Oconto County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Oconto County in 2024.

FARS records 90 deaths in 83 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.3 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, Oconto County was number 23 of 72 counties of Wisconsin.

Deaths in Oconto County rose by 9.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (82) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (90).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.2% of the fatal crashes in Oconto 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 Oconto 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.Oconto County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	7	7	5
2021	12	12	5
2020	11	9	3
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	7	7	3
2017	9	7	3
2016	7	7	4
2015	17	14	7
2015 to 2024	90	83	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1995)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Oconto County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	4	4
2022	7	7
2021	12	12
2020	11	9
2019	9	9
2018	7	7
2017	9	7
2016	7	7
2015	17	14
2014	7	6
2013	6	6
2012	4	4
2011	7	7
2010	10	9
2009	10	10
2008	7	7
2007	11	11
2006	9	9
2005	11	11
2004	18	14
2003	18	15
2002	14	13
2001	19	18
2000	11	9
1999	8	8
1998	15	12
1997	17	15
1996	6	6
1995	21	17
1994	12	11
1993	17	14
1992	7	7
1991	16	13
1990	15	13
1989	10	7
1988	12	11
1987	15	13
1986	7	6
1985	5	5
1984	9	7
1983	4	4
1982	13	9
1981	11	10
1980	10	10
1979	11	9
1978	8	8
1977	10	9
1976	7	7
1975	8	7

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.Oconto County beside Wisconsin and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Oconto County	Wisconsin	United States
2024	17.5	10.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.3	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. Oconto County had 40,006 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Oconto County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wisconsin
A driver recorded as drinkingof 83 fatal crashes	34	83 fatal crashes	41.0%	33.4%
A speeding-related driverof 83 fatal crashes	22	83 fatal crashes	26.5%	31.0%
No restraint usedof 59 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	59 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.6%	49.1%
Pedestriansof 90 deaths	4	90 deaths	4.4%	9.5%
Bicyclistsof 90 deaths	1 or 2	90 deaths	1.1%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 90 deaths	14	90 deaths	15.6%	15.8%
On a rural roadof 83 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	83 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.2%	62.5%
In the darkof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.6%	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.Oconto 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	4	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	14
Monday	1 or 2	4	0	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	4	5	13
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	10
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	5	16
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	12
All days	11	16	26	25	78

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.Oconto County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wisconsin
Interstate	1 or 2	2.4%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	4	4.8%	2.3%
Other principal arterial	14	16.9%	29.4%
Minor arterial	22	26.5%	22.7%
Major collector	17	20.5%	17.2%
Minor collector	7	8.4%	6.2%
Local	17	20.5%	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.Oconto County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	34
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	5
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Oconto County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	49
Cloudy	26
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Oconto County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Oconto	In all of Wisconsin
Interstate 41	Interstate	1 or 2	95
State Route 32	State highway	12	76
State Route 64	State highway	3	25
US Route 41	US highway	16	31
US Route 141	US highway	4	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.Oconto 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
Oconto County: 23.3

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 Oconto County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Brown County	Wisconsin	20	154	5.8
Door County	Wisconsin	4	37	12.8
Forest County	Wisconsin	1 or 2	17	18.5
Langlade County	Wisconsin	1 or 2	26	13.5
Marinette County	Wisconsin	7	65	15.8
Menominee County	Wisconsin	0	11	25.0
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 Oconto 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Oconto County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wi/oconto/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 82 deaths in Oconto County from 2005 to 2014. It records 90 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Oconto in 2024?

The rate of Oconto County in 2024 was 17.5 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 Oconto had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 83 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 Oconto?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 36 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.