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Final year crash statistics

2009 crash statistics with comparison to prior years*


January-December
              04-08
  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Average
Fatal crashes 488  542 655 659 700 714 654
Injury crashes 29,907 33,766 36,048 35,296 37,515 38,451 36,215
Property damage crashes 79,596 90,795 88,420 81,922 86,959 89,143 87,448
Total crashes 109,991 125,103 125,123 117,877 125,174 128,308 124,317
 
Fatality rate   1.02 1.24 1.20 1.33 1.30 1.22
 
Total persons killed 542 587 737 712 801 784 724
Total persons injured 41,589 46,637 50,676 50,236 53,462 55,258 51,254
 
Alcohol-related crashes 6,429 7,235 8,327 8,393 8,768 8,931 8,331
Alcohol-related fatalities 238 234 337 305 330 326 306
Alcohol-related injuries 3,793 4,319 5,552 5,654 5,992 6,221 5,548
 
Speed-related crashes 19,420 27,311 23,018 18,947 23,514 22,629 23,084
Speed-related fatalities 183 187 251 265 269 261 247
Speed-related injuries 8,629 11,223 10,984 10,011 11,349 11,633 11,040
 
Pedestrian crashes 1,212 1,295 1,383 1,424 1,399 1,364 1,373
Pedestrians killed 35 52 52 55 42 56 51
Pedestrians injured 1,184 1,234 1,351 1,372 1,382 1,335 1,335
 
Bicycle crashes 1,033 1,056 1,163 1,090 1,154 1,155 1,124
Bicyclists killed 7 9 10 8 14 14 11
Bicyclists injured 969 1,007 1,122 1,052 1,118 1,107 1,081
 
Motorcycle crashes 2,345 2,829 2,788 2,441 2,680 2,423 2,632
Motorcyclists killed 82 87 106 93 92 80 92
Motorcyclists injured 2,165 2,609 2,628 2,318 2,583 2,281 2,484
 
Train crashes 41 50 48 54 76 58 57
Train crash fatalities 2 2 2 5 9 3 4
Train crash injuries 26 19 20 21 28 33 24
 
Construction zone crashes 1,336 1,538 1,719 2,023 1,738 1,639 1,731
Construction zone fatalities 6 8 11 14 10 26 14
Construction zone injuries 567 785 847 899 865 839 847
 
School bus crashes 589 682 623 599 627 678 642
School bus occupant fatalities 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
School bus occupant injuries 192 160 138 239 169 256 192
 
Deer crashes 16,338 15,821 17,977 17,878 17,555 19,846 17,815
Deer crash fatalities 7 10 14 7 12 11 11
Deer crash injuries 474 525 591 633 664 689 620
 
Large truck crashes 5,886 7,472 7,370 7,157 7,762 7,898 7,532
Large truck crash fatalities 53 60 95 84 94 111 89
Large truck crash injuries 1,956 2,418 2,545 2,642 2,877 3,042 2,705
 
Urban city street crashes 37,379 41,842 41,982 41,770 45,031 45,009 43,127
Rural city street crashes 4,036 4,654 4,331 4,005 4,725 4,739 4,491
Town road crashes 9,328 10,312 11,029 10,523 11,727 11,748 11,068
County highway crashes 12,199 13,558 13,792 13,469 14,355 14,923 14,019
Urban state hwy crashes 17,027 20,052 19,595 16,673 15,563 16,423 17,661
Rural state hwy crashes 22,209 24,898 24,861 23,421 24,776 26,229 24,837
Urban interstate crashes 3,993 4,814 4,914 4,182 4,527 4,938 4,675
Rural interstate crashes 3,820 4,973 4,619 3,834 4,470 4,299 4,439

* These figures represent final statistics for crashes occurring on public roads in Wisconsin (except for the "Fatality rate" which will be updated later in 2010)

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