Brown County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Brown County in 2024.

FARS records 154 deaths in 133 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Wisconsin in the same years is 10.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Brown County was number 6 of 72 counties of Wisconsin.

Deaths in Brown County fell by 12.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (175) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (154).

In the counties of Wisconsin the deaths fell by 5.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 37.6% of the fatal crashes in Brown County with a known setting were rural, against 62.5% in Wisconsin.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Brown County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Brown County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	17	6
2023	12	11	5
2022	15	14	3
2021	5	4	1 or 2
2020	17	15	5
2019	9	8	0
2018	18	16	6
2017	25	21	8
2016	18	15	7
2015	15	12	7
2015 to 2024	154	133	48

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Brown County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 41 (1984)2024: 20

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Brown County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	17
2023	12	11
2022	15	14
2021	5	4
2020	17	15
2019	9	8
2018	18	16
2017	25	21
2016	18	15
2015	15	12
2014	9	9
2013	9	9
2012	13	12
2011	14	13
2010	30	27
2009	15	11
2008	12	11
2007	25	22
2006	20	18
2005	28	26
2004	25	22
2003	29	26
2002	25	23
2001	19	16
2000	22	21
1999	15	14
1998	35	28
1997	19	16
1996	23	21
1995	16	16
1994	19	19
1993	12	10
1992	17	16
1991	16	12
1990	23	22
1989	29	24
1988	26	20
1987	26	22
1986	20	16
1985	24	24
1984	41	34
1983	18	15
1982	21	17
1981	29	28
1980	36	30
1979	31	26
1978	30	23
1977	28	23
1976	19	17
1975	25	22

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Brown County beside Wisconsin and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Brown County	Wisconsin	United States
2024	7.3	10.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.8	10.2	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Brown County had 274,251 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Brown County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wisconsin
A driver recorded as drinkingof 133 fatal crashes	48	133 fatal crashes	36.1%	33.4%
A speeding-related driverof 133 fatal crashes	44	133 fatal crashes	33.1%	31.0%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.7%	49.1%
Pedestriansof 154 deaths	24	154 deaths	15.6%	9.5%
Bicyclistsof 154 deaths	1 or 2	154 deaths	1.3%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 154 deaths	23	154 deaths	14.9%	15.8%
On a rural roadof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.6%	62.5%
In the darkof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.4%	41.7%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Brown County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	1 or 2	5	11	6	24
Monday	6	1 or 2	3	3	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	3	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	7	19
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	9	18
Friday	1 or 2	3	11	10	26
Saturday	1 or 2	3	4	8	17
All days	16	25	45	44	130

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Brown County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wisconsin
Interstate	18	13.5%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	4	3.0%	2.3%
Other principal arterial	36	27.1%	29.4%
Minor arterial	31	23.3%	22.7%
Major collector	19	14.3%	17.2%
Minor collector	8	6.0%	6.2%
Local	17	12.8%	14.6%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Brown County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	5
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Brown County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	83
Cloudy	40
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Brown County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Brown	In all of Wisconsin
Interstate 41	Interstate	11	95
Interstate 43	Interstate	7	83
State Route 29	State highway	5	52
State Route 32	State highway	10	76
State Route 54	State highway	4	34
State Route 57	State highway	6	42
US Route 41	US highway	1 or 2	31
US Route 141	US highway	10	20

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Wisconsin

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Brown County on the county map of Wisconsin

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1018 counties
10 to 14.922 counties
15 to 19.916 counties
20 to 29.914 counties
30 or more2 counties
Brown County: 5.8

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Wisconsin

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Brown County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calumet County	Wisconsin	4	39	7.6
Door County	Wisconsin	4	37	12.8
Kewaunee County	Wisconsin	0	14	6.8
Manitowoc County	Wisconsin	9	91	11.3
Oconto County	Wisconsin	7	90	23.3
Outagamie County	Wisconsin	12	131	6.9
Shawano County	Wisconsin	9	74	18.1

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Wisconsin have a population nearest to that of Brown County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Brown in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 175 deaths in Brown County from 2005 to 2014. It records 154 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Brown in 2024?

The rate of Brown County in 2024 was 7.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Wisconsin was 10.0. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Brown had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 48 of 133 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Brown?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 55 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.