Final year crash statistics

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Final crash statistics by county

2006 crash statistics with comparison to prior years

January - December
							01-05
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Avg
Fatal crashes	684	723	748	714	700	659	714
Injury crashes	39,358	39,634	39,413	38,451	37,515	35,296	38,874
Property damage crashes	85,361	88,715	91,030	89,143	86,959	81,922	88,242
Total crashes	125,403	129,072	131,191	128,308	125,174	117,877	127,830

Fatality rate*	1.33	1.37	1.41	1.38	1.33	1.20	1.35

Total persons killed	764	805	836	784	801	712	798
Total persons injured	58,279	57,776	56,882	55,258	53,462	50,236	56,331

Alcohol-related crashes	8,695	8,922	9,007	8,931	8,768	8,393	8,865
Alcohol-related fatalities	304	292	348	326	330	305	320
Alcohol-related injuries	6,586	6,570	6,445	6,221	5,992	5,654	6,363

Speed-related crashes	18,089	20,660	22,068	22,629	23,514	18,947	21,392
Speed-related fatalities	248	270	287	261	269	265	267
Speed-related injuries	10,981	11,461	11,577	11,633	11,349	10,011	11,400

Pedestrian crashes	1,547	1,477	1,473	1,364	1,399	1,424	1,452
Pedestrians killed	42	50	53	56	42	55	49
Pedestrians injured	1,545	1,461	1,456	1,335	1,382	1,372	1,436

Bicycle crashes	1,216	1,162	1,165	1,155	1,154	1,090	1,170
Bicyclists killed	9	9	12	14	14	8	12
Bicyclists injured	1,179	1,115	1,128	1,107	1,118	1,052	1,129

Motorcycle crashes	2,285	2,184	2,512	2,423	2,680	2,441	2,417
Motorcyclists killed	70	78	100	80	92	93	84
Motorcyclists injured	2,166	2,049	2,408	2,281	2,583	2,318	2,297

Train crashes	103	78	65	58	76	54	76
Train crash fatalities	8	6	3	3	9	5	6
Train crash injuries	55	51	41	33	28	21	42

Construction zone crashes	2,192	1,845	1,800	1,639	1,738	2,023	1,843
Construction zone fatalities	7	8	12	26	10	14	13
Construction zone injuries	1,181	933	945	1,100	865	899	953

School bus crashes	800	638	688	678	627	599	686
School bus occupant fatalities	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
School bus occupant injuries	369	194	212	256	169	239	240

Deer crashes	19,914	20,470	21,666	19,846	17,555	17,878	19,890
Deer crash fatalities	9	6	13	11	12	7	10
Deer crash injuries	801	710	792	689	664	633	731

Large truck crashes	8,508	8,165	7,964	7,898	7,762	7,157	8,059
Large truck crash fatalities	112	127	102	111	94	84	109
Large truck crash injuries	3,271	3,101	2,810	3,042	2,877	2,642	3,020

Urban city street crashes	45,882	45,769	45,593	45,009	45,031	41,770	45,457
Rural city street crashes	4,343	4,367	4,535	4,739	4,725	4,005	4,542
Town road crashes	11,815	13,143	13,258	11,748	11,727	10,523	12,338
County highway crashes	14,719	15,575	16,295	14,923	14,355	13,469	15,173
Urban state hwy crashes	15,671	15,483	15,603	16,423	15,563	16,673	15,749
Rural state hwy crashes	24,911	26,317	27,322	26,229	24,776	23,421	25,911
Urban interstate crashes	4,067	4,382	4,411	4,938	4,527	4,182	4,465
Rural interstate crashes	3,995	4,036	4,174	4,299	4,470	3,834	4,195

^*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.

If you have questions:

E-mail: traffic-accidents.dmv@dot.state.wi.us
Call: (608) 266-8753 between 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
Fax: (608) 267-0606
Write to the address below

Traffic Accident Section
4802 Sheboygan Ave., Room 804
P.O. Box 7919
Madison, WI 53707-7919

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