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State Route 33

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 46Deaths 54Counties 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.

State Route 33 in Wisconsin was the trafficway in 46 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 54 people died.

That is 0.8% of the 5,431 fatal crashes in Wisconsin over the same years. The ten-year crash count was about level between 2005–2014 (47) and 2015–2024 (46).

The crashes were concentrated in Dodge County (11), Columbia County (10) and Sauk County (9) and 4 other counties.

19.6% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Wisconsin: 33.4%) and 13.0% had a speeding-related driver (31.0%); pedestrians were 1.9% and motorcyclists 25.9% of those killed.

46fatal crashes, 2015–2024-2% vs 2005–2014
54people killed1.2 per fatal crash
20%with a drinking driverWisconsin: 33%
13%speeding-relatedWisconsin: 31%

Fatal crashes per year

06112000200520102015202020242000: 6 crashes2001: 11 crashes2002: 4 crashes2003: 8 crashes2004: 1–2 crashes2005: 5 crashes2006: 3 crashes2007: 7 crashes2008: 5 crashes2009: 4 crashes2010: 5 crashes2011: 4 crashes2012: 1–2 crashes2013: 6 crashes2014: 6 crashes2015: 1–2 crashes2016: 9 crashes2017: 1–2 crashes2018: 1–2 crashes2019: 6 crashes2020: 5 crashes2021: 9 crashes2022: 5 crashes2023: 1–2 crashes2024: 5 crashes
Fatal crashes on State Route 33 (WI) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 5 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 33Wisconsin
Fatal crashes, 2015–2024465,431
Deaths, 2015–2024545,959
Deaths per fatal crash1.21.1
Share of state fatal crashes0.8%100%
Change vs previous ten years-2%-5%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking19.6%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver13%
Pedestriansshare of people killed1.9%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed25.9%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes17.8%

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-33Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Dodge County1124%111
2Columbia County1022%92
3Sauk County920%101
4Washington County715%93
5Ozaukee County511%52
6Monroe County37%65
7Juneau County12%59

Hour of day

12am0%
1am0%
2am2.2%
3am0%
4am0%
5am0%
6am4.4%
7am4.4%
8am2.2%
9am4.4%
10am11.1%
11am2.2%
12pm11.1%
1pm8.9%
2pm6.7%
3pm13.3%
4pm8.9%
5pm4.4%
6pm2.2%
7pm8.9%
8pm2.2%
9pm0%
10pm0%
11pm2.2%

Share of fatal crashes on State Route 33 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Wisconsin share for all roads.

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Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on State Route 33 in Wisconsin?

46 fatal crashes with 54 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 33 had the most fatal crashes?

Dodge County (11), Columbia County (10), Sauk County (9), Washington County (7) and Ozaukee County (5).

What share of crashes on State Route 33 involved alcohol or speeding?

19.6% had a driver reported as drinking and 13.0% a speeding-related driver, against 33.4% and 31.0% for all fatal crashes in Wisconsin.

When do fatal crashes happen on State Route 33?

17.8% 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.