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Traffic deaths in Wyoming in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
134
Fatal crashes
118
Population
581.7K

In 2022, 134 people died in 118 fatal crashes in Wyoming. That was 21.8% more than in 2021 (110) and the most since 2019. The death rate was 23.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. Wyoming had the 45th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 2nd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 5% of deaths, and 45% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

23.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About 1.8 times the rate in the United States: 12.8

+22%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

110 deaths in 2021, 134 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

Wyoming traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

5%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 30 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 106
Pedestrians 7
Motorcyclists 20
Cyclists 1
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in Wyoming Share in the US
Pedestrians 7 5% 18%
Motorcyclists 20 15% 15%
Cyclists 1 1% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 39 29% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 60 45% 28%

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

45%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.6 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 2022
Category Wyoming United States
Speeding-related 33.9% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 44.9% 27.7%
At night 44.1% 53.9%
At weekends 38.1% 33.3%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

44%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

38%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 5
1am 5
2am 2
3am 2
4am 4
5am 4
6am 2
7am 3
8am 4
9am 6
10am 7
11am 12
12pm 4
1pm 3
2pm 4
3pm 7
4pm 7
5pm 7
6pm 2
7pm 6
8pm 4
9pm 3
10pm 7
11pm 8

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 22
Mon 17
Tue 10
Wed 19
Thu 13
Fri 14
Sat 23

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 3
Feb 8
Mar 5
Apr 8
May 6
Jun 12
Jul 11
Aug 21
Sep 10
Oct 13
Nov 11
Dec 10

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 90
Snow 12
Cloudy 8
Rain 3
Severe Crosswinds 2
Blowing Snow 1

All crashes 2022. 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 64
Dark - Not Lighted 43
Dusk 6
Dark - Lighted 2
Dawn 2

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-80/US-3012
  2. US-1914
  3. US-854
  4. I-25/US-873
  5. I-80/US-30/WY-7893
  6. I-903
  7. SR-2203
  8. US-163
  9. US-26/WY-7892
  10. I-802

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
SUVs 36
Pickup trucks 35
Medium and heavy trucks 34
Cars 31
Motorcycles 21
Other vehicles 4
Vans 2
Buses 1

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado8
  2. Ford F-2507
  3. Freightliner Cascadia7
  4. Dodge Ram4
  5. Ford F-1504
  6. Toyota RAV44
  7. Ford F-3503
  8. Freightliner Columbia3
  9. Kenworth T6803
  10. Toyota 4-Runner3

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 2022. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Dec 27, 2022 Rock Springs, Sweetwater County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Johnson County 1
Dec 21, 2022 Cheyenne, Laramie County 1
Dec 21, 2022 Sweetwater County 1
Dec 17, 2022 Laramie County 1
Dec 14, 2022 Sublette County 1
Dec 10, 2022 Campbell County 1
Dec 7, 2022 Fremont County 1
Dec 5, 2022 Sweetwater County 1
Dec 4, 2022 Fremont County 1
Nov 30, 2022 Green River, Sweetwater County 1
Nov 28, 2022 Converse County 1
Nov 21, 2022 Campbell County 1
Nov 19, 2022 Cody, Park County 1
Nov 18, 2022 Park County 1
Nov 15, 2022 Laramie County 1
Nov 10, 2022 Sweetwater County 1
Nov 10, 2022 Sweetwater County 1
Nov 9, 2022 Campbell County 1
Nov 8, 2022 Teton County 1
Nov 3, 2022 Crook County 1
Oct 31, 2022 Natrona County 1
Oct 29, 2022 Natrona County 1
Oct 24, 2022 Lincoln County 1
Oct 24, 2022 Park County 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.