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	-	-	17	14	11	5	11	4	3	1	-	66
Ashland	-	-	12	15	8	9	7	8	1	1	-	61
Barron	-	-	44	36	11	10	16	16	9	5	-	147
Bayfield	-	-	7	9	9	7	7	3	3	-	-	45
Brown	-	1	242	171	90	83	67	52	27	8	2	743
Buffalo	-	-	6	11	4	9	3	2	-	1	-	36
Burnett	-	-	9	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	-	25
Calumet	-	-	43	29	11	17	11	6	9	2	-	128
Chippewa	-	-	58	33	33	30	31	19	10	4	2	220
Clark	-	-	30	12	10	16	15	7	4	1	-	95
Columbia	-	-	51	35	24	28	22	17	6	1	1	185
Crawford	-	-	18	10	6	9	6	8	3	-	-	60
Dane	-	4	607	562	294	242	242	142	77	27	21	2,218
Dodge	-	-	96	50	52	42	34	14	10	5	-	303
Door	-	-	20	19	3	9	17	13	6	5	-	92
Douglas	-	-	35	23	17	10	7	16	8	2	2	120
Dunn	-	-	59	21	23	16	18	11	5	4	-	157
Eau Claire	-	-	173	108	67	49	46	41	19	6	1	510
Florence	-	-	4	1	4	7	6	-	2	1	-	25
Fond du Lac	-	-	130	82	57	67	76	42	21	5	2	482
Forest	-	-	4	3	-	2	4	4	1	1	-	19
Grant	-	-	58	29	22	12	21	15	5	5	-	167
Green	-	-	31	23	15	7	16	3	8	2	-	105
Green Lake	-	-	17	10	8	7	4	4	3	-	-	53
Iowa	-	-	19	19	7	10	11	4	5	1	1	77
Iron	-	-	2	4	1	1	2	2	1	1	-	14
Jackson	-	-	16	13	10	14	17	8	1	1	-	80
Jefferson	-	-	89	63	44	23	34	20	17	6	-	296
Juneau	-	-	25	25	10	13	6	9	3	1	-	92
Kenosha	-	-	245	199	111	107	90	56	30	6	5	849
Kewaunee	-	-	19	7	2	3	6	6	10	1	1	55
La Crosse	-	-	273	166	97	72	99	79	34	17	4	841
Lafayette	-	-	12	12	12	10	6	4	1	1	-	58
Langlade	-	-	17	8	8	7	13	10	5	1	-	69
Lincoln	-	-	40	21	13	7	18	15	2	3	-	119
Manitowoc	-	-	90	55	38	36	32	24	18	8	1	302
Marathon	-	1	176	132	76	68	68	41	26	11	2	601
Marinette	-	1	34	22	27	16	19	10	4	4	-	137
Marquette	-	-	10	9	4	3	3	2	1	3	-	35
Menominee	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	4
Milwaukee	-	4	1,037	981	552	421	374	218	74	31	52	3,744
Monroe	-	-	58	34	33	14	14	15	12	2	-	182
Oconto	-	-	21	8	2	4	7	6	7	2	-	57
Oneida	-	-	33	21	15	21	14	18	14	-	-	136
Outagamie	-	1	270	172	128	91	93	48	27	14	1	845
Ozaukee	-	-	109	52	45	34	35	24	21	3	-	323
Pepin	-	-	6	4	4	1	1	2	1	-	-	19
Pierce	-	-	39	26	14	9	13	5	4	-	3	113
Polk	-	-	42	22	16	17	14	14	6	2	-	133
Portage	-	-	71	44	34	25	24	22	9	5	-	234
Price	-	-	16	6	5	7	5	3	4	-	-	46
Racine	-	1	260	202	121	96	115	64	28	11	1	899
Richland	-	-	25	11	6	10	9	10	8	4	-	83
Rock	-	1	286	184	116	88	106	68	29	12	8	898
Rusk	-	-	10	4	6	3	3	3	3	2	-	34
Sauk	-	-	90	65	49	39	36	36	11	6	1	333
Sawyer	-	-	15	9	4	3	7	8	1	3	-	50
Shawano	-	-	26	30	25	14	8	7	6	3	-	119
Sheboygan	-	-	157	79	61	51	54	44	21	10	2	479
St. Croix	-	-	144	66	49	42	44	29	18	3	-	395
Taylor	-	-	18	11	7	6	4	5	2	4	-	57
Trempealeau	-	-	41	23	9	4	13	10	5	1	-	106
Vernon	-	-	24	18	10	9	13	6	9	1	-	90
Vilas	-	-	13	8	4	14	14	6	4	3	-	66
Walworth	-	1	132	64	42	47	25	38	15	9	1	374
Washburn	-	-	16	8	8	9	7	8	4	2	-	62
Washington	-	-	198	118	84	80	94	64	28	10	2	678
Waukesha	-	1	490	312	238	215	206	147	73	23	2	1,707
Waupaca	-	-	41	30	21	16	19	12	9	5	-	153
Waushara	-	-	15	11	7	5	3	9	5	1	-	56
Winnebago	-	-	253	143	109	85	106	59	30	13	-	798
Wood	-	-	78	64	34	38	34	29	11	9	-	297
Total	-	16	6,872	4,898	3,100	2,604	2,626	1,775	900	348	118	23,257

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	F	M	U
0-4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5-14	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	13	-	16
15-24	1	4	21	48	238	297	206	199	2,508	3,348	2	6,872
25-34	1	-	15	33	149	187	161	132	1,804	2,416	-	4,898
35-44	2	-	15	21	77	126	87	82	1,131	1,559	-	3,100
45-54	1	2	10	19	68	90	74	81	882	1,377	-	2,604
55-64	-	2	6	18	73	80	65	51	962	1,369	-	2,626
65-74	-	1	5	6	52	60	51	40	696	864	-	1,775
75-84	1	3	4	3	32	36	40	19	360	402	-	900
85+	-	1	4	2	8	9	13	5	127	179	-	348
Unknown	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	10	104	118
Total	6	13	81	150	698	887	697	610	8,472	11,537	106	23,257
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Distracted Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	30	3,915	9,597	13,542
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	11	1,389	3,312	4,712
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	7	795	2,103	2,905
Passenger Van	2	295	673	970
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	1	62	260	323
Straight Truck	-	68	247	315
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	-	45	113	158
Motorcycle	5	87	17	109
School Bus	-	14	36	50
Snow Plow	-	7	30	37
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	3	17	20
POLICE ON EMERGENCY	-	4	14	18
Passenger Bus/Transit Bus	-	5	9	14
Other Working Machine	-	3	8	11
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	-	5	5	10
Motor Home	-	1	7	8
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	2	5	7
Moped	-	7	-	7
Pupil Transportation School Bus	-	3	4	7
Motor Coach	-	1	5	6
Ambulance On Emergency	-	-	5	5
Low Speed Vehicle	-	2	3	5
Truck Tractor (More Than One Trailer)	-	-	4	4
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	-	4	4
Fire Truck On Emergency	-	1	2	3
Snowmobile	-	1	2	3
Horse and Buggy	-	-	1	1
Mini Bike/Dirt Bike	-	1	-	1
Miscellaneous	-	1	-	1
Other Bus	-	-	1	1
Total	56	6,717	16,484	23,257

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	1	19	46	66	1	24
Ashland	1	14	46	61	1	16
Barron	1	46	98	145	1	65
Bayfield	-	16	29	45	-	21
Brown	1	242	493	736	1	330
Buffalo	-	8	27	35	-	11
Burnett	1	5	19	25	1	7
Calumet	2	33	92	127	2	51
Chippewa	3	57	155	215	6	73
Clark	1	28	65	94	1	41
Columbia	-	63	119	182	-	85
Crawford	-	17	42	59	-	29
Dane	1	621	1,563	2,185	1	821
Dodge	-	80	220	300	-	113
Door	3	28	61	92	3	43
Douglas	1	33	83	117	1	51
Dunn	1	46	107	154	1	64
Eau Claire	-	108	390	498	-	148
Florence	1	5	19	25	1	6
Fond du Lac	-	140	334	474	-	196
Forest	1	8	10	19	1	15
Grant	-	42	123	165	-	58
Green	-	37	66	103	-	60
Green Lake	-	18	35	53	-	19
Iowa	1	18	55	74	1	23
Iron	-	3	11	14	-	3
Jackson	1	30	48	79	1	47
Jefferson	-	76	219	295	-	96
Juneau	-	24	66	90	-	36
Kenosha	-	288	551	839	-	410
Kewaunee	-	17	37	54	-	27
La Crosse	1	222	601	824	1	281
Lafayette	-	17	40	57	-	22
Langlade	-	27	42	69	-	35
Lincoln	1	30	87	118	1	48
Manitowoc	3	93	203	299	3	150
Marathon	-	154	439	593	-	225
Marinette	3	29	103	135	3	47
Marquette	-	17	18	35	-	18
Menominee	-	-	4	4	-	-
Milwaukee	4	1,092	2,591	3,687	4	1,571
Monroe	-	42	137	179	-	55
Oconto	1	19	37	57	1	29
Oneida	1	39	92	132	1	63
Outagamie	1	261	569	831	1	365
Ozaukee	-	98	219	317	-	134
Pepin	-	1	18	19	-	1
Pierce	-	29	79	108	-	40
Polk	1	43	89	133	1	67
Portage	-	63	167	230	-	81
Price	1	18	26	45	1	26
Racine	2	266	615	883	3	364
Richland	-	15	66	81	-	21
Rock	3	254	631	888	3	331
Rusk	1	10	23	34	1	11
Sauk	1	91	234	326	2	142
Sawyer	-	17	33	50	-	24
Shawano	-	33	85	118	-	42
Sheboygan	-	131	335	466	-	193
St. Croix	1	88	301	390	1	117
Taylor	-	19	38	57	-	32
Trempealeau	-	31	74	105	-	45
Vernon	-	18	67	85	-	22
Vilas	-	17	48	65	-	21
Walworth	1	126	243	370	1	176
Washburn	-	22	39	61	-	32
Washington	-	176	499	675	-	232
Waukesha	4	458	1,226	1,688	4	610
Waupaca	2	41	108	151	2	58
Waushara	1	18	37	56	1	25
Winnebago	1	248	537	786	1	347
Wood	-	71	218	289	-	102
Total	55	6,614	16,247	22,916	60	9,194

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	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	14	5	-	-	-	19	5	22	66
Ashland	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	2	2	5	-	14	11	1	20	61
Barron	-	-	-	-	1	-	12	6	10	18	-	12	8	12	66	145
Bayfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	4	2	-	4	8	4	13	45
Brown	-	-	-	-	1	27	13	47	54	101	38	18	102	119	216	736
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	2	13	5	7	35
Burnett	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	11	3	5	25
Calumet	-	-	1	1	-	-	6	4	9	14	-	11	10	20	51	127
Chippewa	-	1	-	2	-	-	4	18	13	22	-	13	38	25	79	215
Clark	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	12	3	11	-	8	19	6	32	94
Columbia	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	22	8	17	16	15	36	6	46	182
Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	7	-	9	15	1	17	59
Dane	-	1	-	-	-	26	174	41	72	308	56	323	87	221	876	2,185
Dodge	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	28	18	26	5	14	42	24	135	300
Door	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	15	5	8	-	-	22	9	30	92
Douglas	-	1	-	-	-	1	4	5	4	19	1	13	16	2	51	117
Dunn	-	-	1	-	-	6	9	12	4	15	18	20	26	14	29	154
Eau Claire	-	-	-	-	-	5	25	12	8	58	12	56	34	21	267	498
Florence	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	4	3	7	5	25
Fond du Lac	-	-	-	-	-	4	22	30	28	56	26	34	33	46	195	474
Forest	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	2	3	-	5	19
Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	6	16	-	18	21	7	77	165
Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	5	13	-	-	17	9	40	103
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	3	-	-	9	7	19	53
Iowa	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	6	4	2	-	10	16	5	24	74
Iron	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	3	3	-	5	14
Jackson	1	-	-	-	-	10	2	8	3	7	7	9	10	2	20	79
Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	23	12	27	14	21	39	20	125	295
Juneau	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	10	2	3	16	8	18	4	20	90
Kenosha	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	105	60	109	21	1	156	102	271	839
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	15	9	13	54
La Crosse	-	1	-	-	-	2	41	79	16	84	8	108	132	18	335	824
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	5	1	-	-	14	9	17	57
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	5	6	-	2	9	7	24	69
Lincoln	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	8	3	12	-	9	22	12	44	118
Manitowoc	-	2	1	-	-	5	16	11	24	37	3	37	27	36	100	299
Marathon	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	40	26	70	8	56	96	33	246	593
Marinette	-	1	-	1	1	-	11	2	2	14	-	28	4	17	54	135
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	4	6	3	-	3	4	8	35
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	4
Milwaukee	1	-	1	-	2	134	15	212	58	673	421	45	457	124	1,544	3,687
Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	14	3	16	9	17	43	6	62	179
Oconto	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	9	4	3	-	3	7	13	14	57
Oneida	-	1	-	-	-	-	14	6	4	15	-	14	11	14	53	132
Outagamie	-	-	1	-	-	18	2	74	62	105	48	1	146	120	254	831
Ozaukee	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	26	28	29	21	-	60	32	106	317
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	5	19
Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	7	9	-	10	18	6	45	108
Polk	-	1	-	-	-	-	7	17	12	7	-	7	35	16	31	133
Portage	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	15	9	28	5	22	31	26	83	230
Price	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	1	4	-	-	10	4	12	45
Racine	-	-	1	1	-	11	3	99	36	117	43	3	175	55	339	883
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	4	4	-	15	17	4	30	81
Rock	1	-	1	-	1	18	40	37	26	133	32	84	105	34	376	888
Rusk	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	3	-	5	5	4	9	34
Sauk	1	-	-	-	-	6	22	23	16	24	14	33	52	30	105	326
Sawyer	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	1	-	3	8	4	18	50
Shawano	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	16	8	6	-	9	28	13	35	118
Sheboygan	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	48	28	45	8	-	77	62	188	466
St. Croix	-	-	1	-	-	4	11	20	17	36	27	11	52	37	174	390
Taylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	3	-	-	14	8	16	57
Trempealeau	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	1	5	1	16	29	8	20	105
Vernon	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	1	7	-	16	15	4	32	85
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	8	-	7	8	7	26	65
Walworth	-	-	-	-	1	5	24	34	18	45	8	24	55	29	127	370
Washburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	5	-	10	5	2	22	61
Washington	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	61	26	68	37	22	141	55	244	675
Waukesha	-	-	2	-	2	40	23	97	134	164	88	49	200	293	596	1,688
Waupaca	-	-	-	1	1	-	9	17	4	11	-	13	17	16	62	151
Waushara	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	16	6	15	56
Winnebago	-	-	1	-	-	16	23	53	20	136	35	36	88	30	348	786
Wood	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	25	8	37	-	5	71	13	129	289
Total	4	13	14	10	14	410	716	1,625	1,005	2,858	1,049	1,365	3,171	1,933	8,729	22,916
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	77	23	28	29	35	29	61	282
1am	82	20	25	17	28	42	71	285
2am	107	13	18	23	35	29	65	290
3am	56	24	12	20	16	15	54	197
4am	44	25	19	17	27	17	32	181
5am	39	48	44	46	49	45	41	312
6am	38	91	95	105	94	83	47	553
7am	64	263	267	279	256	210	75	1,414
8am	60	160	187	185	183	170	66	1,011
9am	81	155	112	161	122	158	119	908
10am	129	170	125	146	152	171	168	1,061
11am	144	202	183	166	216	230	227	1,368
12pm	173	201	236	238	227	270	247	1,592
1pm	182	202	193	209	233	287	208	1,514
2pm	182	250	265	252	261	302	199	1,711
3pm	174	338	349	354	390	401	214	2,220
4pm	163	349	361	357	356	401	163	2,150
5pm	140	327	318	324	376	338	157	1,980
6pm	124	157	186	182	201	226	136	1,212
7pm	100	115	80	117	91	127	121	751
8pm	70	71	71	71	89	124	83	579
9pm	70	66	74	79	78	90	95	552
10pm	58	51	55	52	53	84	93	446
11pm	40	29	26	40	39	70	73	317
Unk.	6	4	3	3	5	3	6	30

Distracted Driving Crashes by Month

Month	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes
January	5	457	1,312	1,774
February	-	413	1,137	1,550
March	4	478	1,211	1,693
April	3	460	1,207	1,670
May	5	635	1,466	2,106
June	7	675	1,482	2,164
July	7	690	1,440	2,137
August	7	621	1,432	2,060
September	5	630	1,451	2,086
October	7	597	1,458	2,062
November	3	498	1,357	1,858
December	2	460	1,294	1,756
Total	55	6,614	16,247	22,916

Distracted Driving Crashes by Road Conditions

Road Conditions	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Dry	49	5,504	13,202	18,755
Gravel	-	12	29	41
Ice	1	53	244	298
Mud/Dirt	-	1	4	5
Other	-	5	7	12
Sand	1	3	8	12
Slush	1	73	241	315
Snow	1	153	709	863
Unknown	-	10	50	60
Water (Standing/Moving)	-	2	4	6
Wet	4	953	2,355	3,312
Total	57	6,769	16,853	23,679
A crash may have one or more conditions.