Pierce County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Pierce County in 2024.

FARS records 48 deaths in 46 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.4 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, Pierce County was number 44 of 72 counties of Wisconsin.

Deaths in Pierce County fell by 39.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (79) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (48).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.8% of the fatal crashes in Pierce 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 Pierce County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Pierce County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	3	3	0
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	6	6	5
2020	8	7	3
2019	5	5	4
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2017	7	7	3
2016	10	9	5
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	48	46	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (2003)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Pierce County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	3	3
2022	4	4
2021	6	6
2020	8	7
2019	5	5
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	7	7
2016	10	9
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	5	5
2013	8	6
2012	12	9
2011	8	8
2010	9	9
2009	9	9
2008	9	7
2007	10	9
2006	5	5
2005	4	4
2004	8	8
2003	13	11
2002	4	4
2001	9	8
2000	4	4
1999	9	9
1998	6	6
1997	4	4
1996	11	9
1995	7	7
1994	7	6
1993	9	6
1992	3	3
1991	4	4
1990	7	5
1989	4	4
1988	8	8
1987	8	8
1986	7	7
1985	5	5
1984	12	9
1983	9	6
1982	9	8
1981	12	12
1980	11	9
1979	8	8
1978	9	8
1977	9	6
1976	7	7
1975	5	5

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.Pierce County beside Wisconsin and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pierce County	Wisconsin	United States
2024	n/a	10.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.4	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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Pierce County had 43,306 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pierce County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wisconsin
A driver recorded as drinkingof 46 fatal crashes	25	46 fatal crashes	54.3%	33.4%
A speeding-related driverof 46 fatal crashes	11	46 fatal crashes	23.9%	31.0%
No restraint usedof 25 occupant deaths with restraint use known	12	25 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.0%	49.1%
Pedestriansof 48 deaths	1 or 2	48 deaths	4.2%	9.5%
Bicyclistsof 48 deaths	0	48 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 48 deaths	19	48 deaths	39.6%	15.8%
On a rural roadof 46 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	46 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.8%	62.5%
In the darkof 46 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	46 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.8%	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.Pierce 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	0	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	9
Monday	1 or 2	0	0	3	4
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	0	0	6	1 or 2	7
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	3	14
All days	6	3	26	11	46

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.Pierce County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wisconsin
Interstate	0	0.0%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.3%
Other principal arterial	9	19.6%	29.4%
Minor arterial	20	43.5%	22.7%
Major collector	7	15.2%	17.2%
Minor collector	3	6.5%	6.2%
Local	7	15.2%	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.Pierce County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	30
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Pierce County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	18
Cloudy	20
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pierce County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pierce	In all of Wisconsin
State Route 35	State highway	12	84
US Route 10	US highway	5	58
US Route 63	US highway	9	30

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.Pierce 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
Pierce County: 11.4

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 Pierce County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dakota County	Minnesota	23	185	4.3
Goodhue County	Minnesota	4	53	11.2
Washington County	Minnesota	8	105	3.9
Dunn County	Wisconsin	5	66	14.6
Pepin County	Wisconsin	0	12	16.3
St. Croix County	Wisconsin	6	97	10.5

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 Pierce 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. Pierce County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wi/pierce/. 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 Pierce in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 79 deaths in Pierce County from 2005 to 2014. It records 48 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 46 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 Pierce?

FARS records 12 fatal crashes on State Route 35 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on US Route 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 63 in the county from 2015 to 2024.