Wisconsin Data
Year |
Total
Crashesa |
Deer-Vehicle
Crashes |
Percent
Deer Crashes |
Fatalities |
Injuries |
Pre-Hunt
Deer Population Estimatesb |
Salvaged
& Unsalvaged Deer Carcassesc |
1993 |
142,285 |
22,819 |
16.04 |
3 |
567 |
1,152,000 |
36,787 |
1994 |
148,325 |
24,573 |
16.57 |
4 |
794 |
1,383,000 |
39,249 |
1995 |
148,864 |
23,922 |
16.07 |
9 |
822 |
1,665,000 |
46,443 |
1996 |
136,698 |
19,931 |
14.58 |
3 |
805 |
1,423,000 |
46,239 |
1997 |
129,954 |
19,167 |
14.75 |
7 |
735 |
1,226,000 |
44,210 |
1998 |
125,831 |
19,595 |
15.57 |
5 |
783 |
1,494,000 |
41,829 |
1999 |
130,950 |
21,289 |
16.26 |
6 |
841 |
1,663,000 |
44,897 |
2000 |
139,510 |
20,468 |
14.67 |
5 |
806 |
1,818,000 |
47,555 |
2001 |
125,403 |
19,914 |
15.88 |
9 |
801 |
1,503,000 |
45,702 |
2002 |
129,072 |
20,470 |
15.86 |
6 |
710 |
1,345,000 |
45,278 |
2003 |
131,191 |
21,666 |
16.51 |
13 |
792 |
1,663,000 |
47,841 |
2004 |
128,308 |
19,846 |
15.47 |
11 |
686 |
1,643,000 |
48,316 |
2005 |
125,174 |
17,555 |
14.02 |
12 |
664 |
1,624,000 |
41,687 |
2006 |
117,877 |
17,878 |
15.17 |
7 |
633 |
1,809,000 |
36,900 |
2007 |
125,123 |
17,977 |
14.37 |
14 |
591 |
1,816,300 |
35,685 |
2008 |
125,103 |
15,821 |
12.65 |
10 |
525 |
1,523,800 |
31,951 |
Notes:
aA reportable crash is defined as a crash resulting
in injury or death of any person, any damage to government-owned non-vehicle
property to an apparent extent of $200 or more, or total damage to property
owned by any one person to an apparent extent of $1000 ($500 before 1/1/96)
or more.
bEstimated statewide pre-hunt white-tailed deer population
size
cSum of deer carcasses removed by contractors of WI
DNR and salvaged with free permits. Fiscal year data, from the beginning
of July of previous year to the end of June in the year recorded.
Click here to download file: WI_DVC_Data.xls
Crashes by County
Click here to download county DVC data from 1987 to 2003: 87-07_crashes_by_county.xls
Additional Information
- 2000 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2001 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2002 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2003 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2004 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2005 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2006 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2007 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
- 2008 Deer Crash monograph (.pdf)
Crash
Information from Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Deer Information from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources