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Safety: January 2013
| Performance measure | How we measure it | Current report period | Goal | Goal met | Trend | Comments |
| Safety: Moving toward minimizing the number of deaths, injuries and crashes on our roadways. | ||||||
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Traffic
fatalities *Preliminary calendar year 2012 |
Number of traffic fatalities | 601* | Annual target is 569 |  |
Each fatality is a tragic and preventable loss. Our long-term goal is zero preventable deaths. Preliminary fatalities for 2012 are 0.3 percent above the five-year average (a lower number is better). | |
| Traffic injuries Calendar year 2011 |
Injury rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled | 68.56 | Annual target rate is 74.34 |  |
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The personal injury rate in 2011 was the lowest rate recorded, 12.4 percent below the five-year rolling average of 78.26 (a lower rate is better). |
| Traffic crashes Calendar year 2011 |
Crash rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled | 192.16 | Annual target rate is 189.69 | |
2011 data is 3.8 percent below the prior five-year rolling average (a lower rate is better). | |
| Seat belt use Calendar year 2012 |
Percent of vehicle occupants wearing a seat belt | 79.9 | 85.0 | |
While Wisconsin's seat belt usage reached an all-time high in 2012, the state still lags behind neighboring states like Illinois and Michigan, which estimate safety belt use rates of more than 90 percent. | |
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