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Traffic deaths in Wyoming in 2020

Deaths, 2020: 127
Fatal crashes: 114
Population: 577.7K

In 2020, 127 people died in 114 fatal crashes in Wyoming. The death rate was 22.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. Wyoming had the 43rd most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 2nd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 5% of deaths, and 34% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

22.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

About 1.9 times the rate in the United States: 11.8

Wyoming traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 30 percent of the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2020

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	101
Pedestrians	6
Motorcyclists	19
Cyclists	1

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Deaths by type, 2020
Type	Deaths	Share in Wyoming	Share in the US
Pedestrians	6	5%	17%
Motorcyclists	19	15%	14%
Cyclists	1	1%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	44	35%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	42	33%	29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

34%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 29%

34%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 27%

Crash factors in 2020

Category	Wyoming	United States
Speeding-related	34.2%	26.7%
Alcohol-involved	34.2%	28.6%
At night	36.8%	53.4%
At weekends	32.5%	32.9%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

37%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 53%

32%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	3
1am	1
2am	2
3am	1
4am	5
5am	2
6am	7
7am	1
8am	3
9am	6
10am	4
11am	5
12pm	5
1pm	7
2pm	9
3pm	10
4pm	5
5pm	10
6pm	5
7pm	4
8pm	8
9pm	5
10pm	3
11pm	3

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	17
Mon	12
Tue	15
Wed	14
Thu	17
Fri	19
Sat	20

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	5
Feb	3
Mar	5
Apr	11
May	8
Jun	7
Jul	18
Aug	18
Sep	14
Oct	13
Nov	4
Dec	8

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	91
Snow	11
Cloudy	6
Severe Crosswinds	2
Rain	1
Fog, Smog, Smoke	1

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	70
Dark - Not Lighted	36
Dusk	4
Dark - Lighted	3
Dawn	1

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-808
I-80 US-305
SR-593
US-1913
I-253
I-903
SR-1323
US-2872
US-30 US-2872
US-892

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
SUVs	44
Pickup trucks	38
Medium and heavy trucks	33
Cars	31
Motorcycles	17
Vans	6
Other vehicles	5

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

Dodge Ram10
Chevrolet Silverado7
Ford Explorer5
Ford F-1505
Freightliner New Cascadia 126" Sleepercab5
Volvo Truck VNL5
Honda Accord4
Ram 15004
Ford F-2503
Ford Ranger3

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Sep 26, 2020	Fremont County	SR-135	1
Sep 23, 2020	Lincoln County	US-30 SR-89	2
Sep 23, 2020	Powell, Park County	US-14A SR-114 COULTER AVE	1
Sep 21, 2020	Sheridan County	US-14	1
Sep 20, 2020	Weston County	US-16	1
Sep 18, 2020	Sweetwater County	I-80	1
Sep 15, 2020	Sheridan County	US-14A	1
Sep 15, 2020	Goshen County	US-85	1
Sep 13, 2020	Fremont County	SR-132	1
Sep 12, 2020	Teton County	SR-22	1
Sep 11, 2020	Rawlins, Carbon County	SR-287-789	1
Sep 8, 2020	Sweetwater County	US-191	1
Sep 7, 2020	Crook County	I-90	1
Sep 4, 2020	Carbon County	FOREST SERVICE RD 876	1
Aug 30, 2020	Carbon County	I-80 US-30 US-287	1
Aug 30, 2020	Albany County	US-287	1
Aug 29, 2020	Crook County	I-90	1
Aug 25, 2020	Fremont County	SR-132	1
Aug 24, 2020	Cheyenne, Laramie County	FRONTIER MALL DR	1
Aug 22, 2020	Guernsey, Platte County	US-26 WHALEN ST	1
Aug 20, 2020	Cody, Park County	US-14 GREYBULL HWY	1
Aug 19, 2020	Sweetwater County	I-80	1
Aug 17, 2020	Gillette, Campbell County	CR-28	1
Aug 13, 2020	Fremont County	US-287 SR-789	1
Aug 11, 2020	Crook County	SR-24	2

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Counties in Wyoming in 2020

Area	Deaths, 2020	Per 100,000
Albany County	12	32.3
Big Horn County	1	8.7
Campbell County	10	21.2
Carbon County	8	55.1
Converse County	8	58.2
Crook County	6	83.5
Fremont County	14	35.7
Goshen County	3	24.0
Hot Springs County	1	21.6
Johnson County	1	11.8
Laramie County	12	11.9
Lincoln County	5	25.4
Natrona County	7	8.7
Niobrara County	0	—
Park County	6	20.2
Platte County	4	46.3
Sheridan County	5	16.1
Sublette County	3	34.3
Sweetwater County	14	33.2
Teton County	2	8.6
Uinta County	2	9.8
Washakie County	2	26.1
Weston County	1	14.7

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.