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Final year crash statistics

2008 crash statistics with comparison to prior years

January-December
            03-07  
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Average 2008
Fatal crashes 748 714 700 659 655 695 542
Injury crashes 39,413 38,451 37,515 35,296 36,048 37,345 33,766
Property damage crashes 91,030 89,143 86,959 81,922 88,420 87,495 90,795
Total crashes 131,191 128,308 125,174 117,877 125,123 125,535 125,103
 
Fatality rate* 1.40 1.30 1.33 1.20 1.24 1.29 N/A
 
Total persons killed 836 784 801 712 737 774 587
Total persons injured 56,882 55,258 53,462 50,236 50,676 53,303 46,637
 
Alcohol-related crashes 9,007 8,931 8,768 8,393 8,327 8,685 7,235
Alcohol-related fatalities 348 326 330 305 337 329 234
Alcohol-related injuries 6,445 6,221 5,992 5,654 5,552 5,973 4,319
 
Speed-related crashes 22,068 22,629 23,514 18,947 23,018 22,035 27,311
Speed-related fatalities 287 261 269 265 251 267 187
Speed-related injuries 11,577 11,633 11,349 10,011 10,984 11,111 11,223
 
Pedestrian crashes 1,473 1,364 1,399 1,424 1,383 1,409 1,295
Pedestrians killed 53 56 42 55 52 52 52
Pedestrians injured 1,456 1,335 1,382 1,372 1,351 1,379 1,234
 
Bicycle crashes 1,165 1,155 1,154 1,090 1,163 1,145 1,056
Bicyclists killed 12 14 14 8 10 12 9
Bicyclists injured 1,128 1,107 1,118 1,052 1,122 1,105 1,007
 
Motorcycle crashes 2,512 2,423 2,680 2,441 2,788 2,569 2,829
Motorcyclists killed 100 80 92 93 106 94 87
Motorcyclists injured 2,408 2,281 2,583 2,318 2,628 2,444 2,609
 
Train crashes 65 58 76 54 48 60 50
Train crash fatalities 3 3 9 5 2 4 2
Train crash injuries 41 33 28 21 20 29 19
 
Construction zone crashes 1,800 1,639 1,738 2,023 1,719 1,784 1,538
Construction zone fatalities 12 26 10 14 11 15 8
Construction zone injuries 945 839 865 899 847 879 785
 
School bus crashes 688 678 627 599 623 643 682
School bus occupant fatalities 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
School bus occupant injuries 212 256 169 239 138 203 160
 
Deer crashes 21,666 19,846 17,555 17,878 17,977 18,984 15,821
Deer crash fatalities 13 11 12 7 14 11 10
Deer crash injuries 792 689 664 633 591 674 525
 
Large truck crashes 7,964 7,898 7,762 7,157 7,370 7,630 7,472
Large truck crash fatalities 102 111 94 84 95 97 60
Large truck crash injuries 2,810 3,042 2,877 2,642 2,545 2,783 2,418
 
Urban city street crashes 45,593 45,009 45,031 41,770 41,982 43,877 41,842
Rural city street crashes 4,535 4,739 4,725 4,005 4,331 4,467 4,654
Town road crashes 13,258 11,748 11,727 10,523 11,029 11,657 10,312
County highway crashes 16,295 14,923 14,355 13,469 13,792 14,567 13,558
Urban state hwy crashes 15,603 16,423 15,563 16,673 19,595 16,771 20,052
Rural state hwy crashes 27,322 26,229 24,776 23,421 24,861 25,322 24,898
Urban interstate crashes 4,411 4,938 4,527 4,182 4,914 4,594 4,814
Rural interstate crashes 4,174 4,299 4,470 3,834 4,619 4,279 4,973

*These figures represent final statistics for crashes occurring on public roads in Wisconsin except for the "Fatality rate," which is still preliminary at this time.

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