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	-	-	9	8	2	1	4	1	-	-	-	25
Ashland	-	-	8	8	11	2	2	2	2	-	-	35
Barron	-	-	16	11	13	5	8	5	1	2	-	61
Bayfield	-	-	7	5	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	16
Brown	-	1	133	94	47	27	26	17	7	1	-	353
Buffalo	-	-	11	4	1	2	4	3	3	-	-	28
Burnett	-	-	3	4	3	2	1	3	-	1	-	17
Calumet	-	-	24	11	9	6	3	4	-	-	-	57
Chippewa	-	-	32	21	19	10	10	6	5	1	-	104
Clark	-	-	15	4	12	4	4	5	1	1	-	46
Columbia	-	-	40	26	25	17	16	4	-	-	-	128
Crawford	-	-	10	5	3	4	3	2	-	-	-	27
Dane	-	-	288	214	124	67	84	40	21	3	5	846
Dodge	-	-	39	40	18	10	15	9	1	2	-	134
Door	-	-	17	9	6	4	1	4	2	-	-	43
Douglas	-	-	21	17	8	6	9	6	2	-	-	69
Dunn	-	-	30	21	12	2	1	4	1	1	-	72
Eau Claire	-	-	96	48	39	24	16	21	5	1	2	252
Florence	-	-	3	2	3	-	2	1	-	-	1	12
Fond du Lac	-	-	101	57	39	27	26	11	4	8	1	274
Forest	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	11
Grant	-	-	36	20	13	11	8	8	-	1	-	97
Green	-	-	19	10	5	1	10	6	4	1	-	56
Green Lake	-	-	10	3	3	-	5	6	1	-	-	28
Iowa	-	-	14	15	11	7	6	3	1	-	-	57
Iron	-	-	2	2	-	2	-	3	1	-	-	10
Jackson	-	-	12	5	7	2	3	3	-	-	-	32
Jefferson	-	-	53	30	27	14	14	6	6	2	-	152
Juneau	-	-	15	6	8	10	9	6	2	-	-	56
Kenosha	-	-	148	97	61	39	32	19	6	1	-	403
Kewaunee	-	-	11	5	7	4	3	-	1	1	-	32
La Crosse	-	-	142	62	43	32	32	29	3	2	-	345
Lafayette	-	-	10	3	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	20
Langlade	-	-	10	6	7	5	2	3	-	-	-	33
Lincoln	-	-	16	15	3	3	7	4	3	1	-	52
Manitowoc	-	-	33	28	16	13	18	6	1	2	-	117
Marathon	-	-	94	67	38	25	17	13	11	2	-	267
Marinette	-	-	20	19	14	7	13	2	3	-	-	78
Marquette	-	-	5	5	5	2	2	1	-	1	-	21
Menominee	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
Milwaukee	-	3	463	349	253	128	115	54	24	5	5	1,399
Monroe	-	-	30	12	10	14	11	5	3	-	-	85
Oconto	-	-	17	12	7	10	5	2	2	-	-	55
Oneida	-	-	15	19	6	3	16	10	4	-	-	73
Outagamie	-	-	123	84	58	21	25	26	7	-	-	344
Ozaukee	-	-	55	33	23	21	12	14	5	1	-	164
Pepin	-	-	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	7
Pierce	-	-	18	5	8	4	6	1	1	-	-	43
Polk	-	-	19	15	10	4	5	3	2	1	1	60
Portage	-	-	68	28	23	16	7	7	2	-	-	151
Price	-	-	6	1	3	2	2	2	-	-	-	16
Racine	-	-	138	89	51	46	26	19	9	3	-	381
Richland	-	-	8	6	7	3	1	2	2	-	-	29
Rock	-	3	123	83	47	43	36	19	8	1	-	363
Rusk	-	-	6	3	2	1	-	2	1	-	-	15
Sauk	-	-	56	42	28	19	13	12	2	1	-	173
Sawyer	-	-	6	4	2	3	3	1	2	-	1	22
Shawano	-	-	23	19	14	9	8	8	2	-	-	83
Sheboygan	-	-	70	57	29	29	17	16	1	2	-	221
St. Croix	-	-	70	38	28	25	11	11	6	2	-	191
Taylor	-	-	18	9	1	3	2	3	1	1	-	38
Trempealeau	-	-	20	21	5	6	3	4	3	-	-	62
Vernon	-	-	7	9	4	-	3	1	1	1	1	27
Vilas	-	-	10	5	5	5	2	8	-	-	-	35
Walworth	-	-	53	51	34	21	13	11	4	2	-	189
Washburn	-	-	13	8	4	3	3	2	1	1	-	35
Washington	-	-	100	44	33	29	20	16	7	-	-	249
Waukesha	-	-	246	163	128	78	74	42	23	3	-	757
Waupaca	-	-	24	19	7	4	8	10	3	4	-	79
Waushara	-	-	13	6	4	3	6	3	2	2	-	39
Winnebago	-	-	92	67	53	36	36	14	5	1	-	304
Wood	-	-	48	27	16	14	16	10	3	2	-	136
Total	-	7	3,517	2,342	1,575	1,004	923	607	234	68	17	10,294

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	U	F	M	F	M	U
0-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5-14	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	-	7
15-24	-	1	13	17	134	165	-	112	87	1,265	1,723	-	3,517
25-34	-	3	16	27	116	135	-	95	63	764	1,123	-	2,342
35-44	-	1	9	14	58	72	-	52	55	510	804	-	1,575
45-54	-	-	8	8	32	38	-	20	30	329	539	-	1,004
55-64	1	2	3	11	30	47	-	21	30	296	482	-	923
65-74	1	-	4	6	22	29	-	18	18	211	298	-	607
75-84	-	-	-	2	15	9	-	7	3	85	113	-	234
85+	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	3	-	27	32	-	68
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	10	6	17
Total	2	7	53	86	409	499	1	328	286	3,489	5,128	6	10,294
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Distracted Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	9	1,672	3,904	5,585
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	10	793	1,723	2,526
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	8	400	945	1,353
Passenger Van	2	133	316	451
Straight Truck	1	18	75	94
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	-	26	61	87
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	1	31	54	86
Motorcycle	4	44	7	55
School Bus	1	4	9	14
Passenger Bus/Transit Bus	-	4	8	12
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	1	4	5
Snow Plow	-	1	4	5
Motor Home	-	2	2	4
POLICE ON EMERGENCY	-	-	3	3
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	1	2	3
Moped	-	2	-	2
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	1	-	1
Ambulance On Emergency	-	-	1	1
Autocycle	-	1	-	1
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	1	-	1
Fire Truck On Emergency	-	-	1	1
Other Bus	-	-	1	1
Other Working Machine	-	-	1	1
Pupil Transportation School Bus	-	-	1	1
Truck Tractor (More Than One Trailer)	-	-	1	1
Total	36	3,135	7,123	10,294

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	-	8	17	25	-	16
Ashland	-	9	26	35	-	16
Barron	-	16	45	61	-	24
Bayfield	-	4	12	16	-	5
Brown	-	118	233	351	-	166
Buffalo	-	8	20	28	-	11
Burnett	1	5	11	17	1	7
Calumet	-	14	43	57	-	21
Chippewa	1	24	79	104	1	37
Clark	-	11	35	46	-	11
Columbia	-	39	89	128	-	52
Crawford	1	8	18	27	1	14
Dane	6	227	608	841	6	308
Dodge	2	46	85	133	3	74
Door	-	18	25	43	-	25
Douglas	-	15	54	69	-	17
Dunn	-	30	42	72	-	33
Eau Claire	-	65	184	249	-	85
Florence	-	3	9	12	-	5
Fond du Lac	2	73	196	271	2	97
Forest	-	2	9	11	-	2
Grant	1	34	62	97	1	45
Green	-	20	36	56	-	37
Green Lake	-	10	18	28	-	14
Iowa	-	19	38	57	-	24
Iron	-	2	8	10	-	2
Jackson	-	12	20	32	-	16
Jefferson	1	50	101	152	1	69
Juneau	-	22	34	56	-	30
Kenosha	-	138	255	393	-	198
Kewaunee	-	10	21	31	-	12
La Crosse	-	94	251	345	-	130
Lafayette	-	7	13	20	-	9
Langlade	2	6	24	32	2	12
Lincoln	1	13	38	52	1	19
Manitowoc	1	44	72	117	1	64
Marathon	1	71	193	265	2	101
Marinette	-	28	50	78	-	49
Marquette	-	6	13	19	-	8
Menominee	-	-	3	3	-	-
Milwaukee	1	426	955	1,382	1	601
Monroe	1	23	61	85	1	29
Oconto	-	21	34	55	-	30
Oneida	-	18	55	73	-	22
Outagamie	1	116	227	344	1	179
Ozaukee	-	47	116	163	-	61
Pepin	-	3	4	7	-	4
Pierce	-	12	31	43	-	14
Polk	-	20	40	60	-	26
Portage	1	42	106	149	1	65
Price	-	5	11	16	-	5
Racine	1	127	247	375	1	188
Richland	-	7	22	29	-	12
Rock	1	116	238	355	1	148
Rusk	-	2	13	15	-	3
Sauk	2	46	122	170	3	85
Sawyer	-	5	16	21	-	7
Shawano	-	33	49	82	-	51
Sheboygan	1	64	156	221	1	86
St. Croix	1	53	136	190	1	79
Taylor	1	14	23	38	1	29
Trempealeau	-	25	37	62	-	49
Vernon	1	9	17	27	2	13
Vilas	-	12	23	35	-	19
Walworth	-	50	138	188	-	62
Washburn	-	11	24	35	-	13
Washington	-	59	188	247	-	80
Waukesha	-	208	547	755	-	273
Waupaca	-	21	58	79	-	29
Waushara	-	18	21	39	-	21
Winnebago	2	109	193	304	2	152
Wood	2	52	82	136	2	72
Total	36	3,103	7,080	10,219	40	4,372

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	1	-	-	4	2	11	25
Ashland	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	1	-	6	6	2	12	35
Barron	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	3	7	-	14	1	12	18	61
Bayfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	7	1	1	3	16
Brown	-	-	-	-	-	13	4	24	30	47	17	6	44	62	104	351
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	1	-	4	7	4	5	28
Burnett	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	5	3	3	17
Calumet	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	1	5	-	7	11	6	19	57
Chippewa	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	5	10	-	2	24	17	36	104
Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	2	-	3	13	7	12	46
Columbia	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	16	7	9	17	11	22	8	31	128
Crawford	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	-	4	6	2	6	27
Dane	-	4	-	2	-	6	65	14	37	105	22	129	46	96	315	841
Dodge	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	10	18	15	2	4	24	17	38	133
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	4	-	-	9	6	10	43
Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-	7	1	14	9	2	28	69
Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	10	5	7	4	10	16	2	10	72
Eau Claire	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	5	6	37	5	37	23	13	106	249
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	2	1	2	4	12
Fond du Lac	-	1	1	-	-	2	10	13	10	38	8	21	22	36	109	271
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	3	2	1	3	11
Grant	-	-	1	-	-	-	14	6	4	10	-	15	13	6	28	97
Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	6	-	-	9	9	18	56
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	2	-	-	8	4	6	28
Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	6	3	-	8	11	5	14	57
Iron	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	4	10
Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	1	1	9	-	4	3	4	32
Jefferson	-	-	1	-	-	4	11	11	9	15	6	16	16	13	50	152
Juneau	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	9	4	5	10	1	9	4	10	56
Kenosha	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	53	34	44	9	1	94	35	116	393
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	3	-	-	6	5	10	31
La Crosse	-	-	-	-	-	4	18	35	8	29	4	51	73	17	106	345
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	6	1	6	20
Langlade	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	1	3	-	6	4	4	10	32
Lincoln	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	4	3	4	-	6	10	4	18	52
Manitowoc	1	-	-	-	-	1	13	6	10	14	4	8	14	12	34	117
Marathon	-	1	-	-	-	3	3	22	15	28	4	11	47	21	110	265
Marinette	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	2	7	6	-	17	3	6	24	78
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	2	-	5	2	4	19
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
Milwaukee	-	-	-	-	1	53	10	84	27	252	151	13	155	59	577	1,382
Monroe	-	-	1	-	-	3	1	13	2	4	7	4	20	6	24	85
Oconto	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	4	-	6	11	4	13	55
Oneida	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	1	8	-	11	7	5	32	73
Outagamie	-	-	-	1	-	11	-	36	32	37	14	2	71	41	99	344
Ozaukee	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	17	8	13	11	-	31	17	57	163
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	7
Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	4	-	2	9	3	17	43
Polk	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	9	-	2	10	12	16	60
Portage	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	5	11	20	8	7	27	21	43	149
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	-	2	4	3	2	16
Racine	-	-	1	-	-	6	2	50	12	57	9	1	67	22	148	375
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	2	6	1	13	29
Rock	-	-	1	-	-	7	23	20	10	56	11	37	28	25	137	355
Rusk	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	3	3	2	5	15
Sauk	-	-	2	-	-	4	6	10	8	18	11	24	26	11	50	170
Sawyer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	2	3	3	8	21
Shawano	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	6	9	-	1	15	13	20	82
Sheboygan	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	24	15	22	9	-	43	29	75	221
St. Croix	1	-	-	-	-	5	2	14	13	19	14	9	24	15	74	190
Taylor	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	8	3	-	-	9	4	10	38
Trempealeau	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	3	3	-	11	10	5	11	62
Vernon	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	-	7	5	1	4	27
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	3	4	-	3	7	2	11	35
Walworth	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	20	9	11	7	10	42	18	61	188
Washburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	3	-	6	1	6	11	35
Washington	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	21	12	16	17	8	49	15	99	247
Waukesha	-	-	-	-	-	19	13	32	72	72	40	12	110	136	249	755
Waupaca	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	3	-	11	19	10	18	79
Waushara	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	9	4	2	-	6	4	9	39
Winnebago	-	-	-	-	2	7	7	38	5	52	19	17	53	14	90	304
Wood	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	22	8	20	-	2	30	10	40	136
Total	2	6	14	8	6	199	339	796	560	1,209	454	641	1,535	970	3,480	10,219
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	41	13	15	17	13	21	39	159
1am	23	12	12	17	24	24	29	141
2am	48	13	11	15	16	27	41	171
3am	27	6	13	10	17	7	27	107
4am	14	9	11	16	8	11	19	88
5am	17	30	23	21	15	20	21	147
6am	21	40	43	44	38	34	31	251
7am	28	74	81	103	94	84	25	489
8am	28	66	74	69	73	58	31	399
9am	42	48	70	61	83	63	56	423
10am	45	59	57	70	71	66	81	449
11am	64	93	78	87	82	103	95	602
12pm	72	102	97	106	103	124	103	707
1pm	77	80	116	87	78	114	101	653
2pm	86	119	104	126	118	124	98	775
3pm	65	165	149	149	159	200	105	992
4pm	68	131	175	147	158	169	94	942
5pm	71	130	118	137	133	138	77	804
6pm	58	60	71	81	81	84	58	493
7pm	43	58	45	45	40	52	63	346
8pm	39	31	40	37	38	51	58	294
9pm	45	34	26	38	40	60	36	279
10pm	41	29	23	26	33	48	54	254
11pm	21	19	22	28	26	39	41	196
Unk.	12	8	7	4	5	7	15	58

Distracted Driving Crashes by Month

Month	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes
January	2	193	443	638
February	2	158	399	559
March	2	208	467	677
April	4	230	566	800
May	3	281	665	949
June	6	336	648	990
July	2	319	720	1,041
August	1	321	632	954
September	5	311	698	1,014
October	5	290	687	982
November	2	243	611	856
December	2	213	544	759
Total	36	3,103	7,080	10,219

Distracted Driving Crashes by Road Conditions

Road Conditions	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Dry	32	2,693	6,117	8,842
Gravel	-	2	11	13
Ice	1	36	112	149
Mud/Dirt	-	1	4	5
Other	-	-	5	5
Sand	-	2	7	9
Slush	-	26	74	100
Snow	-	69	198	267
Unknown	-	5	18	23
Water (Standing/Moving)	-	2	-	2
Wet	4	350	730	1,084
Total	37	3,186	7,276	10,499
A crash may have one or more conditions.