WisDOT MAPSS - Safety - Traffic Crashes - Moving toward minimizing the number of deaths, injuries and crashes on our roadways.
Traffic Crashes - Moving toward minimizing the number of deaths, injuries and crashes on our roadways.Any traffic crash on Wisconsin’s roadways is one too many. Our goal is to reduce the number of traffic crashes by 2% each year from the prior five-year rolling average (a lower number is better).
In 2022, 128,830 traffic crashes occurred on Wisconsin roadways. Understanding where these traffic crashes occurred can aid us in trying to prevent them.
Traffic crashes are avoidable events caused by such factors as human behavior, vehicle condition and environmental surroundings. Weather can also have a seasonal impact, especially on motorcycle or bicycle-related crashes.
The department uses a combined strategy of engineering, education, enforcement and emergency response to prevent traffic crashes and injuries. This includes designing safer roads, maintaining the highway infrastructure, educational efforts targeted on prevention, and expanding enforcement campaigns in partnership with law enforcement agencies across the state. The department works to encourage drivers to stay within the speed limit, drive sober, buckle their safety belts and eliminate driving distractions.