7  Distracted Driving Crashes

Note

A distracted driving crash is when at least one driver involved in the crash listed on the crash report as being distracted by talking, a passenger, eating, looking at something outside the vehicle, or other distraction. A crash could involve more than one factor, such as a distracted and impaired driver.

7.1 Distracted Drivers

Note

This sub-section only includes drivers, not passengers or others involved in the crash.

Distracted Drivers by County and Age Group

County	0-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85+	Unknown	Total
Adams	-	-	24	14	11	7	9	5	4	-	-	74
Ashland	-	-	22	16	7	8	12	6	4	4	-	79
Barron	-	-	64	32	17	15	25	9	11	7	-	180
Bayfield	-	-	10	4	6	10	6	4	1	1	-	42
Brown	-	-	281	156	88	86	83	57	36	12	2	801
Buffalo	-	-	16	13	3	4	5	6	3	-	-	50
Burnett	-	-	15	9	8	5	4	4	4	3	-	52
Calumet	-	-	50	27	18	16	15	4	5	1	-	136
Chippewa	-	-	73	46	27	25	21	19	9	-	-	220
Clark	-	1	33	15	9	6	12	4	3	2	1	86
Columbia	-	-	62	45	34	36	22	13	10	11	-	233
Crawford	-	-	25	13	4	9	12	6	3	1	-	73
Dane	-	3	753	569	330	252	244	136	59	16	24	2,386
Dodge	-	-	87	60	41	22	42	17	13	7	-	289
Door	-	-	28	15	6	10	12	13	11	5	-	100
Douglas	-	-	44	37	15	12	18	9	7	3	-	145
Dunn	-	1	82	29	26	19	12	13	7	1	-	190
Eau Claire	-	-	200	126	64	55	47	32	25	5	-	554
Florence	-	-	3	4	1	3	1	1	2	-	-	15
Fond du Lac	-	1	146	99	46	44	59	40	28	8	3	474
Forest	-	-	11	3	4	2	4	1	1	-	-	26
Grant	-	-	68	33	24	20	25	13	8	3	-	194
Green	-	-	32	21	16	18	11	6	6	4	-	114
Green Lake	-	-	17	5	9	9	10	1	2	1	-	54
Iowa	-	-	27	12	12	4	14	3	2	4	1	79
Iron	-	-	4	2	4	1	-	1	-	1	-	13
Jackson	-	-	25	17	8	7	10	7	5	-	1	80
Jefferson	-	-	101	65	35	32	46	33	23	6	-	341
Juneau	-	-	24	24	11	11	20	4	5	1	1	101
Kenosha	-	-	287	199	113	91	79	61	32	11	5	878
Kewaunee	-	-	28	9	9	6	5	2	1	1	-	61
La Crosse	-	-	253	174	86	101	75	59	30	10	4	792
Lafayette	-	-	20	9	5	6	6	5	7	1	-	59
Langlade	-	-	22	8	8	12	10	9	7	3	-	79
Lincoln	-	-	31	22	14	16	14	19	10	5	1	132
Manitowoc	-	-	111	68	26	32	25	35	16	4	2	319
Marathon	-	-	213	130	82	87	88	53	27	13	1	694
Marinette	-	1	44	28	30	19	25	11	12	4	-	174
Marquette	-	-	11	10	3	5	10	5	7	-	-	51
Menominee	-	-	1	6	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	11
Milwaukee	-	-	1,004	952	529	436	351	203	90	35	123	3,723
Monroe	-	-	44	32	29	24	29	16	5	4	-	183
Oconto	-	-	32	21	13	14	14	8	5	2	-	109
Oneida	-	-	43	30	17	28	20	19	11	7	-	175
Outagamie	-	2	304	170	108	81	83	49	20	10	2	829
Ozaukee	-	1	112	68	38	52	49	44	20	10	-	394
Pepin	-	-	5	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	-	22
Pierce	-	-	50	31	13	18	15	6	-	2	2	137
Polk	-	-	42	31	27	12	14	19	11	3	-	159
Portage	-	-	94	47	26	29	38	13	9	5	1	262
Price	-	-	13	7	5	4	5	4	4	-	-	42
Racine	-	-	286	220	109	112	98	62	37	12	4	940
Richland	-	-	25	16	9	14	9	8	8	1	-	90
Rock	-	1	258	201	109	95	80	57	31	15	4	851
Rusk	-	-	13	7	4	4	6	4	2	1	-	41
Sauk	-	-	107	62	51	47	44	24	24	7	1	367
Sawyer	-	-	26	8	5	3	6	1	4	-	-	53
Shawano	-	-	39	33	15	14	11	7	7	2	-	128
Sheboygan	-	-	159	85	59	57	52	32	31	9	1	485
St. Croix	-	-	159	80	53	40	41	34	10	6	3	426
Taylor	-	-	21	12	9	5	8	9	4	1	-	69
Trempealeau	-	-	35	23	14	13	11	9	2	1	-	108
Vernon	-	-	24	18	7	14	13	18	9	-	1	104
Vilas	-	1	25	18	12	8	10	14	8	3	-	99
Walworth	-	-	156	95	48	54	44	29	16	9	2	453
Washburn	-	-	13	12	11	8	14	3	5	4	-	70
Washington	-	-	200	115	83	71	84	48	28	13	5	647
Waukesha	-	1	541	323	253	215	194	142	85	24	6	1,784
Waupaca	-	-	53	23	22	15	16	11	10	5	1	156
Waushara	-	-	13	19	12	12	6	6	5	1	-	74
Winnebago	-	-	297	178	99	88	83	48	32	13	3	841
Wood	-	-	90	52	36	27	32	24	20	3	-	284
Total	-	13	7,631	5,166	3,089	2,739	2,622	1,700	1,003	368	205	24,536

Distracted Drivers by Age Group, Gender and Injury Severity

County	Fatal Injury		Suspected Serious Injury		Suspected Minor Injury		Possible Injury			No Apparent Injury			Total
	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	U	F	M	U
0-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5-14	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	8	-	13
15-24	2	4	23	55	246	311	243	218	-	2,830	3,699	-	7,631
25-34	-	2	33	48	181	202	144	179	-	1,834	2,543	-	5,166
35-44	-	1	15	27	80	109	109	85	-	1,108	1,555	-	3,089
45-54	1	-	8	21	81	102	93	72	-	966	1,395	-	2,739
55-64	2	2	8	17	65	81	71	79	-	941	1,356	-	2,622
65-74	-	-	6	11	38	64	57	36	-	697	791	-	1,700
75-84	1	4	2	2	36	29	33	23	-	413	460	-	1,003
85+	1	1	-	-	8	11	15	4	-	162	166	-	368
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	15	184	205
Total	7	14	95	183	735	909	766	697	2	8,956	11,988	184	24,536
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Distracted Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	29	4,444	10,689	15,162
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	20	1,344	3,064	4,428
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	9	765	2,183	2,957
Passenger Van	2	275	598	875
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	1	86	255	342
Straight Truck	-	60	218	278
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	-	43	105	148
Motorcycle	4	96	23	123
School Bus	-	14	35	49
Snow Plow	-	2	31	33
Passenger Bus/Transit Bus	-	5	13	18
POLICE ON EMERGENCY	-	1	13	14
Other Working Machine	1	2	10	13
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	4	8	12
Low Speed Vehicle	-	3	8	11
Moped	-	10	1	11
Motor Home	-	2	8	10
Pupil Transportation School Bus	-	1	9	10
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	-	6	6
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	-	6	6
Truck Tractor (More Than One Trailer)	-	2	4	6
Fire Truck On Emergency	-	2	3	5
Motor Coach	-	1	4	5
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	1	3	4
Miscellaneous	-	4	-	4
Snowmobile	-	-	3	3
Fire Fighter On Emergency	-	-	1	1
Golf Cart	-	1	-	1
Other Bus	-	-	1	1
Total	66	7,168	17,302	24,536

7.2 Distracted Driving Crashes

Distracted Driving Crashes by County and Persons Injured/Killed

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes	Persons Killed	Persons Injured
Adams	-	36	36	72	-	66
Ashland	-	18	61	79	-	23
Barron	-	60	119	179	-	87
Bayfield	1	16	25	42	1	24
Brown	2	245	547	794	3	346
Buffalo	-	4	46	50	-	7
Burnett	3	16	31	50	3	31
Calumet	-	38	98	136	-	56
Chippewa	2	63	151	216	5	94
Clark	2	26	56	84	2	36
Columbia	1	65	161	227	1	102
Crawford	-	18	55	73	-	18
Dane	3	641	1,712	2,356	3	852
Dodge	4	87	196	287	5	137
Door	-	30	69	99	-	40
Douglas	-	32	113	145	-	44
Dunn	-	52	130	182	-	77
Eau Claire	1	149	395	545	1	207
Florence	-	4	11	15	-	4
Fond du Lac	1	151	315	467	1	220
Forest	-	10	16	26	-	13
Grant	-	53	138	191	-	73
Green	1	46	67	114	1	76
Green Lake	-	20	34	54	-	30
Iowa	-	31	47	78	-	39
Iron	-	4	9	13	-	6
Jackson	1	22	57	80	1	34
Jefferson	1	67	270	338	3	90
Juneau	1	28	69	98	1	43
Kenosha	4	321	547	872	5	475
Kewaunee	1	23	37	61	1	31
La Crosse	2	196	588	786	2	267
Lafayette	1	14	44	59	1	18
Langlade	-	31	46	77	-	48
Lincoln	-	35	92	127	-	49
Manitowoc	-	102	216	318	-	150
Marathon	4	157	516	677	4	203
Marinette	-	39	134	173	-	53
Marquette	-	21	30	51	-	29
Menominee	-	3	5	8	-	5
Milwaukee	4	1,119	2,545	3,668	4	1,606
Monroe	1	48	129	178	1	65
Oconto	2	34	72	108	3	50
Oneida	-	47	126	173	-	60
Outagamie	1	234	587	822	1	338
Ozaukee	1	107	279	387	1	145
Pepin	-	7	14	21	-	8
Pierce	1	38	95	134	1	72
Polk	-	38	120	158	-	56
Portage	-	82	177	259	-	105
Price	-	15	27	42	-	25
Racine	2	317	604	923	2	469
Richland	-	23	65	88	-	25
Rock	3	247	594	844	3	343
Rusk	1	14	25	40	1	20
Sauk	1	108	257	366	1	161
Sawyer	-	15	36	51	-	23
Shawano	-	44	84	128	-	68
Sheboygan	1	135	342	478	1	187
St. Croix	1	104	305	410	1	161
Taylor	-	18	50	68	-	28
Trempealeau	-	35	72	107	-	41
Vernon	-	33	68	101	-	45
Vilas	1	34	62	97	1	55
Walworth	2	133	311	446	2	190
Washburn	-	17	52	69	-	22
Washington	1	167	470	638	1	249
Waukesha	3	496	1,257	1,756	3	676
Waupaca	2	31	120	153	3	40
Waushara	1	18	55	74	2	26
Winnebago	1	289	538	828	1	389
Wood	-	65	213	278	-	80
Total	66	7,086	17,040	24,192	77	10,031

Distracted Driving Crashes by County and Highway Class

County	Fatal					Injury					Property Damage					Total
	IH	US	State	Cnty	Local	IH	US	State	Cnty	Local	IH	US	State	Cnty	Local
Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	9	8	-	-	18	2	16	72
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	1	6	-	11	16	3	31	79
Barron	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	12	37	-	27	7	12	73	179
Bayfield	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	5	2	4	-	5	6	4	10	42
Brown	-	-	-	-	2	15	8	48	49	125	45	10	105	128	259	794
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	4	25	5	12	50
Burnett	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	11	2	3	-	-	11	2	18	50
Calumet	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	10	12	-	12	13	24	49	136
Chippewa	-	-	1	1	-	-	5	23	13	22	-	10	38	25	78	216
Clark	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	9	8	7	-	3	12	9	32	84
Columbia	-	-	1	-	-	15	8	23	5	14	25	9	41	14	72	227
Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	2	7	-	1	26	2	26	73
Dane	-	-	-	1	2	27	163	41	82	328	70	355	76	204	1,007	2,356
Dodge	-	1	2	-	1	1	7	22	20	37	3	11	49	20	113	287
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	6	7	-	-	24	7	38	99
Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	7	-	17	3	21	8	3	78	145
Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	17	8	14	9	18	37	13	53	182
Eau Claire	-	-	-	-	1	13	29	14	16	77	6	74	29	12	274	545
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	4	1	2	4	15
Fond du Lac	1	-	-	-	-	4	18	37	20	72	14	23	63	37	178	467
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	3	-	7	2	1	6	26
Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	7	21	-	36	22	6	74	191
Green	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	20	7	19	-	-	23	6	38	114
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	4	-	-	14	5	15	54
Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	11	8	-	16	8	9	14	78
Iron	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	6	13
Jackson	-	-	1	-	-	4	5	8	2	3	15	4	14	7	17	80
Jefferson	-	-	-	1	-	4	12	21	15	15	15	18	43	33	161	338
Juneau	-	1	-	-	-	16	1	4	1	6	14	4	12	11	28	98
Kenosha	1	-	1	2	-	15	-	116	50	140	21	4	165	68	289	872
Kewaunee	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	12	4	7	-	-	7	12	18	61
La Crosse	-	1	-	1	-	4	47	66	17	62	11	79	149	36	313	786
Lafayette	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	7	3	3	-	1	12	7	24	59
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	4	9	-	14	7	9	16	77
Lincoln	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	10	9	-	7	23	9	53	127
Manitowoc	-	-	-	-	-	4	19	11	23	45	13	38	23	31	111	318
Marathon	1	-	1	2	-	1	15	29	23	89	-	38	91	42	345	677
Marinette	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	8	14	-	25	10	15	84	173
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	6	7	3	-	10	5	12	51
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	2	3	-	8
Milwaukee	-	-	1	-	3	108	13	209	71	718	410	35	380	81	1,639	3,668
Monroe	-	-	-	-	1	10	7	16	6	9	9	17	26	11	66	178
Oconto	-	-	1	1	-	-	7	11	9	7	-	10	20	13	29	108
Oneida	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	4	25	-	23	7	11	85	173
Outagamie	-	-	1	-	-	20	3	69	54	88	45	2	166	102	272	822
Ozaukee	-	-	-	1	-	11	-	42	11	43	20	-	68	44	147	387
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	3	3	3	5	21
Pierce	-	1	-	-	-	-	7	11	7	13	-	14	21	11	49	134
Polk	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	16	4	10	-	12	28	21	59	158
Portage	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	19	14	38	11	25	29	21	91	259
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	2	1	-	2	13	4	8	42
Racine	-	-	1	-	1	10	4	115	47	141	27	7	200	48	322	923
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	2	6	-	16	15	6	28	88
Rock	1	-	1	-	1	24	38	54	20	111	36	67	90	31	370	844
Rusk	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	7	1	2	-	1	3	3	18	40
Sauk	-	1	-	-	-	7	26	36	13	26	17	44	56	16	124	366
Sawyer	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	5	-	7	10	6	13	51
Shawano	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	23	8	8	-	4	36	15	29	128
Sheboygan	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	41	27	60	10	-	87	63	182	478
St. Croix	-	-	-	1	-	7	7	40	13	37	21	18	60	34	172	410
Taylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	4	-	-	19	4	27	68
Trempealeau	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	11	9	7	1	19	17	12	23	107
Vernon	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	4	9	-	21	16	5	26	101
Vilas	-	1	-	-	-	-	11	9	3	11	-	16	12	5	29	97
Walworth	-	-	1	1	-	11	12	41	17	52	13	25	73	29	171	446
Washburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	3	-	23	3	5	21	69
Washington	-	-	1	-	-	16	7	59	31	54	26	21	111	42	270	638
Waukesha	-	-	1	1	1	32	37	96	119	212	103	54	217	232	651	1,756
Waupaca	-	-	1	1	-	-	10	7	5	9	-	10	24	8	78	153
Waushara	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	8	6	4	5	-	21	10	19	74
Winnebago	1	-	-	-	-	22	23	56	31	157	33	26	81	23	375	828
Wood	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	29	6	28	-	5	51	15	142	278
Total	5	6	23	15	17	427	716	1,759	1,022	3,162	1,054	1,418	3,206	1,777	9,585	24,192
Cnty = County Highway, IH = Interstate Highway.

Distracted Driving Crashes by Time of Day and Day

Time	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Total
12am	83	34	34	37	39	42	70	339
1am	91	32	28	25	41	39	64	320
2am	130	27	25	32	29	43	101	387
3am	75	20	19	15	22	15	65	231
4am	37	17	20	28	20	34	36	192
5am	44	43	51	61	40	50	36	325
6am	41	88	79	98	95	90	65	556
7am	54	249	242	292	243	233	74	1,387
8am	74	194	157	197	178	181	105	1,086
9am	97	150	125	133	150	156	128	939
10am	143	150	172	181	143	195	179	1,163
11am	166	211	192	216	196	239	233	1,453
12pm	200	210	224	235	235	287	238	1,629
1pm	196	229	202	230	191	276	236	1,560
2pm	194	248	260	270	248	322	212	1,754
3pm	190	311	357	370	387	431	246	2,292
4pm	159	330	360	393	412	425	207	2,286
5pm	130	340	370	349	344	418	173	2,124
6pm	140	152	192	191	208	259	159	1,301
7pm	129	103	109	115	123	121	127	827
8pm	72	83	94	87	100	120	88	644
9pm	74	59	54	61	76	103	78	505
10pm	71	44	62	43	71	101	95	487
11pm	33	43	44	50	40	83	78	371
Unk.	5	4	5	5	4	1	10	34

Distracted Driving Crashes by Month

Month	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes
January	5	467	1,392	1,864
February	4	488	1,272	1,764
March	3	498	1,283	1,784
April	4	569	1,264	1,837
May	4	682	1,511	2,197
June	8	700	1,568	2,276
July	9	676	1,475	2,160
August	9	635	1,423	2,067
September	6	667	1,552	2,225
October	7	621	1,514	2,142
November	4	537	1,387	1,928
December	3	546	1,399	1,948
Total	66	7,086	17,040	24,192

Distracted Driving Crashes by Road Conditions

Road Conditions	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Dry	59	6,032	13,969	20,060
Gravel	1	12	26	39
Ice	1	56	254	311
Mud/Dirt	-	2	9	11
Oil	-	1	1	2
Other	-	2	6	8
Sand	-	2	10	12
Slush	1	54	182	237
Snow	1	144	591	736
Unknown	-	9	61	70
Water (Standing/Moving)	-	-	4	4
Wet	5	916	2,399	3,320
Total	68	7,230	17,512	24,810
A crash may have one or more conditions.