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	-	-	12	4	4	3	5	3	2	-	-	33
Ashland	-	-	11	7	1	1	2	2	3	1	-	28
Barron	-	-	24	15	5	12	6	6	-	1	-	69
Bayfield	-	-	2	-	3	2	6	3	1	-	-	17
Brown	-	-	135	92	48	42	36	27	4	1	1	386
Buffalo	-	-	6	8	2	3	1	1	2	2	-	25
Burnett	-	-	7	3	6	2	1	-	1	-	-	20
Calumet	-	-	26	17	13	6	3	4	-	-	-	69
Chippewa	-	-	32	21	16	8	13	11	5	1	-	107
Clark	-	-	20	8	7	8	6	3	2	1	-	55
Columbia	-	-	33	36	18	10	14	8	1	-	-	120
Crawford	-	-	3	11	7	4	4	4	-	1	-	34
Dane	-	1	414	342	197	138	146	88	25	9	6	1,366
Dodge	-	-	64	34	16	17	15	4	6	5	-	161
Door	-	-	14	5	2	8	11	6	7	1	-	54
Douglas	-	-	23	16	8	7	3	3	1	-	-	61
Dunn	-	-	35	19	14	8	5	6	3	-	-	90
Eau Claire	-	-	121	54	40	20	22	14	3	-	-	274
Florence	-	-	1	2	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	8
Fond du Lac	-	-	88	45	34	33	26	22	9	-	-	257
Forest	-	-	3	2	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	10
Grant	-	-	38	14	10	14	11	5	3	-	-	95
Green	-	-	16	17	12	8	8	7	3	-	-	71
Green Lake	-	-	9	3	4	2	1	2	-	-	-	21
Iowa	-	-	9	15	11	4	4	3	1	1	-	48
Iron	-	-	3	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	7
Jackson	-	-	10	6	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	21
Jefferson	-	-	62	29	24	15	13	11	4	-	-	158
Juneau	-	-	23	12	7	6	6	1	2	2	-	59
Kenosha	-	-	170	120	78	56	49	21	10	2	-	506
Kewaunee	-	-	6	4	3	-	3	-	1	3	-	20
La Crosse	-	-	162	91	59	46	44	25	12	2	1	442
Lafayette	-	-	5	4	4	3	5	1	2	-	-	24
Langlade	-	1	6	2	1	3	5	1	1	-	-	20
Lincoln	-	-	11	7	6	2	14	5	4	1	-	50
Manitowoc	-	-	40	36	22	17	16	12	9	2	-	154
Marathon	-	-	77	63	35	34	30	17	8	5	-	269
Marinette	-	-	31	16	16	11	19	6	6	-	-	105
Marquette	-	-	5	11	7	2	1	1	4	-	-	31
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	2
Milwaukee	-	1	626	634	356	215	211	100	48	12	10	2,213
Monroe	-	-	21	10	13	7	3	6	5	-	-	65
Oconto	-	-	12	8	9	6	2	4	1	-	-	42
Oneida	-	-	12	16	8	9	6	6	3	1	-	61
Outagamie	-	-	135	94	60	40	30	19	5	1	-	384
Ozaukee	-	-	52	29	24	16	26	14	10	1	-	172
Pepin	-	-	3	3	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	10
Pierce	-	-	25	14	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	58
Polk	-	-	28	14	11	8	3	6	-	1	-	71
Portage	-	-	53	42	14	15	17	13	5	1	-	160
Price	-	-	3	1	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	8
Racine	-	-	151	115	64	46	39	27	13	2	-	457
Richland	-	-	9	6	3	2	6	4	2	1	-	33
Rock	-	1	162	118	71	47	38	18	10	5	6	476
Rusk	-	-	4	1	2	2	-	2	1	-	-	12
Sauk	-	-	60	43	21	17	11	12	6	-	-	170
Sawyer	-	-	10	2	2	3	4	2	2	-	-	25
Shawano	-	2	29	15	9	5	5	6	4	1	-	76
Sheboygan	-	-	83	46	31	34	29	11	10	-	-	244
St. Croix	-	-	61	38	30	25	22	7	4	1	-	188
Taylor	-	-	11	5	8	2	3	3	-	-	-	32
Trempealeau	-	-	20	14	3	7	6	5	2	-	-	57
Vernon	-	-	10	5	2	1	2	1	3	-	-	24
Vilas	-	-	10	9	4	6	4	10	4	3	-	50
Walworth	-	1	64	46	32	16	18	18	8	5	-	208
Washburn	-	-	9	3	1	3	3	1	-	-	-	20
Washington	-	-	112	68	40	39	36	12	11	1	-	319
Waukesha	-	-	286	185	140	100	96	65	29	11	-	912
Waupaca	-	-	18	5	12	8	10	1	3	1	-	58
Waushara	-	-	10	5	5	1	3	2	-	1	-	27
Winnebago	-	1	118	89	59	32	33	29	14	1	-	376
Wood	-	-	33	32	12	16	10	6	6	1	-	116
Total	-	8	3,997	2,907	1,798	1,293	1,241	750	360	93	24	12,471

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	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	2	2	-	8
15-24	-	-	9	15	138	164	117	108	-	1,509	1,937	-	3,997
25-34	1	-	23	19	111	135	95	86	-	1,039	1,398	-	2,907
35-44	-	-	7	8	51	66	53	58	-	613	942	-	1,798
45-54	-	-	6	10	37	56	35	28	-	459	662	-	1,293
55-64	-	-	3	5	31	52	40	32	-	399	679	-	1,241
65-74	-	-	6	3	30	26	23	17	-	265	380	-	750
75-84	1	1	-	4	13	14	18	10	-	141	158	-	360
85+	-	1	-	-	1	5	5	-	-	32	49	-	93
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	17	24
Total	2	2	54	65	412	519	386	341	1	4,460	6,212	17	12,471
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Distracted Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	10	2,163	5,103	7,276
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	4	806	1,836	2,646
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	3	420	1,045	1,468
Passenger Van	1	190	368	559
Straight Truck	3	32	97	132
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	1	25	97	123
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	1	30	61	92
Motorcycle	2	42	12	56
School Bus	-	4	24	28
Passenger Bus/Transit Bus	-	4	15	19
Snow Plow	-	5	12	17
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	1	9	10
Low Speed Vehicle	-	1	5	6
POLICE ON EMERGENCY	-	1	4	5
Moped	-	4	-	4
Motor Coach	-	-	4	4
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	-	4	4
Motor Home	-	1	2	3
Other Working Machine	-	-	3	3
Snowmobile	-	2	1	3
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	1	1	2
Fire Fighter On Emergency	-	1	1	2
Pupil Transportation School Bus	-	1	1	2
Truck Tractor (More Than One Trailer)	-	-	2	2
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	-	1	1
Golf Cart	-	-	1	1
Mini Bike/Dirt Bike	-	1	-	1
Miscellaneous	-	-	1	1
Other Bus	-	1	-	1
Total	25	3,736	8,710	12,471

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	-	14	18	32	-	23
Ashland	-	9	19	28	-	14
Barron	-	22	45	67	-	28
Bayfield	-	5	12	17	-	6
Brown	-	124	261	385	-	170
Buffalo	-	10	15	25	-	17
Burnett	1	8	11	20	1	14
Calumet	-	23	46	69	-	33
Chippewa	-	28	79	107	-	40
Clark	-	12	43	55	-	17
Columbia	1	33	85	119	1	47
Crawford	-	7	27	34	-	9
Dane	-	368	993	1,361	-	516
Dodge	1	55	105	161	1	88
Door	-	15	36	51	-	25
Douglas	-	14	47	61	-	19
Dunn	-	32	54	86	-	52
Eau Claire	-	65	207	272	-	88
Florence	-	2	6	8	-	2
Fond du Lac	-	91	164	255	-	131
Forest	-	3	7	10	-	4
Grant	1	34	59	94	1	53
Green	-	25	45	70	-	43
Green Lake	-	7	14	21	-	10
Iowa	-	14	34	48	-	22
Iron	-	1	6	7	-	1
Jackson	-	5	16	21	-	7
Jefferson	-	33	125	158	-	47
Juneau	2	18	38	58	2	30
Kenosha	-	154	350	504	-	207
Kewaunee	-	7	13	20	-	9
La Crosse	-	108	331	439	-	164
Lafayette	-	7	17	24	-	9
Langlade	-	8	12	20	-	12
Lincoln	-	17	33	50	-	30
Manitowoc	1	45	107	153	1	66
Marathon	1	85	182	268	1	121
Marinette	-	26	79	105	-	44
Marquette	-	10	21	31	-	13
Menominee	-	1	1	2	-	1
Milwaukee	4	710	1,465	2,179	5	1,004
Monroe	-	21	44	65	-	36
Oconto	1	8	32	41	1	13
Oneida	-	21	39	60	-	31
Outagamie	1	105	276	382	1	149
Ozaukee	-	47	124	171	-	65
Pepin	-	3	7	10	-	5
Pierce	-	14	44	58	-	22
Polk	-	25	45	70	-	33
Portage	1	48	110	159	1	62
Price	-	4	4	8	-	11
Racine	-	140	313	453	-	207
Richland	-	11	22	33	-	15
Rock	4	159	310	473	4	225
Rusk	-	3	9	12	-	4
Sauk	-	46	124	170	-	62
Sawyer	-	4	21	25	-	5
Shawano	-	24	52	76	-	31
Sheboygan	2	46	196	244	2	63
St. Croix	-	45	142	187	-	58
Taylor	-	13	17	30	-	17
Trempealeau	-	20	37	57	-	25
Vernon	-	9	15	24	-	19
Vilas	-	12	37	49	-	15
Walworth	-	69	138	207	-	90
Washburn	-	7	12	19	-	9
Washington	-	80	238	318	-	126
Waukesha	2	285	621	908	2	398
Waupaca	-	11	47	58	-	12
Waushara	-	10	17	27	-	21
Winnebago	1	115	256	372	1	159
Wood	1	38	77	116	1	49
Total	25	3,698	8,654	12,377	26	5,273

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	1	-	-	8	6	4	32
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	5	-	3	3	2	11	28
Barron	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	8	-	14	3	6	22	67
Bayfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	3	2	2	5	17
Brown	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	33	28	47	16	13	57	72	103	385
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	1	-	-	8	2	5	25
Burnett	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	1	3	-	-	6	1	4	20
Calumet	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	7	7	-	3	11	11	21	69
Chippewa	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	17	4	5	-	3	19	15	42	107
Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	-	2	13	4	24	55
Columbia	-	1	-	-	-	5	5	13	5	5	13	15	20	10	27	119
Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	2	-	7	9	1	10	34
Dane	-	-	-	-	-	15	103	23	60	167	38	231	67	152	505	1,361
Dodge	-	-	-	1	-	3	3	17	19	13	3	7	28	18	49	161
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	4	-	-	11	7	18	51
Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	1	6	1	16	9	2	19	61
Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	7	7	5	14	9	17	5	9	86
Eau Claire	-	-	-	-	-	2	14	5	3	41	8	33	13	16	137	272
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	2	1	1	8
Fond du Lac	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	18	18	38	12	23	16	21	92	255
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	3	-	3	10
Grant	-	-	1	-	-	-	16	7	2	9	-	15	15	6	23	94
Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	8	-	-	17	1	27	70
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	7	5	2	21
Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	4	5	-	11	5	6	12	48
Iron	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	2	7
Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	1	4	2	6	1	3	21
Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	5	15	10	15	19	16	65	158
Juneau	1	1	-	-	-	4	4	6	2	2	11	3	11	6	7	58
Kenosha	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	68	32	46	15	-	122	45	168	504
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-	-	3	2	8	20
La Crosse	-	-	-	-	-	3	19	50	7	29	6	55	86	24	160	439
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	1	-	-	9	1	7	24
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	2	-	1	1	3	7	20
Lincoln	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	7	-	6	6	2	19	50
Manitowoc	-	-	-	1	-	4	13	7	5	16	6	22	19	10	50	153
Marathon	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	29	15	36	4	12	46	15	105	268
Marinette	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	3	5	8	-	24	1	16	38	105
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	2	1	-	12	2	6	31
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
Milwaukee	-	-	1	1	2	74	9	141	53	433	256	11	233	75	890	2,179
Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	2	4	8	3	14	3	16	65
Oconto	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	1	3	-	9	5	11	7	41
Oneida	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	7	-	5	8	4	22	60
Outagamie	-	-	-	1	-	14	-	40	20	31	26	2	68	46	134	382
Ozaukee	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	16	9	16	12	-	36	23	53	171
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	4	3	-	-	10
Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	-	6	9	2	27	58
Polk	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	9	4	1	3	15	8	18	70
Portage	-	-	-	1	-	9	8	11	7	13	10	9	28	20	43	159
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	8
Racine	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	54	14	60	15	3	101	34	160	453
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	1	1	-	9	3	-	10	33
Rock	-	1	1	1	1	9	28	32	17	73	27	62	48	22	151	473
Rusk	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	4	-	3	2	12
Sauk	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	9	4	17	18	25	23	16	42	170
Sawyer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	6	6	7	25
Shawano	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	14	2	7	-	2	17	10	23	76
Sheboygan	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	23	6	14	10	-	44	35	107	244
St. Croix	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	4	19	14	21	27	15	65	187
Taylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	4	-	-	9	3	5	30
Trempealeau	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	4	5	3	2	5	11	7	12	57
Vernon	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	1	-	5	6	2	2	24
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	2	3	-	8	7	1	21	49
Walworth	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	17	11	27	6	9	33	16	74	207
Washburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	1	-	2	3	2	5	19
Washington	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	28	15	28	16	11	73	21	117	318
Waukesha	-	-	2	-	-	19	14	57	87	108	64	25	114	133	285	908
Waupaca	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	3	-	9	15	2	21	58
Waushara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	1	-	8	4	4	27
Winnebago	-	-	-	-	1	6	11	26	12	60	17	9	61	9	160	372
Wood	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	12	6	18	-	3	25	3	46	116
Total	3	3	7	7	5	239	412	945	577	1,525	665	821	1,766	1,052	4,350	12,377
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	32	14	19	14	17	22	33	151
1am	41	18	11	13	15	13	33	144
2am	59	15	11	11	14	15	42	167
3am	24	9	11	8	4	10	34	100
4am	16	11	13	14	11	11	20	96
5am	17	33	22	20	22	30	19	163
6am	19	62	53	51	41	40	28	294
7am	36	150	153	133	134	119	34	759
8am	28	92	102	90	105	99	51	567
9am	36	59	68	86	58	69	59	435
10am	64	77	70	85	89	87	101	573
11am	90	99	89	88	102	119	123	710
12pm	97	139	121	105	110	155	114	841
1pm	104	113	113	112	122	139	118	821
2pm	98	131	137	137	139	159	113	914
3pm	108	203	175	186	215	245	114	1,246
4pm	92	196	185	201	209	217	90	1,190
5pm	68	173	177	161	183	183	98	1,043
6pm	63	75	90	94	93	109	80	604
7pm	57	54	61	65	53	68	56	414
8pm	49	51	48	44	63	66	48	369
9pm	40	37	38	47	44	65	47	318
10pm	33	31	31	34	37	47	48	261
11pm	16	17	15	19	21	41	34	163
Unk.	9	3	5	3	5	3	6	34

Distracted Driving Crashes by Month

Month	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes
January	-	348	821	1,169
February	1	187	676	864
March	-	286	709	995
April	3	291	611	905
May	5	356	734	1,095
June	3	334	746	1,083
July	4	366	791	1,161
August	4	346	743	1,093
September	4	373	783	1,160
October	-	311	759	1,070
November	1	240	619	860
December	-	260	662	922
Total	25	3,698	8,654	12,377

Distracted Driving Crashes by Road Conditions

Road Conditions	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Dry	22	3,039	6,851	9,912
Gravel	-	3	13	16
Ice	-	77	224	301
Mud/Dirt	-	1	2	3
Other	-	-	4	4
Sand	-	3	4	7
Slush	-	71	201	272
Snow	-	135	515	650
Unknown	-	6	22	28
Water (Standing/Moving)	-	-	2	2
Wet	3	533	1,310	1,846
Total	25	3,868	9,148	13,041
A crash may have one or more conditions.