Roadkill

A player achieves a roadkill in a Ka-52 on Oasis in Battlefield: Bad Company

A Roadkill is a term commonly used to describe an animal or animals that have been struck by a motor vehicle. In the Battlefield series, it is used to classify a type of player death who has been run over or squashed by a vehicle on land, water or air.

Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam

In Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield Vietnam, the kills are semi-difficult to achieve as a single impact from a vehicle may not directly kill a player, more so the constant ramming into them will eventually kill them. When killed, the kill will be classified as killed.

Battlefield: Bad Company

In Battlefield: Bad Company, the player can get the "Transport Vehicle Patch" series by getting a number of "Transport Vehicle Trophy" and 2 roadkills. The player can also achieve the "Fly-by" wildcard by getting 4 roadkills with air vehicles in a round. Roadkills are also one of the main causes of team kills.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Roadkills in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are similarly obtained to those in Bad Company except a player's team mate cannot be killed by it except if:

• The player is playing Hardcore mode.
• When inside a heilcopter, if a player jumps out, they may be "roadkilled" by the pilot.

The player can earn the achievement/trophy "Airkill" in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 by Roadkilling an enemy with a helicopter, including the UAV. Many players can accomplish this by using the before mentioned UAV as it is small, fast and stealthy. A good tactic to use would to be to sneak up to an enemy sniper who is far away from the battlefield, not moving, and unaware, then quickly run through his body. Players will always achieve a roadkill when hitting an enemy player with a vehicle.

Battlefield 3

Roadkills return in Battlefield 3 and are obtained exactly the same way as in Bad Company 2. There are a few differences in gaining roadkills:

• A player can go prone before being run over by any enemy tank and will survive unharmed if they do this in the middle of the tank's path.
• If a player jumps out of a helicopter and is road killed by it, the game will label it as "bad luck"
• If a player jumps out of a light armored vehicle before hitting a team mate, they will be killed and the game will show it as "Bad Luck"
• Unlike in previous games, the reason of death in the killfeed for a roadkill is the name of the vehicle instead of "killed" or "roadkill".

If a player gets a road kill with a Skid Loader on Wake Island 2014 or Gulf of Oman in the Back to Karkand map pack, they will receive the "Like A Boss" achievement/trophy.

The EOD Bot and MAV gadgets are also capable of roadkills. After the 1.04 (March 2012) patch, the MAV can still be used for a single roadkill, but will be destroyed upon contact and the reason of death in the killfeed is "KILLED". However, due to a glitch the MAV may survive and be fully operational, with the reason of death being actually "MAV".

Using the M224 Mortar will inexplicably spare its user from being roadkilled, as well as provide protection against takedowns. (Technically, the user is considered to be inside a vehicle.)