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Traffic deaths in Wyoming in 2021

Deaths, 2021: 110
Fatal crashes: 102
Population: 579.7K

In 2021, 110 people died in 102 fatal crashes in Wyoming. That was 13.4% fewer than in 2020 (127) and the fewest since 2013. The death rate was 19.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.0 in the United States. Wyoming had the 45th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 10th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 10% of deaths, and 39% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

19.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021

About 1.5 times the rate in the United States: 13.0

-13%

change in deaths from 2020 to 2021

127 deaths in 2020, 110 in 2021

The United States: +11%

Wyoming traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

10%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 60 percent of the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2021

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	81
Pedestrians	11
Motorcyclists	18
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2021
Type	Deaths	Share in Wyoming	Share in the US
Pedestrians	11	10%	17%
Motorcyclists	18	16%	14%
Cyclists	0	0%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	37	34%	31%
Speeding-related crashes	45	41%	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

39%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

34%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 26%

Crash factors in 2021

Category	Wyoming	United States
Speeding-related	34.3%	26.3%
Alcohol-involved	39.2%	28.2%
At night	38.2%	53.9%
At weekends	34.3%	32.8%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

38%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 54%

34%

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	0
1am	3
2am	2
3am	1
4am	1
5am	3
6am	3
7am	3
8am	4
9am	3
10am	7
11am	1
12pm	7
1pm	8
2pm	7
3pm	5
4pm	6
5pm	8
6pm	5
7pm	4
8pm	9
9pm	3
10pm	5
11pm	3

All crashes 2021.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	19
Mon	8
Tue	12
Wed	20
Thu	11
Fri	16
Sat	16

All crashes 2021.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	11
Feb	3
Mar	6
Apr	6
May	8
Jun	7
Jul	10
Aug	18
Sep	12
Oct	5
Nov	12
Dec	4

All crashes 2021.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	89
Cloudy	5
Snow	3
Severe Crosswinds	1
Fog, Smog, Smoke	1
Blowing Snow	1

All crashes 2021. 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	59
Dark - Not Lighted	35
Dark - Lighted	6
Dusk	1

All crashes 2021. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2021

Roads with the most fatal crashes

US-854
I-80 US-304
I-803
I-90 US-143
SR-593
US-163
SR-2102
I-80/US-302
SR-2112
US-1892

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Pickup trucks	41
Cars	25
SUVs	24
Medium and heavy trucks	20
Motorcycles	16
Vans	8
Other vehicles	6
Buses	2

All crashes 2021.

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Vehicles most often involved

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 2021. 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
Dec 20, 2021	Lincoln County	US-89	1
Dec 19, 2021	Cheyenne, Laramie County	US-30/I-80BUS	1
Dec 15, 2021	Sweetwater County	I-80/US-30	1
Dec 14, 2021	Big Horn County	SR-31	1
Nov 27, 2021	Johnson County	CR-13	1
Nov 27, 2021	Converse County	US-20-26-87	1
Nov 22, 2021	Campbell County	SR-59	1
Nov 20, 2021	Natrona County	I-25/US-87	1
Nov 17, 2021	Goshen County	US-85	2
Nov 14, 2021	Uinta County	US-189	1
Nov 12, 2021	Rawlins, Carbon County	I-80/US-30	1
Nov 7, 2021	Casper, Natrona County	COUNTRY CLUB RD	1
Nov 6, 2021	Fremont County	BURRIS-LENORE RD	1
Nov 5, 2021	Cheyenne, Laramie County	WESTERN HILLS BLVD	1
Nov 3, 2021	Rock Springs, Sweetwater County	I-80 INTCHG 99 EB OFF	1
Nov 3, 2021	Johnson County	SR-387	1
Oct 29, 2021	Lincoln County	US-89	1
Oct 19, 2021	Gillette, Campbell County	SWANSON RD	1
Oct 13, 2021	Uinta County	I-80/US-189	1
Oct 13, 2021	Lincoln County	US-30/SR-89	1
Oct 12, 2021	Cheyenne, Laramie County	US-30 E LINCOLNWAY	1
Sep 30, 2021	Hot Springs County	US-20/SR-789	1
Sep 29, 2021	Uinta County	US-189	1
Sep 28, 2021	Sweetwater County	SERVICE ROAD I-80	1
Sep 18, 2021	Gillette, Campbell County	UNION CHAPEL RD	1

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Counties in Wyoming in 2021

Area	Deaths, 2021	Per 100,000
Albany County	6	15.9
Big Horn County	3	25.8
Campbell County	4	8.6
Carbon County	4	27.2
Converse County	4	29.3
Crook County	5	68.4
Fremont County	13	33.0
Goshen County	4	31.8
Hot Springs County	2	43.5
Johnson County	8	92.7
Laramie County	15	14.9
Lincoln County	5	24.8
Natrona County	6	7.5
Niobrara County	0	—
Park County	1	3.3
Platte County	0	—
Sheridan County	2	6.3
Sublette County	4	45.9
Sweetwater County	12	28.8
Teton County	3	12.7
Uinta County	8	38.7
Washakie County	1	12.9
Weston County	0	—

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2021. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.