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Final year crash statistics

2010 crash statistics with comparison to prior years*


              05-09
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Average
Fatal crashes 700 659 655 542 488  517  609
Injury crashes 37,515 35,296 36,048 33,766 29,907 29,380 34,506
Property damage crashes 86,959 81,922 88,420 90,795 79,596 78,911 85,538
Total crashes 125,174 117,877 125,123 125,103 109,991 108,808  120,654
 
Fatality rate 1.33 1.20 1.24 1.02 0.93 Not yet
available		 1.14
 
Total persons killed 801 712 737 587 542 562 676
Total persons injured 53,462 50,236 50,676 46,637 41,589 40,889 48,520
 
Alcohol-related crashes 8,768 8,393 8,327 7,235 6,429 5,751  7,830
Alcohol-related fatalities 330 305 337 234 238 220  289
Alcohol-related injuries 5,992 5,654 5,552 4,319 3,793 3,511 5,062
 
Speed-related crashes 23,514 18,947 23,018 27,311 19,420 16,708  22,442
Speed-related fatalities 269 265 251 187 183 168 231
Speed-related injuries 11,349 10,011 10,984 11,223 8,629 7,707 10,439
 
Pedestrian crashes 1,399 1,424 1,383 1,295 1,212 1,239  1,343
Pedestrians killed 42 55 52 52 35 54 47
Pedestrians injured 1,382 1,372 1,351 1,234 1,184 1,183 1,305
 
Bicycle crashes 1,154 1,090 1,163 1,056 1,033 1,092 1,099
Bicyclists killed 14 8 10 9 7 9 10
Bicyclists injured 1,118 1,052 1,122 1,007 969 1,028 1,054
 
Motorcycle crashes 2,680 2,441 2,788 2,829 2,345 2,426 2,617
Motorcyclists killed 92 93 106 87 82 98 92
Motorcyclists injured 2,583 2,318 2,628 2,609 2,165 2,214 2,461
 
Train crashes 76 54 48 50 41 26 54
Train crash fatalities 9 5 2 2 2 0 4
Train crash injuries 28 21 20 19 26 18 23
 
Construction zone crashes 1,738 2,023 1,719 1,538 1,336 1,748 1,671
Construction zone fatalities 10 14 11 8 6 14 10
Construction zone injuries 865 899 847 785 567 750 793
 
School bus crashes 627 599 623 682 589 535 624
School bus occupant fatalities 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
School bus occupant injuries 169 239 138 160 192 165 180
 
Deer crashes 17,555 17,878 17,977 15,821 16,338 16,947 17,114
Deer crash fatalities 12 7 14 10 7 14 10
Deer crash injuries 664 633 591 525 474 389 577
 
Large truck crashes 7,762 7,157 7,370 7,472 5,886 6,242 7,129
Large truck crash fatalities 94 84 95 60 53 56 77
Large truck crash injuries 2,877 2,642 2,545 2,418 1,956 2,043 2,488
 
Urban city street crashes 45,031 41,770 41,982 41,842 37,379 36,388 41,603
Rural city street crashes 4,725 4,005 4,331 4,654 4,036 3,862 4,350
Town road crashes 11,727 10,523 11,029 10,312 9,328 8,830  10,584
County highway crashes 14,355 13,469 13,792 13,558 12,199 12,135 13,475
Urban state hwy crashes 15,563 16,673 19,595 20,052 17,027 17,251 17,780
Rural state hwy crashes 24,776 23,421 24,861 24,898 22,209 21,956 24,033
Urban interstate crashes 4,527 4,182 4,914 4,814 3,993 4,542 4,486
Rural interstate crashes 4,470 3,834 4,619 4,973 3,820 3,844 4,343

* These figures represent final statistics for crashes occurring on public roads in Wisconsin

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