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Traffic deaths in Wyoming in 2022

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

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

I-80/US-3012
US-1914
US-854
I-25/US-873
I-80/US-30/WY-7893
I-903
SR-2203
US-163
US-26/WY-7892
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

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

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Oct 22, 2022	Platte County	OLD US-87/SWANSON RD US-87 BUS	1
Oct 20, 2022	Albany County	US-30	1
Oct 15, 2022	Converse County	SR-95	1
Oct 13, 2022	Albany County	US-287	2
Oct 12, 2022	Sweetwater County	I-80/US-30	1
Oct 8, 2022	Sweetwater County	US-191	2
Oct 6, 2022	Converse County	CR-43 WALKER CREEK RD	1
Oct 5, 2022	Lincoln County	CR-315 LABARGE CREEK	1
Oct 1, 2022	Converse County	CR-24 COLD SPRINGS RD	2
Sep 28, 2022	Fremont County	SR-28	1
Sep 24, 2022	Hot Springs County	US-26/WY-789	3
Sep 17, 2022	Lincoln County	CR-109 ROBERTS-WOLFLEY	1
Sep 14, 2022	Fremont County	US-26/US-287	1
Sep 12, 2022	Gillette, Campbell County	NORTHERN DR	1
Sep 7, 2022	Converse County	I-25	1
Sep 4, 2022	Cheyenne, Laramie County	SR-E LINCOLNWAY I-80 BUS/US-30	1
Sep 4, 2022	Johnson County	US-16	1
Sep 4, 2022	Natrona County	US-20/US-26	1
Sep 3, 2022	Laramie County	I-80/US-30	2
Aug 29, 2022	Rock Springs, Sweetwater County	H ST	1
Aug 28, 2022	Albany County	FOREST SERVICE RD 500	1
Aug 28, 2022	Sheridan County	SR-336	1
Aug 26, 2022	Park County	US-14A/WY-114	1
Aug 26, 2022	Sweetwater County	CR-9 LITTLE FIREHOLE RD	1
Aug 25, 2022	Fremont County	US-26	1

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Counties in Wyoming in 2022

Area	Deaths, 2022	Per 100,000
Albany County	9	23.5
Big Horn County	1	8.4
Campbell County	8	17.0
Carbon County	7	48.2
Converse County	8	58.1
Crook County	4	53.9
Fremont County	11	27.8
Goshen County	2	15.8
Hot Springs County	3	65.0
Johnson County	5	57.2
Laramie County	20	19.8
Lincoln County	11	53.2
Natrona County	9	11.3
Niobrara County	0	—
Park County	9	29.5
Platte County	5	57.8
Sheridan County	1	3.1
Sublette County	2	22.8
Sweetwater County	13	31.5
Teton County	3	12.9
Uinta County	3	14.5
Washakie County	0	—
Weston County	0	—

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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.