826                              WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1985-1986


         WISCONSIN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS - Continued

                                Motorcycle Accidents, 1974-83

                                                             Cycles Involved
in Accidents'
                                            Total
                                         Registered                     Personal
    Property     Cyclist
 Year                                      Cycles      Total    Fatal   
Injury     Damage       Fatalities
 1974 ...............................      104,542     3,004     67     
 2,572        365           67
 1975 ...............................      115,234     3,253     72     
 2,807        384           63
 1976 ...............................      124,824     3,451     76     
 2,903        472           82
 1977 ...............................      132,801     3,465     73     
 2,929        463           68
 1978 ...............................      143,322     3,817     110    
 3,282        425          112
 1979 ...............................      168,625     4,255    122     
3,607         526          123
 1980 ...............................      177,4092    4,373    105     
 3,857        411          106
 1981 ...............................      187,922     4,264    114     
3,741         409          110
 1982 ...............................      187,601     3,779    115     
3,312         352          112
 1983 ...............................      185,685     4,149     97     
 3,663        389           96

 'In 1983, 55.2% of the fatal motorcycle drivers tested were legally intoxicated
and 27.1% of the fatal motorcycle drivers
 wore helmets. In general, 39.2% of the cyclists involved in accidents wore
helmets.
 2Total includes moped registrations for years prior to 1980.






   RAILROAD MILEAGE, USAGE AND REVENUE IN WISCONSIN
                                              1920-1983

                    Mileage Operated             Freight Traffic        
        Passenger Traffic
                      in Wisconsin'             (in thousands)2         
         (in thousands)3
         No. of
Year    Railroads   Road4     Track5     Tons    Ton-Miles'   Revenue   Passengers
 Pass-Miles7  Revenue
1920        35     7,546.37  11,615.28  100,991    9,052,084  $ 92,826  
  20,188      960,569    $ 28,646
1930        27     7,230.72  11,582.88   83,672    6,908,656    78,747  
   4,799     466,154       14,071
1940        22     6,646.00  10,484.18   87,980    6,910,647    69,941  
   3,952     445,938        8,201
1950        20     6,336.71  10,000.26  121,576   10,850,178   141,762  
   5,575     646,353       14,933
1960        18     6,194.58   9,625.42   93,475    9,096,855   134,065  
   3,127     383,457        9,800
1970        15     5,964.64   9,126.54   97,130   13,432,055   191,764  
   1,463      138,572       4,264
1973'       15     5,840.11   8,895.85  109,450   16,583,109   255,588  
     193        1,407         56
1974        15     5,816.16   8,857.71  105,717   16,581,786   298,204  
     162        1,261         47
1975        15     5,741.72   8,754.28   90,473   13,436,628   273,200  
     147        1,059         47
1976        15     5,739.52   8,719.93   94,766   14,773,365   311,691  
    125          923          40
1977        15     5,675.60   8,620.36   95,194   14,774,908   334,304  
     125         856          39
1978        16     5,569.90   8,437.17  107,906   16,092,379   378,007  
     135         895          43
1979        16     5,519.83   8,328.83  103,066   16,619,880   431,180  
     149         983          47
1980        21     5,191.94   7,990.26  101,008   14,727,522   453,977  
     174       1,122          54
1981        21     4,757.90   7,508.56   97,288   14,247,186   476,265  
     122         879          61
1982        21     4,719.00      N.A.     N.A.    11,611,885      N.A.  
   N.A.         N.A.        N.A.
1983        199    4,595.00      N.A.     N.A.    12,506,831      N.A.  
   N.A.         N.A.        N.A.
'Mileage given is exclusive of trackage rights in order to avoid duplication.
2Includes figures for 6 Class I railroads only. "Class I railroad"
is a railroad which earns $50 million or more per year in
  gross revenue dollars.
3Includes figures for 2 Class I railroads only.
4Road mileage - measurement of stone road bed in miles.
5Track mileage - measurement of track (2 steel rails) on road beds in miles.
6Ton-mile - the movement of 1 ton (2,000 pounds) of cargo 1 mile.
7Passenger-mile - the combination of the number of passengers carried on
Wisconsin trains and the miles traveled by the
  passengers while within Wisconsin boundaries.
'Intercity passenger service operated by Amtrak after May 1, 1971.
90f these 19 railroads, 5 are Class I as of December 31, 1983.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Transportation
Facts, and departmental data; Office of the
  Commissioner of Transportation.