Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Fond du Lac County in 2024.

FARS records 119 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.5 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, Fond du Lac County was number 11 of 72 counties of Wisconsin.

Deaths in Fond du Lac County rose by 5.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (113) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (119).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.6% of the fatal crashes in Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac 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.Fond du Lac County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	3
2023	20	16	3
2022	12	11	7
2021	9	9	4
2020	9	8	3
2019	8	7	1 or 2
2018	16	14	5
2017	11	10	3
2016	10	9	3
2015	12	11	3
2015 to 2024	119	107	36

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Fond du Lac County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 32 (2003)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Fond du Lac County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	20	16
2022	12	11
2021	9	9
2020	9	8
2019	8	7
2018	16	14
2017	11	10
2016	10	9
2015	12	11
2014	10	9
2013	10	10
2012	22	18
2011	9	8
2010	7	7
2009	6	6
2008	8	8
2007	20	17
2006	8	8
2005	13	13
2004	11	11
2003	32	22
2002	17	15
2001	11	10
2000	20	19
1999	14	13
1998	12	10
1997	15	14
1996	20	14
1995	9	9
1994	11	10
1993	18	12
1992	14	14
1991	16	16
1990	16	15
1989	27	25
1988	13	10
1987	9	9
1986	22	20
1985	14	13
1984	17	16
1983	16	14
1982	9	9
1981	12	11
1980	12	11
1979	25	20
1978	16	14
1977	14	13
1976	31	28
1975	19	19

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.Fond du Lac County beside Wisconsin and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fond du Lac County	Wisconsin	United States
2024	11.5	10.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.5	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. Fond du Lac County had 104,721 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fond du Lac County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wisconsin
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	36	107 fatal crashes	33.6%	33.4%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	37	107 fatal crashes	34.6%	31.0%
No restraint usedof 82 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	82 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.6%	49.1%
Pedestriansof 119 deaths	5	119 deaths	4.2%	9.5%
Bicyclistsof 119 deaths	1 or 2	119 deaths	0.8%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 119 deaths	25	119 deaths	21.0%	15.8%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.6%	62.5%
In the darkof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.0%	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.Fond du Lac 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	9	0	5	3	17
Monday	1 or 2	3	8	3	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	0	4	5	1 or 2	11
Thursday	3	4	4	4	15
Friday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	7	15
Saturday	6	3	7	5	21
All days	22	23	35	26	106

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.Fond du Lac County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wisconsin
Interstate	7	6.5%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	4	3.7%	2.3%
Other principal arterial	28	26.2%	29.4%
Minor arterial	22	20.6%	22.7%
Major collector	23	21.5%	17.2%
Minor collector	9	8.4%	6.2%
Local	14	13.1%	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.Fond du Lac County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Fond du Lac County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	70
Cloudy	23
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fond du Lac County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fond du Lac	In all of Wisconsin
Interstate 41	Interstate	7	95
State Route 23	State highway	10	37
State Route 26	State highway	9	23
State Route 67	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 175	State highway	3	29
US Route 45	US highway	10	65
US Route 151	US highway	12	70

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.Fond du Lac 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
Fond du Lac County: 11.5

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 Fond du Lac County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calumet County	Wisconsin	4	39	7.6
Dodge County	Wisconsin	18	127	14.4
Green Lake County	Wisconsin	1 or 2	16	8.4
Sheboygan County	Wisconsin	6	99	8.5
Washington County	Wisconsin	10	99	7.3
Winnebago County	Wisconsin	14	108	6.3

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 Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 113 deaths in Fond du Lac County from 2005 to 2014. It records 119 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fond du Lac in 2024?

The rate of Fond du Lac County in 2024 was 11.5 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 Fond du Lac had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 107 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 Fond du Lac?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 52 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.