovelace died while operating a motorcycle in Smith County |
| February 15,
1934
Trooper Hansford M. Reeves South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC Trooper Reeves was killed when his police motorcycle was struck by a truck which was making a left turn. Trooper Reeves was assigned to Richland County at the time of the accident. |
| February 15,
1934
Trooper Charles Bazil Bullock Virginia State Police, VA Trooper Bullock succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident several months earlier. The exact date of the accident is not known |
| March 05, 1934
Officer Oscar D. McMurry California Highway Patrol, CA Officer McMurry succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident several months before. The exact date of the accident is not known. He was responding to the scene of an accident at night time when the headlight on his bike suddenly went out. He lost control in the darkness. He required several months of treatment and succumbed to his injuries after a second operation. |
| March 12, 1934
Constable Russell Lemon Ontario Provincial Police - Kitchener On March 12, 1934 while on motorcycle patrol in Sunnyside, Toronto, PC Lemon had stopped a vehicle and as he turned to walk to the rear of the vehicle, he was struck and killed by a vehicle traveling westbound. He had transferred from the Department of Highway Motorcycle Patrol in 1930. |
| March 26, 1934
Deputy Sheriff Lyle Ward Missoula County Sheriff's Department, MT Deputy Ward was killed in a motorcycle accident while attempting to overtake a car on Highway 200. He was attempting to pull a vehicle over when his motorcycle hit sand in the roadway, causing it to go out of control. Deputy Ward had been hired only ten days earlier, because of his motorcycle experience, to combat speeders on county highways. He was survived by his daughter, mother, sister, and brother. |
| April 1, 1934
Patrolman H. D. Murphy Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol Texas Patrolman Murphy and Patrolman Edward Wheeler were shot and killed on Easter Sunday by the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. The two patrolmen had stopped their motorcycles thinking a motorist needed assistance. As they approached the vehicle the two outlaws opened fire with a shotgun and handgun, killing both officers. The Bonnie and Clyde Gang was responsible for the murder of law enforcement officers in four states - Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas - between 1932 and 1934. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow started their criminal career by robbing banks and quickly became notorious murderers wanted for the murders of nine law enforcement officers. The two criminals were finally shot and killed in Louisiana when they were ambushed by a task force of Texas and Louisiana officers. |
| April 1, 1934
Patrolman Edward Bryan Wheeler Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol Texas Patrolman Wheeler and Patrolman H. D. Murphy were shot and killed on Easter Sunday by the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. The two patrolmen had stopped their motorcycles thinking a motorist needed assistance. As they approached the vehicle the two outlaws opened fire with a shotgun and handgun, killing both officers. The Bonnie and Clyde Gang was responsible for the murder of law enforcement officers in four states - Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas - between 1932 and 1934. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow started their criminal career by robbing banks and quickly became notorious murderers wanted for the murders of nine law enforcement officers. The two criminals were finally shot and killed in Louisiana when they were ambushed by a task force of Texas and Louisiana officers. |
| April 08, 1934
Officer Joseph E. Kuhn Maryland State Police, MD Officer Kuhn was killed in a motorcycle accident while on patrol near Salisbury, Maryland. The sidecar on his motorcycle struck the rear of a wagon without tail lights. He was thrown from the vehicle and sustained fatal injuries. Officer Kuhn had been with the agency for just under two years |
| May 02, 1934
Trooper Clovis Cole Tennessee Highway Patrol, TN Trooper Cole died while operating a motorcycle in Union City |
| May 27, 1934
Patrolman James J. Carroll Jersey City Police Department, NJ Patrolman Carroll was killed when his police motorcycle struck a traffic booth after he was cutoff by another vehicle. Patrolman Carroll's son, Sergeant Donald Carroll, was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1986 while serving with the same department. |
| June 07, 1934
Trooper William S. Kozlak Minnesota State Patrol, MN Trooper Kozlak was killed in a motorcycle accident on Highway 52 near Osseo, Minnesota. He had been with the agency for eight months and was survived by his wife and daughter. |
| July 07, 1934
Officer Francis J. Perry California Highway Patrol, CA Officer Francis J. Perry was flung into a tree after both tires of his motorcycle blew while he was patrolling along Fair Oaks Boulevard near the H Street Bridge in Sacramento. The 28-year-old patrol officer had been a member of the CHP for three years. |
| August 21,
1934
Officer Allen E. Lindsay Norfolk Police Department, VA Officer Lindsay was killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty. |
| August 23,
1934
Trooper George J. Van Antwerp New York State Police, NY Trooper Van Antwerp was killed when his motorcycle collided with an automobile that was making a turn into a gas station in Albany County, New York. Trooper Van Antwerp had been with the agency for five years |
| August 26,
1934
Officer Hugh C. Cline California Highway Patrol, CA Officer Hugh C. Cline was patrolling at night along the Roosevelt Highway just north of Santa Monica Boulevard when he collided with an automobile. Cline, 33, was thrown from his motorcycle. sustained critical injuries and died the following day. |
| August 31,
1934
Officer A. Donald Hoover California Highway Patrol, CA Officer A. Donald Hoover was traveling along the Santa Cruz-Watsonville Highway, on a stretch known to locals as "Slaughterhouse Curve," when his motorcycle collided with an automobile that pulled out from a side road and turned in front of the patrolman. Hoover, 31, sustained critical injuries and died without regaining consciousness. Officer Hoover was a distant relative of Herbert Hoover, the former President of the United States. |
| October 03,
1934
Trooper Roy C. Lichtenheld Minnesota State Patrol, MN Trooper Lichtenheld was killed in a motorcycle accident on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. He had been with the agency for one year. |
| November 08,
1934
Police Officer Guy Samuel Berry Augusta Police Department, GA Police Officer Guy Berry died in a motorcycle accident while reporting for duty |
| December 23,
1934
Officer First Class Carroll C. Creeger Maryland State Police, MD Officer Creeger was killed in a motorcycle accident while on patrol on Sykesville-West Friendship Road in Howard County. His motorcycle struck a patch of ice and he was thrown to the ground. Officer Creeger had been with the agency for just over three years. |
| December 28,
1934
Officer Raymond V. Sinclair Metropolitan Police Department, DC Officer Sinclair was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a vehicle which attempted to make a left turn on Bladensburg Road, NE. Officer Sinclair was in the process of passing the vehicle on the left at the time of the accident. Eight years earlier, in 1926, Officer Sinclair made 3,482 arrests and got convictions in all but 13 of them. He had been with the agency for nine years and was survived by his wife. |