Wisconsin Ends 2012 With 601 Traffic Deaths
The number ends four years with fewer than 600 annual traffic deaths, and represents a 6 percent increase over 2011.
More people died on Wisconsin roads in 2012 than in any of the previous four years, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation reported this week. The state closed out 2012 with 601 traffic deaths, 36 more than 2011 and two more than the previous five-year average. The tally also ended the state's run of four consecutive years with fewer than 600 traffic deaths. Before the 2008-2011 period, the last time the state had traffic death numbers that low was from 1924-1927, the DOT reported. The traffic fatalities total for last year included 101 motorcycle drivers, 13 motorcycle passengers, 44 pedestrians and 10 bicyclists. Greendale had one fatal accident this year when 82-year-old Beatrice Salo was struck by a car while crossing at the …
