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Wisconsin may have 5-year low for traffic deaths

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4 years ago

January 1, 2020

Brad Williams

Wisconsin may have finished the year 2019 with about 40 fewer traffic deaths than the year before.

The highway toll for the year was at 532 on Dec. 29, with final figures expected next week.

The 2018 total was 576, and the number has stayed below 600 for at least six years in a row.

The 532 would be the lowest number of traffic deaths in Wisconsin since the 491 recorded in 2014.

At this point, December and March have been the safest months of this year on Wisconsin highways, while August and September were the deadliest.

La Crosse County unofficially ended the year with 5 traffic deaths, the lowest toll in four years.

Four counties in the state had no highway deaths during the year, including Richland, Pepin, and Lafayette.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.