2018 crash statistics with comparison to prior years*
| Fatal crashes | 491
| 451
| 513
| 524
| 539
| 517
| 504
|
| Injury crashes | | 28,801
| 29,845
| 31,066
| 30,614
| 29,959
| 29,760
|
| Property damage crashes |
89,016
|
90,484
|
91,255
|
97,461
| 108,717
| 113,736
| 95,387
|
| Total crashes | 118,254
| 119,736 | 121,613
| 129,051
| 139,870
| 144,212
| 128,789
|
|
| Fatality rate | 0.89
| 0.83
| 0.89 | 0.92
| 0.91
| 0.87
| 0.89
|
| Total persons killed | 527
| 498
| 555
| 588
| 594
| 576
| 552
|
Total persons injured
| 39,872
| 39,701
| 41,653
| 43,669
| 42,178
| 41,124
| 41,415
|
|
| Alcohol-related crashes | 4,954
| 4,932
| 5,174
| 5,153
| 6,151
| 6,255
| 5,273
|
| Alcohol-related fatalities | 185
| 162
| 190
| 143
| 169
| 160
| 170
|
| Alcohol-related injuries | 2,660
| 2,694
| 2,872
| 2,933
| 3,303
| 3,292
| 2,892
|
|
| Speed-related crashes | 21,290
| 20,887
| 17,811
| 19,540
| 19,182
| 20,061
| 19,742
|
| Speed-related fatalities | 156
| 163
| 155
| 186
| 169
| 173
| 166
|
| Speed-related injuries | 8,037
| 8,114
| 7,646
| 8,250
| 7,975
| 8,010
| 8,004
|
|
| Pedestrian crashes | 1,273
| 1,183
| 1,289
| 1,252
| 1,533
| 1,505
| 1,306
|
| Pedestrians killed | 35
| 42
| 54
| 49
| 55
| 57
| 47
|
| Pedestrians injured | 1,231
| 1,119
| 1,227
| 1,181
| 1,438
| 1,412
| 1,239
|
| Bicycle crashes | 958
| 925
| 987
| 918
| 906
| 852
| 939
|
| Bicyclists killed | 10
| 4
| 15
| 11
| 7
| 4
| 9
|
| Bicyclists injured | 868
| 844
| 891
| 849
| 830
| 755
| 856
|
|
| Motorcycle crashes | 2,150
| 2,101
| 2,221
| 2,250
| 2,206
| 1,967
| 2,186
|
| Motorcyclists killed | 83
| 67
| 80
| 82
| 76
| 81
| 78
|
| Motorcyclists injured | 1,927
| 1,914
| 1,906
| 1,973
| 1,955
| 1,693
| 1,935
|
|
| Train crashes | 50
| 39
| 34
| 34
| 37
| 33
| 39 |
| Train crash fatalities | 2 | 3 | 1
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 2 |
| Train crash injuries | 23
| 18
| 15
| 20
| 26
| 13
| 20
|
|
| Construction zone crashes | 1,596
| 2,274
| 2,411
| 2,811
| 2,795
| 3,166
| 2,377
|
| Construction zone fatalities | 9
| 12
| 13
| 9
| 7
| 9 | 10
|
| Construction zone injuries | 629
| 833
| 645
| 1,112
| 1,079
| 1,281
| 860
|
|
| School bus crashes | 574
| 588
| 594
| 610
| 823
| 775
| 638
|
| School bus occupant fatalities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| School bus occupant injuries | 101
| 134
| 171
| 175
| 179
| 139
| 152
|
|
| Deer crashes | 18,338
| 18,312
| 19,976
| 20,413
| 19,899
| 20,183
| 19,388
|
| Deer crash fatalities | 8
| 10
| 5
| 11
| 9
| 4
| 9
|
| Deer crash injuries | 402
| 410
| 406
| 451
| 604
| 515
| 455
|
|
| Large truck crashes | 7,087
| 7,358
| 7,019
| 7,461
| 7,242
| 7,713
| 7,233
|
| Large truck crash fatalities | 85
| 63
| 62
| 79
| 71
| 64
| 72
|
| Large truck crash injuries | 2,140
| 2,187
| 2,095
| 2,342
| 1,903
| 1,904
| 2,133
|
| Urban city street crashes | 39,483
| 40,666
| 43,332
| 48,008
| 55,064
| 56,801
| 45,311
|
| Rural city street crashes | 4,238
| 4,405
| 4,083
| 4,219
| 7,138
| 7,111
| 4,817
|
| Town road crashes | 10,146
| 9,556
| 8,751
| 8,988
| 13,216
| 11,363
| 10,131
|
| County highway crashes | 12,930
| 12,748
| 12,551
| 13,847
| 12,048
| 13,628
| 12,825
|
| Urban state hwy crashes | 19,145
| 19,364
| 19,446
| 19,019
| 17,159
| 19,068
| 18,827
|
| Rural state hwy crashes | 23,803
| 24,243
| 23,803 | 25,007
| 23,206
| 23,323
| 24,012
|
| Urban interstate crashes | 4,425
| 4,577
| 5,366
| 5,223
| 6,431
| 6,762
| 5,204
|
| Rural interstate crashes | 4,081
| 4,176
| 4,263
| 4,740
| 5,608
| 6,156
| 4,574
|
*These figures represent final statistics for crashes occurring on public roads in Wisconsin.
Fatality Rate = Fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel
Data Source: WisDOT-Traffic Crash Database