| March 2, 1946
Officer Phillip Farshman San Francisco Police Department California Officer Farshman died of injured received when a vehicle struck his patrol motorcycle at the corner of Third Street and Wallace street. |
| july 14, 1946
Officer Frank J. Maus California Highway Patrol, CA Officer Frank Maus, 35, was pursuing a speeder on Stocker Avenue and rounding a curve when his motorcycle hit the soft shoulder and overturned several times throwing him to the ground. Maus was a five-year member of the CHP and had just returned to duty after spending three years with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. |
| August 21,
1946
Patrolman Leslie Delbert Bugg New Mexico State Police, NM Patrolman Bugg succumbed to injuries received in a motorcycle accident the previous day. He was on patrol on U.S. 66 near Tucumcari when an oncoming car crossed into his lane and struck his motorcycle. Patrolman Bugg had been with the agency for four months and was survived by his wife and her four children. |
| September 20,
1946
Officer Edwin Cecil Garrison DeKalb County Department of Public Safety, GA Officer Garrison was killed when his lost control of his motorcycle and crashed while in route to a call. |
| September 25,
1946
Officer Richard L. Simpson California Highway Patrol, CA Officer Richard L. Simpson, 30, was responding to the scene of an automobile accident in Porterville, when a motorist turned in front of the officer and struck Simpson's motorcycle broadside. The impact flung the patrolman to the ground, killing him almost instantly. The driver was jailed and booked for manslaughter. Simpson, a World War II veteran, had just returned to duty with the CHP after three years service in the U.S. Army. |
| October 20,
1946
Motor Ofc. William L. Reardon California Highway Patrol - Los Angeles Officer William L. Reardon was stopped on his motorcycle monitoring traffic on U.S. Highway 99 near Newhall when he was struck and killed by a drunk driver. Reardon, 52, was a 14-year veteran of the Highway Patrol. He had previously served with the Glendale Police Department and the Los Angeles County Traffic Squad before becoming a member of the CHP in 1932 when the state absorbed the Los Angeles County Squad. |
| November 13,
1946
Police Officer J. Harry McWilliams Atlanta Police Department, GA Motorcycle Accident |