WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1997 - 1998


                      WISCONSIN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES
                        Ten-Year Statistical Summary, 1987 - 1996

                   Total                                                
      Miles                 Fatal
                 Licensed            Crashest           Persons   Persons
   Traveled    Fatality   Crash
 Year             Drivers    Total    Fatal    Injury   Killed    Injured
 (in millions)2 Rate3      Rate3
 1987.......... 3,313,791   130,594    729    42,031      817      61,500
    40,194       2.03      1.81
 1988.......... 3,329,557   134,270    710    40,769      813      58,925
    42,339       1.92      1.68
 1989.......... 3,357,339   142,782    714    42,673      817      62,108
    43,087       1.90      1.66
 1990.......... 3,394,203   142,956    672    42,395      763      62,529
    44,276       1.72      1.52
 1991 ......... 3,473,236   138,733    675    40,916      795      60,055
    45,456       1.75      1.48
 1992.......... 3,481,421   137,822    579    40,792      645      60,142
    47,495       1.36      1.22
 1993 ......... 3,502,347   142,285    616    41,216      703      60,902
    48,805       1.44      1.26
 1994.......... 3,554,003   148,325    616    43,775      706      66,403
    50,273       1.40      1.23
 1995 ......... 3,601,619   148,864    656    43,845      739     66,232
     51,395       1.44      1.28
 1996 ......... 3,723,685   136,698    656    43,773      759     66,048
        NA        NA        NA
 NA - Not available.
 1A motor vehicle crash is defined as an event caused by a single variable
or chain of variables. Property damage threshold
   for a reportable crash was raised from $500 to $1,000, effective January
1, 1996.
 2Based on U.S. Bureau of Public Roads estimates.
 3Per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.
 Sources: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, 1995 Wisconsin Traffic
Crash Facts, 1996; departmental data, April 1997.


          Fatal Crashes on the Wisconsin Interstate System, 1987 - 1996


                                                          Total         
    Urban               Rural
 Year                                                Crashes   Killed   Crashes
   Killed  Crashes    Killed
 1987 ...........................................    21         24      
 6          6       14        18
 1988 ...........................................    33         37      
 9         10      24         27
 1989 ...........................................    33         41      
11         11      22         30
 1990 ...........................................     29        35      
 7          9      22         26
 1991 ...........................................    32         34      
 3          3      29         31
 1992 ...........................................    28         34      
 7          7      21         27
 1993 ...........................................    38         45      
13         16      25         29
 1994 ...........................................    30         42      
 8         13      22         29
 1995 ...........................................    13         14      
 5          6      19         22
 1996 ...........................................    37         54      
 8          8      29         32

Note: The 65 mph speed limit on the rural segments of the Wisconsin Interstate
System became effective on June 17, 1987.
  From December 30, 1973 to June 17, 1987, the speed limit on all parts of
the Wisconsin Interstate System was 55 mph.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, departmental data, April
1997.

  Drivers Killed in Fatal Crashes, By Age and Alcohol Concentration, 1996


Drivers
Killed


   10
   12
   14
   14
   13
   19
   19
   10
   8
 103
 94
 53
 37
 29
 37
 14
 488


Total
  0
  1
  9
  11
  13
  12
  12
  13
  15
  9
  7
  87
  85
  49
  33
  22
  28
  12
418


Drivers Tested
  Negative
       0
       1
       7
       9
       10
       8
       9
       3
       9
       2
       2
     22
     45
     26
     21
     19
     24
     11
     228


Positive
    0
    0
    2
    2
    3
    4
    3
    10
    6
    7
    5
  65
  40
  23
  12
  3
  4
  1


Alcohol Concentration in Positive Tests
  0.001-       0.05-        0.10
  0.049        0.099      and over
     0           0            0
     0           0            0
     0           1           1
     1           0            1
     1           0            2
     0           0            4
     0           1           2
     0           2            8
     0           0            6
     0           2            5
     0           1           4
     1           6           58
     4           2           34
     4           1           18
     1           3            8
     0           0            3
     1           0            3
     0           1           0


190           13          20          157


Note: Drivers include motorcycle and moped drivers.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, departmental data, April
1997.


814


Age of Drivers
14 years and under
15 years .........
16 years .........
17 years .........
18 years .........
19 years .........
20 years .........
21 years .........
22 years .........
23 years .........
24 years .........
25-34 years .......
35-44 years .......
45-54 years .......
55-64 years .......
65-74 years .......
75-84 years .......
85 and over .......
  TOTAL .......


Note: Drivers include motorcycle and moped drivers.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, departmental data, April
1997.