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	5	2	4	6	3	-	-	-	29
Ashland	-	-	7	12	5	1	2	1	-	-	-	28
Barron	-	-	21	14	10	6	5	5	1	1	-	63
Bayfield	-	-	6	4	1	2	2	-	2	-	-	17
Brown	-	-	102	60	37	23	24	19	8	1	-	274
Buffalo	-	-	3	3	3	1	3	3	-	-	-	16
Burnett	-	-	4	10	4	1	1	1	1	-	-	22
Calumet	-	-	29	13	8	9	8	5	1	-	-	73
Chippewa	-	-	24	22	19	9	8	15	2	4	-	103
Clark	-	-	13	13	6	2	4	4	4	1	-	47
Columbia	-	1	34	25	17	12	13	7	2	-	-	111
Crawford	-	-	5	8	6	1	2	2	-	1	-	25
Dane	-	1	234	201	125	86	79	46	16	10	5	803
Dodge	-	-	48	35	22	18	17	6	4	1	-	151
Door	-	-	14	6	6	2	3	5	5	-	-	41
Douglas	-	-	18	19	9	4	7	2	-	-	-	59
Dunn	-	1	26	17	6	4	2	5	2	2	-	65
Eau Claire	-	-	69	40	27	21	16	14	6	2	-	195
Florence	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	4
Fond du Lac	-	-	61	34	34	14	22	13	10	3	-	191
Forest	-	2	3	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Grant	-	-	43	12	10	5	6	3	2	1	1	83
Green	-	1	18	18	10	4	4	4	3	2	-	64
Green Lake	-	-	7	3	3	1	2	-	1	-	-	17
Iowa	-	-	14	3	6	4	3	3	4	-	-	37
Iron	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Jackson	-	-	8	6	8	1	3	2	-	-	-	28
Jefferson	-	-	35	35	20	15	17	14	6	-	-	142
Juneau	-	-	10	12	6	4	8	1	-	-	-	41
Kenosha	-	-	117	96	50	37	41	10	9	-	-	360
Kewaunee	-	-	8	7	3	3	2	1	2	-	-	26
La Crosse	-	-	81	48	40	13	18	18	8	3	-	229
Lafayette	-	-	5	8	2	3	3	2	-	-	-	23
Langlade	-	-	8	7	-	1	1	3	1	2	-	23
Lincoln	-	-	12	11	7	4	5	3	1	-	-	43
Manitowoc	-	-	48	26	14	13	16	11	6	2	-	136
Marathon	-	-	74	40	32	25	21	12	7	1	-	212
Marinette	-	-	21	21	15	10	3	3	3	-	-	76
Marquette	-	-	6	3	1	3	1	1	1	-	-	16
Menominee	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	3
Milwaukee	-	-	410	342	247	152	122	55	23	10	5	1,366
Monroe	-	-	27	19	13	4	13	6	2	-	-	84
Oconto	-	-	14	3	7	3	5	3	-	-	-	35
Oneida	-	1	22	14	6	10	4	6	2	2	-	67
Outagamie	-	-	115	65	27	22	18	7	5	1	-	260
Ozaukee	-	-	46	30	28	15	22	8	6	2	-	157
Pepin	-	-	4	3	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	12
Pierce	-	-	22	10	6	3	9	-	2	-	-	52
Polk	-	-	21	12	13	2	5	4	3	-	-	60
Portage	-	-	40	26	16	6	4	5	1	1	-	99
Price	-	-	5	1	1	4	1	1	1	-	-	14
Racine	-	-	86	78	50	50	34	22	9	5	1	335
Richland	-	-	5	6	1	3	1	3	-	-	-	19
Rock	-	1	99	88	50	22	30	17	9	2	-	318
Rusk	-	-	5	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	13
Sauk	-	-	49	24	27	14	10	9	2	-	-	135
Sawyer	-	-	7	7	-	5	2	1	2	-	-	24
Shawano	-	-	20	11	8	12	9	3	3	-	-	66
Sheboygan	-	-	76	51	25	26	21	11	6	1	-	217
St. Croix	-	-	72	44	18	9	14	5	3	1	-	166
Taylor	-	-	7	5	5	1	3	2	1	-	-	24
Trempealeau	-	-	12	6	12	7	3	5	2	-	-	47
Vernon	-	-	16	5	6	3	3	2	1	-	-	36
Vilas	-	-	8	3	5	4	3	4	1	-	-	28
Walworth	-	-	59	35	29	19	18	21	6	1	-	188
Washburn	-	-	2	3	3	3	8	2	-	2	-	23
Washington	-	-	73	57	19	28	25	10	6	1	-	219
Waukesha	-	-	211	124	78	81	67	37	14	5	-	617
Waupaca	-	-	21	8	5	4	5	9	2	1	-	55
Waushara	-	-	11	9	2	3	2	4	3	-	-	34
Winnebago	-	-	104	67	41	34	30	17	5	-	-	298
Wood	-	-	43	15	16	12	11	8	6	3	-	114
Total	-	8	2,962	2,073	1,346	932	886	534	245	75	12	9,073

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	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	1	3	-	8
15-24	1	-	13	21	121	119	87	95	1,053	1,452	-	2,962
25-34	-	-	13	27	93	117	74	75	657	1,017	-	2,073
35-44	-	-	11	8	42	56	47	67	437	678	-	1,346
45-54	5	-	5	8	39	45	41	21	266	502	-	932
55-64	-	2	6	9	31	44	29	25	263	477	-	886
65-74	-	-	1	9	13	29	17	19	182	264	-	534
75-84	1	-	1	2	12	15	10	3	85	116	-	245
85+	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	1	28	39	-	75
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	8	12
Total	7	2	52	84	355	426	309	306	2,973	4,551	8	9,073
M = Male F = Female U = Unknown.

Distracted Drivers by Vehicle Type

County	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	9	1,580	3,467	5,056
(Sport) Utility Vehicle	12	633	1,475	2,120
Utility Truck/Pickup Truck	6	356	814	1,176
Passenger Van	1	119	247	367
Truck Tractor (Trailer Attached)	-	30	64	94
Straight Truck	-	17	61	78
Cargo Van (10,000 Lbs or Less)	1	15	46	62
Motorcycle	1	53	8	62
School Bus	-	-	11	11
Passenger Bus/Transit Bus	-	3	6	9
AgCMV (Ag Commercial Motor Vehicle)	-	3	4	7
Moped	-	5	1	6
Low Speed Vehicle	-	1	3	4
POLICE ON EMERGENCY	-	-	4	4
Farm Tractor/Self Propelled	1	-	2	3
Snow Plow	-	-	3	3
ATV/UTV (Utility Terrain Vehicle)	-	2	-	2
Truck Tractor (More Than One Trailer)	-	1	1	2
Fire Fighter On Emergency	-	1	-	1
Fire Truck On Emergency	-	-	1	1
Miscellaneous	-	1	-	1
Motor Home	-	-	1	1
Other Working Machine	-	-	1	1
Snowmobile	-	1	-	1
Truck Tractor (Trailer Not Attached)	-	1	-	1
Total	31	2,822	6,220	9,073

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	5	22	28	1	7
Ashland	1	9	18	28	1	13
Barron	1	19	43	63	1	28
Bayfield	-	6	11	17	-	8
Brown	-	91	182	273	-	127
Buffalo	-	2	14	16	-	2
Burnett	-	9	12	21	-	13
Calumet	-	19	54	73	-	26
Chippewa	1	40	62	103	1	56
Clark	1	16	28	45	1	25
Columbia	1	36	74	111	1	50
Crawford	-	7	18	25	-	8
Dane	2	240	556	798	2	329
Dodge	-	58	92	150	-	89
Door	-	12	29	41	-	18
Douglas	-	24	34	58	-	28
Dunn	-	21	44	65	-	29
Eau Claire	-	43	151	194	-	56
Florence	-	1	3	4	-	2
Fond du Lac	-	67	124	191	-	87
Forest	-	4	5	9	-	5
Grant	-	25	56	81	-	36
Green	-	19	45	64	-	24
Green Lake	-	4	13	17	-	5
Iowa	1	15	20	36	1	19
Iron	1	3	1	5	1	5
Jackson	1	10	17	28	1	14
Jefferson	-	38	104	142	-	49
Juneau	-	17	24	41	-	21
Kenosha	-	114	245	359	-	164
Kewaunee	-	13	13	26	-	19
La Crosse	-	70	159	229	-	93
Lafayette	-	5	17	22	-	7
Langlade	-	3	20	23	-	3
Lincoln	1	13	29	43	1	19
Manitowoc	-	49	87	136	-	70
Marathon	1	42	167	210	1	56
Marinette	-	24	52	76	-	29
Marquette	-	7	9	16	-	11
Menominee	-	1	2	3	-	1
Milwaukee	2	427	921	1,350	2	605
Monroe	-	27	57	84	-	42
Oconto	-	13	22	35	-	22
Oneida	-	21	46	67	-	25
Outagamie	-	97	162	259	-	132
Ozaukee	-	57	95	152	-	69
Pepin	-	6	6	12	-	11
Pierce	-	8	44	52	-	10
Polk	1	21	37	59	2	29
Portage	-	26	73	99	-	33
Price	-	4	9	13	-	6
Racine	3	102	227	332	4	159
Richland	-	6	13	19	-	8
Rock	2	97	217	316	2	145
Rusk	-	5	8	13	-	5
Sauk	-	38	97	135	-	60
Sawyer	1	7	16	24	1	9
Shawano	-	23	43	66	-	31
Sheboygan	-	63	154	217	-	86
St. Croix	1	47	113	161	1	59
Taylor	-	10	14	24	-	15
Trempealeau	1	9	34	44	2	14
Vernon	-	11	25	36	-	15
Vilas	-	7	21	28	-	8
Walworth	1	49	136	186	1	65
Washburn	1	8	14	23	1	11
Washington	-	66	153	219	-	87
Waukesha	-	167	441	608	-	243
Waupaca	-	12	42	54	-	15
Waushara	-	8	26	34	-	10
Winnebago	-	119	174	293	-	163
Wood	1	37	75	113	2	59
Total	27	2,799	6,171	8,997	31	3,902

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	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	12	2	8	28
Ashland	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	1	3	-	1	2	-	15	28
Barron	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	1	4	7	-	6	1	11	25	63
Bayfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	1	-	3	3	2	3	17
Brown	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	22	19	38	19	5	31	44	83	273
Buffalo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	5	2	5	16
Burnett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	5	-	-	4	4	4	21
Calumet	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	5	-	3	14	15	22	73
Chippewa	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	12	5	19	-	5	14	7	36	103
Clark	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	9	3	2	-	2	5	8	13	45
Columbia	-	1	-	-	-	5	5	14	5	7	8	5	17	9	35	111
Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	1	-	4	1	2	11	25
Dane	-	1	-	-	1	15	51	23	34	117	25	123	34	75	299	798
Dodge	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	13	14	24	2	5	35	15	35	150
Door	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	-	-	12	4	13	41
Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	10	-	6	4	1	23	58
Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	11	2	5	11	6	9	8	10	65
Eau Claire	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	4	7	17	10	25	11	13	92	194
Florence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	2	4
Fond du Lac	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	7	7	35	7	17	14	18	68	191
Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	3	9
Grant	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	3	5	-	9	16	4	27	81
Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	8	-	-	6	10	29	64
Green Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	2	9	17
Iowa	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	6	4	1	-	7	4	3	6	36
Iron	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
Jackson	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	3	3	5	4	3	2	28
Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	6	4	17	12	15	17	10	50	142
Juneau	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	8	2	4	6	3	7	2	6	41
Kenosha	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	48	24	37	6	-	95	41	103	359
Kewaunee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	-	-	3	2	8	26
La Crosse	-	-	-	-	-	1	15	25	4	25	5	24	38	8	84	229
Lafayette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	1	7	5	4	22
Langlade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	6	3	2	9	23
Lincoln	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	3	7	-	4	9	3	13	43
Manitowoc	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	12	22	3	12	9	8	55	136
Marathon	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	11	10	18	1	6	45	28	87	210
Marinette	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	7	7	-	16	2	4	30	76
Marquette	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	1	-	1	-	2	4	2	16
Menominee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3
Milwaukee	-	-	1	-	1	35	12	95	36	249	97	18	180	57	569	1,350
Monroe	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	12	9	1	4	6	15	7	25	84
Oconto	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	4	-	6	2	5	9	35
Oneida	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	11	-	8	7	10	21	67
Outagamie	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	33	19	36	13	1	37	48	63	259
Ozaukee	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	12	14	22	10	-	30	16	39	152
Pepin	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	-	1	3	-	2	12
Pierce	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	1	-	9	12	3	20	52
Polk	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6	6	8	-	3	9	6	19	59
Portage	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	6	5	10	3	18	9	33	99
Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	4	1	4	13
Racine	-	-	2	-	1	2	1	26	16	57	9	3	63	20	132	332
Richland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	3	1	1	8	19
Rock	-	-	2	-	-	9	14	21	10	43	9	26	39	18	125	316
Rusk	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	2	2	4	13
Sauk	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	16	7	6	7	13	17	9	51	135
Sawyer	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	2	7	1	6	24
Shawano	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	7	-	4	10	11	18	66
Sheboygan	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	20	12	28	6	-	39	19	90	217
St. Croix	-	-	-	1	-	2	5	14	10	16	11	7	21	16	58	161
Taylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	-	-	3	4	7	24
Trempealeau	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	6	-	2	1	8	13	5	7	44
Vernon	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	3	-	6	7	3	9	36
Vilas	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	1	-	5	8	2	6	28
Walworth	-	-	-	1	-	4	5	19	6	15	9	9	45	22	51	186
Washburn	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	-	8	1	1	4	23
Washington	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	22	14	24	13	9	43	20	68	219
Waukesha	-	-	-	-	-	15	6	40	50	56	34	13	90	107	197	608
Waupaca	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	5	3	-	4	9	7	22	54
Waushara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	2	-	12	7	5	34
Winnebago	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	29	10	63	9	11	28	13	113	293
Wood	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	16	5	15	-	1	34	5	35	113
Total	1	6	10	5	5	170	285	729	471	1,144	363	514	1,308	836	3,150	8,997
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	33	20	20	15	15	20	29	152
1am	36	9	12	20	11	12	30	130
2am	37	13	8	15	13	6	41	133
3am	31	7	10	15	12	8	29	112
4am	12	11	10	9	7	11	16	76
5am	8	15	19	16	17	21	15	111
6am	15	38	39	33	35	37	17	214
7am	11	52	59	65	67	52	33	339
8am	22	69	67	49	40	51	37	335
9am	29	49	61	47	57	60	42	345
10am	38	60	77	65	60	71	70	441
11am	74	80	70	88	93	78	72	555
12pm	78	103	94	113	90	100	96	674
1pm	84	97	86	99	102	109	80	657
2pm	77	102	109	110	102	114	82	696
3pm	58	118	119	128	148	140	77	788
4pm	70	117	143	126	151	141	66	814
5pm	56	103	106	101	128	114	64	672
6pm	62	56	56	63	62	95	59	453
7pm	34	52	39	57	45	72	52	351
8pm	31	37	51	54	40	51	41	305
9pm	29	35	24	31	42	44	46	251
10pm	39	24	26	27	21	28	29	194
11pm	18	13	19	16	18	27	33	144
Unk.	7	5	9	9	4	9	12	55

Distracted Driving Crashes by Month

Month	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total Crashes
January	1	196	551	748
February	2	223	554	779
March	2	175	370	547
April	3	149	330	482
May	4	207	448	659
June	1	287	550	838
July	3	324	614	941
August	3	302	627	932
September	1	303	578	882
October	4	240	580	824
November	-	209	453	662
December	3	184	516	703
Total	27	2,799	6,171	8,997

Distracted Driving Crashes by Road Conditions

Road Conditions	Fatal	Injury	Property Damage	Total
Dry	25	2,481	5,286	7,792
Gravel	1	1	10	12
Ice	1	20	75	96
Mud/Dirt	1	-	1	2
Other	-	2	2	4
Sand	-	2	1	3
Slush	1	15	58	74
Snow	2	40	188	230
Unknown	-	3	14	17
Wet	2	279	706	987
Total	33	2,843	6,341	9,217
A crash may have one or more conditions.