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State Route 60

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 25Deaths 29Counties 6Latest 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 60 in Wisconsin was the trafficway in 25 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 29 people died.

That is 0.5% of the 5,431 fatal crashes in Wisconsin over the same years. The ten-year crash count fell 14% from 29 in 2005–2014 to 25 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Columbia County (8), Dodge County (6) and Sauk County (5) and 3 other counties.

28.0% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Wisconsin: 33.4%) and 24.0% had a speeding-related driver (31.0%); pedestrians were 3.4% and motorcyclists 24.1% of those killed.

25fatal crashes, 2015–2024-14% vs 2005–2014
29people killed1.2 per fatal crash
28%with a drinking driverWisconsin: 33%
24%speeding-relatedWisconsin: 31%

Fatal crashes per year

0362000200520102015202020242000: 5 crashes2001: 1–2 crashes2002: 5 crashes2003: 1–2 crashes2004: 1–2 crashes2005: 3 crashes2006: 4 crashes2007: 1–2 crashes2008: 4 crashes2009: 6 crashes2010: 3 crashes2011: 1–2 crashes2012: 3 crashes2013: 1–2 crashes2014: 3 crashes2015: 1–2 crashes2016: 5 crashes2017: 3 crashes2018: 3 crashes2019: 3 crashes2020: 1–2 crashes2021: 1–2 crashes2022: 1–2 crashes2023: 3 crashes2024: 1–2 crashes
Fatal crashes on State Route 60 (WI) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 1–2 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 60Wisconsin
Fatal crashes, 2015–2024255,431
Deaths, 2015–2024295,959
Deaths per fatal crash1.21.1
Share of state fatal crashes0.5%100%
Change vs previous ten years-14%-5%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking28%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver24%
Pedestriansshare of people killed3.4%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed24.1%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes20%

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-60Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Columbia County832%92
2Dodge County624%111
3Sauk County520%101
4Washington County312%93
5Ozaukee County28%52
6Richland County14%24

Hour of day

12am0%
1am4%
2am0%
3am0%
4am0%
5am0%
6am0%
7am0%
8am4%
9am16%
10am8%
11am8%
12pm4%
1pm8%
2pm8%
3pm16%
4pm0%
5pm8%
6pm0%
7pm8%
8pm8%
9pm0%
10pm0%
11pm0%

Share of fatal crashes on State Route 60 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 60 in Wisconsin?

25 fatal crashes with 29 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 60 had the most fatal crashes?

Columbia County (8), Dodge County (6), Sauk County (5), Washington County (3) and Ozaukee County (2).

What share of crashes on State Route 60 involved alcohol or speeding?

28.0% had a driver reported as drinking and 24.0% a speeding-related driver, against 33.4% and 31.0% for all fatal crashes in Wisconsin.

When do fatal crashes happen on State Route 60?

20.0% 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.