Instances of violence following a traffic stop are rare. Officers encountered violence about 24,000 times, or just over once per 1,000 stops. Injuries are recorded in fewer than 10,000 stops total, more often to the driver than to the officer. While 10,000 injuries and 24,000 incidents with violence are certainly too many, given the scope of the data collection, with 20 million stops over fifteen years, it is clear that the vast majority of traffic stops are indeed routine.
