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Final year crash statistics

2007 crash statistics with comparison to prior years

January-December
              02-06
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Avg
Fatal crashes 723 748 714 700 659 655 709
Injury crashes 39,634 39,413 38,451 37,515 35,296 36,048 38,062
Property damage crashes 88,715 91,030 89,143 86,959 81,922 88,420 87,554
Total crashes 129,072 131,191 128,308 125,174 117,877 125,123 126,324
 
Fatality rate* 1.37 1.40 1.30 1.33 1.20 NA 1.32
 
Total persons killed 805 836 784 801 712 737 788
Total persons injured 57,776 56,882 55,258 53,462 50,236 50,676 54,723
 
Alcohol-related crashes 8,922 9,007 8,931 8,768 8,393 8,327 8,804
Alcohol-related fatalities 292 348 326 330 305 337 320
Alcohol-related injuries 6,570 6,445 6,221 5,992 5,654 5,552 6,176
 
Speed-related crashes 20,660 22,068 22,629 23,514 18,947 23,018 21,564
Speed-related fatalities 270 287 261 269 265 251 270
Speed-related injuries 11,461 11,577 11,633 11,349 10,011 10,984 11,206
 
Pedestrian crashes 1,477 1,473 1,364 1,399 1,424 1,383 1,427
Pedestrians killed 50 53 56 42 55 52 51
Pedestrians injured 1,461 1,456 1,335 1,382 1,372 1,351 1,401
 
Bicycle crashes 1,162 1,165 1,155 1,154 1,090 1,163 1,145
Bicyclists killed 9 12 14 14 8 10 11
Bicyclists injured 1,115 1,128 1,107 1,118 1,052 1,122 1,104
 
Motorcycle crashes 2,184 2,512 2,423 2,680 2,441 2,788 2,448
Motorcyclists killed 78 100 80 92 93 106 89
Motorcyclists injured 2,049 2,408 2,281 2,583 2,318 2,628 2,328
 
Train crashes 78 65 58 76 54 48 66
Train crash fatalities 6 3 3 9 5 2 5
Train crash injuries 51 41 33 28 21 20 35
 
Construction zone crashes 1,845 1,800 1,639 1,738 2,023 1,719 1,809
Construction zone fatalities 8 12 26 10 14 11 14
Construction zone injuries 933 945 839 865 899 847 896
 
School bus crashes 638 688 678 627 599 623 646
School bus occupant fatalities 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
School bus occupant injuries 194 212 256 169 239 138 214
 
Deer crashes 20,470 21,666 19,846 17,555 17,878 17,977 19,483
Deer crash fatalities 6 13 11 12 7 14 10
Deer crash injuries 710 792 689 664 633 591 698
 
Large truck crashes 8,165 7,964 7,898 7,762 7,157 7,370 7,789
Large truck crash fatalities 127 102 111 94 84 95 104
Large truck crash injuries 3,101 2,810 3,042 2,877 2,642 2,545 2,894
 
Urban city street crashes 45,769 45,593 45,009 45,031 41,770 41,982 44,634
Rural city street crashes 4,367 4,535 4,739 4,725 4,005 4,331 4,474
Town road crashes 13,143 13,258 11,748 11,727 10,523 11,029 12,080
County highway crashes 15,575 16,295 14,923 14,355 13,469 13,792 14,923
Urban state hwy crashes 15,483 15,603 16,423 15,563 16,673 19,595 15,949
Rural state hwy crashes 26,317 27,322 26,229 24,776 23,421 24,861 25,613
Urban interstate crashes 4,382 4,411 4,938 4,527 4,182 4,914 4,488
Rural interstate crashes 4,036 4,174 4,299 4,470 3,834 4,619 4,163

*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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4802 Sheboygan Ave., Room 804
P.O. Box 7919
Madison, WI 53707-7919

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