2006 Wisconsin traffic crash facts
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2006 Wisconsin traffic crash facts

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  • Corporate Creators:
    Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Resource Type:
    Dataset
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Wisconsin
  • OCLC Number:
    5068383
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation
  • NTL Classification:
    NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
  • Abstract:
    2006 Facts and Figures

    • 712 persons were killed in Wisconsin motor vehicle traffic crashes. This is an average of

    more than two lives lost each day on Wisconsin traffic arteries.

    • 50,236 persons were injured in 35,296 reported injury crashes and 659 fatal crashes.

    4,874, or 10%, of those injured were known at the time of the crash to have sustained

    incapacitating injuries.

    • Of the 712 persons killed, 9% (56 pedestrians and 8 bicyclists) were not drivers or

    passengers of motor vehicles. Thirteen percent (93) were motorcycle drivers or motorcycle

    passengers.

    • Of the 712 persons killed, 43% died in alcohol-related crashes, 37% died in speed-related

    crashes and 20% died in crashes that involved both speed and alcohol.

    • Of the 450 drivers who were killed and tested for alcohol concentration, 187 drivers (42%)

    had an alcohol concentration of .08 or above.

    • 59% of persons killed in passenger car and light truck crashes (for instances in which safety

    belt use could be determined) were not using safety restraints.

    • 74% of all motorcyclists killed in crashes (for instances in which helmet use could be determined)

    were not wearing helmets.

    • Fifty-nine percent of all crashes occurred off the State highway and Interstate systems, on

    county trunk and local roads. City police and county sheriffs responded to 102,139 (87%) of

    these crashes.

    • The total number of registered vehicles was 5,326,693, a 1% decrease over 2005.

    •The total number of licensed drivers was 4,066,273, a .4% increase over 2005.

    • The fatality rate per 100-million miles of travel was 1.20.

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