Waushara County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Waushara County in 2024.

FARS records 53 deaths in 46 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.6 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, Waushara County was number 41 of 72 counties of Wisconsin.

Deaths in Waushara County fell by 22.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (68) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (53).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.7% of the fatal crashes in Waushara 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 Waushara 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.Waushara County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	3
2023	8	6	4
2022	3	3	3
2021	8	5	1 or 2
2020	7	7	4
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	7	6	4
2016	3	3	0
2015	6	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	53	46	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (1978)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Waushara County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	8	6
2022	3	3
2021	8	5
2020	7	7
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	5	5
2017	7	6
2016	3	3
2015	6	5
2014	9	8
2013	6	4
2012	11	9
2011	7	7
2010	3	3
2009	6	6
2008	8	7
2007	5	5
2006	6	6
2005	7	5
2004	7	5
2003	4	4
2002	6	6
2001	4	3
2000	8	7
1999	9	9
1998	9	6
1997	8	6
1996	10	8
1995	13	9
1994	8	5
1993	4	3
1992	10	9
1991	9	6
1990	10	9
1989	1 or 2	1 or 2
1988	3	3
1987	11	8
1986	7	6
1985	6	5
1984	5	4
1983	7	5
1982	4	4
1981	6	6
1980	8	7
1979	13	11
1978	14	12
1977	13	11
1976	7	5
1975	12	10

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.Waushara County beside Wisconsin and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Waushara County	Wisconsin	United States
2024	16.0	10.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.6	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. Waushara County had 25,073 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Waushara County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wisconsin
A driver recorded as drinkingof 46 fatal crashes	24	46 fatal crashes	52.2%	33.4%
A speeding-related driverof 46 fatal crashes	17	46 fatal crashes	37.0%	31.0%
No restraint usedof 36 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	36 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.3%	49.1%
Pedestriansof 53 deaths	1 or 2	53 deaths	1.9%	9.5%
Bicyclistsof 53 deaths	1 or 2	53 deaths	1.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 53 deaths	6	53 deaths	11.3%	15.8%
On a rural roadof 46 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	46 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.7%	62.5%
In the darkof 44 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	44 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.4%	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.Waushara 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	6	3	4	1 or 2	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	3
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	0	0	1 or 2
Wednesday	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	5
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Saturday	3	0	8	1 or 2	13
All days	12	9	18	7	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.Waushara County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wisconsin
Interstate	5	10.9%	7.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.3%
Other principal arterial	9	19.6%	29.4%
Minor arterial	12	26.1%	22.7%
Major collector	8	17.4%	17.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	4.3%	6.2%
Local	10	21.7%	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.Waushara County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	26
Dark, not lighted	16
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Waushara County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	28
Cloudy	10
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Waushara County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Waushara	In all of Wisconsin
Interstate 39	Interstate	5	68
State Route 21	State highway	9	28
State Route 73	State highway	6	37

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.Waushara 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
Waushara County: 21.6

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 Waushara County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County	Wisconsin	7	49	23.7
Green Lake County	Wisconsin	1 or 2	16	8.4
Marquette County	Wisconsin	0	28	18.0
Portage County	Wisconsin	6	56	7.9
Waupaca County	Wisconsin	3	75	14.6
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 Waushara 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. Waushara County, Wisconsin: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wi/waushara/. 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 Waushara in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 68 deaths in Waushara County from 2005 to 2014. It records 53 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Waushara in 2024?

The rate of Waushara County in 2024 was 16.0 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 Waushara had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 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 Waushara?

FARS records 5 fatal crashes on Interstate 39 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on State Route 21 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on State Route 73 in the county from 2015 to 2024.