GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – State and Local Law Enforcement are planning to step up enforcement in crash hotspots.
Crash data pinpoints 14 locations in Northeast Wisconsin that statistically are hot spots for crashes. Sgt. Luke Newman of the Wisconsin State Patrol says crashes happen for a variety of reasons.
“A lot of it is due to distractions, so what we want to do is to deploy our resources to those areas and to be more present to get people to do what they need to be doing while they are driving.”
Sgt. Newman says speed is also a big factor in many of the hotspots.
The hotspots were determined by data collected from the last three summers.
“During the summer there are a lot more people out and about, so there is an increased volume of traffic.”
Brown County
- Location: Main Street and University Avenue (Hwy. 54/141), Green Bay
- Major factors: Unbelted motorists and motorcycle crashes
- Location: Dousman/Walnut Street and N. Broadway (Hwy. 141), Green Bay
- Major factor: Distracted driving
- Location: W. Mason Street (Hwy. 54), Green Bay
- Major factor: Teen drivers
- Location: Hwy. 172, Ashwaubenon
- Major factor: Distracted driving
Fond du Lac County
- Location: S. Macy Street/S. Park Avenue and 4th Street, Fond du Lac
- Major factor: Bicycle crashes
- Location: N. Main and E. Johnson Street, Fond du Lac
- Major factor: Distracted drivers
- Location: Hwy. 45, Fond du Lac
- Major factors: Distracted drivers, teen drivers
Outagamie County
- Location: Interstate 41 interchanges at Wisconsin Avenue, College Avenue; Grand Chute
- Major factors: Teen drivers, distracted drivers, speeding
- Location: College Avenue and Memorial Drive, Appleton
- Major factors: Teen drivers, motorcycle crashes
- Location: Hwy. 441 and College Avenue (Hwy. CE) interchange, Appleton
- Major factors: Distracted driving, teen drivers, unbelted motorists
Winnebago County
- Location: Hwy. 47 at the Hwy. 10 interchange, Menasha
- Major factors: Teen drivers, impaired and distracted driving speeding
- Location: Winneconne Avenue from I-41 to Wisconsin Avenue, Neenah
- Major factors: Teen drivers, unbelted motorists
- Location: Main Street/Hwy. 45, Oshkosh
- Major factors: Distracted and impaired driving, unbelted motorists
- Location: I-41 from 9th Avenue to the Hwy. 44 interchange, Oshkosh
- Major factors: Distracted driving, teen drivers
Here is a county-by-county breakdown of summertime crashes over the past three years and their contributing factors:
Brown County
- 893 injury crashes
- 1,188 injuries
- 22 deaths
Factors:
- Distracted driving: 20%
- Teen drivers: 18%
- Unbelted motorists: 11%
- Speeding: 11%
Fond du Lac County
- 422 injury crashes
- 596 injuries
- 10 deaths
Factors:
- Teen drivers: 19%
- Distracted driving: 17%
- Unbelted motorists: 16%
- Speeding: 13%
Outagamie County
- 804 injury crashes
- 1,121 injuries
- 11 deaths
Factors:
- Teen drivers: 20%
- Distracted driving: 17%
- Speeding: 12%
- Unbelted motorists: 12%
Winnebago County
- 899 injury crashes
- 1,221 injuries
- 9 deaths
Factors:
- Distracted driving: 22%
- Teen drivers: 18%
- Unbelted motorists: 13%
- Speeding: 12%
