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State Route 29

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 52Deaths 58Counties 7Latest data year 2024

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024. The route is the trafficway recorded for each crash (FARS TWAY_ID); the same route number in another state has its own page.

Between 2015 and 2024, FARS records 52 fatal crashes on State Route 29 in Wisconsin, with 58 deaths.

That is 1% of the 5,431 fatal crashes in Wisconsin over the same years. The ten-year crash count fell 16% from 62 in 2005–2014 to 52 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Shawano County (16), Marathon County (13) and Chippewa County (8) and 4 other counties.

30.8% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Wisconsin: 33.4%) and 13.5% had a speeding-related driver (31.0%); pedestrians were 1.7% and motorcyclists 12.1% of those killed.

52fatal crashes, 2015–2024-16% vs 2005–2014
58people killed1.1 per fatal crash
31%with a drinking driverWisconsin: 33%
14%speeding-relatedWisconsin: 31%

Fatal crashes per year

07142000200520102015202020242000: 11 crashes2001: 7 crashes2002: 12 crashes2003: 14 crashes2004: 7 crashes2005: 5 crashes2006: 9 crashes2007: 7 crashes2008: 5 crashes2009: 7 crashes2010: 10 crashes2011: 3 crashes2012: 3 crashes2013: 7 crashes2014: 6 crashes2015: 5 crashes2016: 4 crashes2017: 8 crashes2018: 8 crashes2019: 1–2 crashes2020: 4 crashes2021: 7 crashes2022: 6 crashes2023: 5 crashes2024: 3 crashes
Fatal crashes on State Route 29 (WI) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 3 crashes.

Route identification in FARS is consistent from 2000; earlier years are not shown. Shaded band: the ten-year window used for the shares below.

Compared with all fatal crashes in Wisconsin

MeasureState Route 29Wisconsin
Fatal crashes, 2015–2024525,431
Deaths, 2015–2024585,959
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Share of state fatal crashes1%100%
Change vs previous ten years-16%-5%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking30.8%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver13.5%
Pedestriansshare of people killed1.7%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed12.1%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes43.1%

tick marks the Wisconsin share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties along the route

#CountyFatal crashes on SR-29Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Shawano County1631%62
2Marathon County1325%110
3Chippewa County815%64
4Brown County510%133
5Clark County510%62
6Dunn County48%62
7St. Croix County12%90

Hour of day

12am3.9%
1am3.9%
2am5.9%
3am0%
4am0%
5am0%
6am3.9%
7am0%
8am7.8%
9am0%
10am3.9%
11am11.8%
12pm7.8%
1pm5.9%
2pm2%
3pm0%
4pm5.9%
5pm7.8%
6pm2%
7pm3.9%
8pm13.7%
9pm5.9%
10pm2%
11pm2%

Share of fatal crashes on State Route 29 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Wisconsin share for all roads.

Other routes in Wisconsin

All routes and counties in Wisconsin

Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on State Route 29 in Wisconsin?

52 fatal crashes with 58 deaths over 2015–2024, per NHTSA's FARS. The route is the trafficway recorded for the crash; the same numbered route in another state has its own page.

Which counties along State Route 29 had the most fatal crashes?

Shawano County (16), Marathon County (13), Chippewa County (8), Brown County (5) and Clark County (5).

What share of crashes on State Route 29 involved alcohol or speeding?

30.8% had a driver reported as drinking and 13.5% a speeding-related driver, against 33.4% and 31.0% for all fatal crashes in Wisconsin.

When do fatal crashes happen on State Route 29?

43.1% of the crashes were between 6pm and 6am. The hour chart on this page shows the full distribution.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, annual national CSV files 2000–2024 (accident, vehicle and person tables), public domain. Route pages are built for signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology and corrections.